Few Are Chosen: A Campaign Memoir tells the story of a campaign for the U.S. Senate with insight and self-deprecating good humor. It’s sometimes serious, sometimes wryly amusing, and always true to life. People say they want honesty in a politician. Honest answers to questions about American politics great and small are part of the story–the straight scoop on what a candidate really experiences and thinks. A few samples—
● What don’t people know about politicians? What do sitting U.S. Senators and aspiring candidates talk about in unguarded moments?
● What is life like on the campaign trail? Is driving through pitch black midnight with a temperature of 25 below zero to the Icebox of the Nation as much fun as it sounds? What’s a stall warning on a small plane sound like?
● What are some truths about the American political system? Why do political parties nominate candidates near the ends of the political spectrum? Should the saying all politics is local really be all politics is retail?
● Want a few how-to-do-it tips on campaigning? When is the better response to a question about an obscure issue to confess ignorance than to open your mouth and remove all doubt? What’s the most important word in the statement “I want to win the right way?”
