Professor Wellstone Goes to Washington : The Inside Story of a Grassroots U. S. Senate Campaign

by McGrath, Dennis J.

• ISBN13: 9780816626632
• ISBN10: 0816626634
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xiii
Dreams and Schemes	1	(16)
Looking to 1990
Crashing the Party
Finding a Home on the Range	17	(22)
Russian Roots
Political Awakening
To Minnesota
Locking Up the Range
Shaping the Agenda	39	(18)
Campaign Themes
Critiquing the Eighties
Mustering the Crew	57	(30)
First Campaign Manager
The Perfect Volunteer
Second Campaign Manager
Focusing on the Caucuses
Fertilizing the Grass Roots	87	(19)
Dialing for Delegates
Passing the Hat
Squaring Off with the Suits
Earning the Endorsement	106	(25)
Converting the Kaplans
Labor Rallies
An Anxious Hierarchy
Handlers and Ad Men	131	(31)
Third Campaign Manager
The Professionals
The Ad Man
The Primary
Fourth Campaign Manager
Washington Woes	162	(16)
Cattle Call
Begging in Georgetown
The Smell of Money	178	(25)
The Boschwitz Machine
PAC Problems
Debating the Debates
Looking for Rudy
Crazy Bounces	203	(22)
The Swimming Pool
Round Two
``Ruddy: Zillion''
The Ticket Leader Goes Down
Hand to Hand Combat	225	(27)
Gang Warfare
Boschwitz Bites Back
Good Luck on Tuesday
Over the Top	252	(21)
A Turd in the Pool
The Verdict
Epilogue	273