ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 DREAMS AND SCHEMES: Looking to 1990 Crashing the Party; 2 FINDING A HOME ON THE RANGE: Russian Roots Political Awakening To Minnesota Locking Up the Range; 3 SHAPING THE AGENDA: Campaign Themes Critiquing the Eighties; 4 MUSTERING THE CREW: First Campaign Manager The Perfect Volunteer Second Campaign Manager Focusing on the Caucuses; 5 FERTILIZING THE GRASS ROOTS: Dialing for Delegates Passing the Hat Squaring Off with the Suits; 6 EARNING THE ENDORSEMENT: Converting the Kaplans Labor Rallies An Anxious Hierarchy
Summary
This engaging account of Wellstones campaign, written by two political reporters, provides a behind-the-scenes look at a memorable chapter in U.S. Senate campaign history, which saw a liberal college professor become the only Senate challenger to unseat an incumbent in 1990
