The Long Game
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Mitch McConnell
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"I have learned that the story of a nation's success, and the success of each one of us, is a slow awakening to the timeless value of the long game."
In October 1984, a hard-charging Kentucky politician waited excitedly for President Ronald Reagan to arrive at a presidential rally in Louisville. In the midst of a tough Senate campaign, the young Republican hoped Reagan's endorsement would give a much-needed boost to his campaign. Alas, when Reagan finally stepped to the microphone, he smiled for the crowd and declared, "I'm happy to be here with my good friend, Mitch O'Donnell."
That was hardly Mitch McConnell's first setback - and far from his last. But as he learned while running his very first campaign for high school student body president, you don't have to be the most popular, most athletic, or even luckiest kid to win. You just need to run the best campaign. So he swallowed hard, put his head down, and kept going. Four weeks later he won his Senate seat, beginning a storied career that would eventually lead to his becoming the Senate majority leader.
The Long Game is the candid, behind-the-scenes memoir of a man famous for his discretion. He tells how his mother helped him beat polio by leading him through long, aching exercises every day for two years. He explains how his father taught him the importance of standing up to bullies, even if it meant taking the occasional punch. And he reveals what he really thinks about the rivalry between the Senate and the House; about the players and the stakes involved when a group of political opportunists tried to hijack the Tea Party movement; and about key figures such as Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Harry Reid. He tells the inside story of the battle against Obamacare and explains the real causes of the chronic gridlock, his ongoing efforts to restore the US Senate, and what ordinary citizens have a right to expect from Washington.
In today's atmosphere of impatience and instant gratification, McConnell still believes the founders knew best when they instituted a government with checks and balances. As he writes, "In the end, the goal isn't a perfectly running congressional machine or a party without blemish or inner turmoil. The goal is to allow the country to work out its differences freely and energetically, confident that the institutions the founders left us are capable of accommodating the disputes and disagreements that arise in a nation as big and diverse and open as ours."
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"From Alabama country boy bedridden for two years with polio to Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate is a remarkable journey. Mitch McConnell tells this quintessentially American story with lucid prose and refreshing candor. A most valuable historical contribution to the politics of our time." (Charles Krauthammer, author of Things That Matter)
"Mitch McConnell’s The Long Game is a warm, candid, and captivating story of a young boy who conquered polio, loved the Brooklyn Dodgers, and set his sights on becoming a ballplayer before finding his life’s calling in politics. The steady upward climb from high school president to office boy in the Senate mailroom, from county judge to majority leader, is told with insight, humor, and telling detail." (Doris Kearns Goodwin, presidential historian)
"With candor and a sure sense of history - both of the nation's and of the Senate - Mitch McConnell has written an engaging and compelling memoir of a life spent in the arena. Readers seeking to understand where we are, how we got here, and what might come next will find this book at once entertaining and essential." (Jon Meacham, author of Destiny and Power)
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Master of the Senate carries Lyndon Johnson's story through one of its most remarkable periods: his 12 years in the U.S. Senate. At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works in America, how the Senate works, and how Johnson, in his ascent to the presidency, mastered the Senate as no political leader before him had ever done. "There is something uniquely mesmerizing about the wily, combative Lyndon Johnson as portrayed by Caro," says Publishers Weekly.
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George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, has authored a personal biography of his father, George H. W. Bush, the 41st president. Forty-three men have served as president of the United States. Countless books have been written about them. But never before has a president told the story of his father, another president, through his own eyes and in his own words. A unique and intimate biography, the book covers the entire scope of the elder President Bush’s life and career.
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in depth and well-written
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- Anonymous User
- 04-08-20
Great Read!
If you want to learn more about the Senate Majority Leader, and politics in general, this is the book for you! It’s such a great story that many people do not know. I implore anyone interested in politics to read this book.
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- Theresa K
- 09-20-22
Interesting read
I learned a lot about Senator McConnell through his book including his upbringing and life’s work. I found it very informative. However, I could sense the deep anger through his words and voice when discussing the interactions with former President Obama. Truthfully it may have looked better in a sense to scale that back into a more neutral tone but maybe that personal preference.
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- John Ladd
- 01-20-20
The McConnell we don't know.
Most people accept the media caricature of Mitch McConnell. Some are lucky to know him in some small sense by working with him on policy issues of the day. But this is a very accessible, interesting and timely memoir of the Leader and what the Senate should be as an institution. A great read.
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- William C Cady
- 01-07-21
Story about Mitch
Learning about Mitch make me more apprecate what make him tick and the way he keep doing and completing.
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- Michael D. Rubin
- 12-20-18
Pity It Doesn't Carry Through to 2019
Remarkably to me, this is a compelling & informative autobiography.
I have been as skeptical as anybody about politicians in general, &, perhaps, Senate Majority Leader McConnell, in particular.
Read this - it may not change your views or your votes, but there are valuable things to learn here, about American government, & about the principles & history of decent government, if there is any to be found, elsewhere.
Put it this way: not just how government works, but why - & what makes decent government fail.
Highly recommended.
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- Jason D.
- 12-09-20
I’m a Liberal and Against Mitch
I have disagreed with Mitch McConnell on many points on policy. I disagree with his arguments on Campaign Finance along with several other stances Mitch holds.
I do however, have the upmost respect for him. I am thankful that a man with his character and discipline is in the position that he’s in today.
Mitch, I wrote you a letter titled Obamacare. Thank you again for your service and I wish you, Eliane, and your family with the upmost happiness.
Jason Dutton
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- Hasan Riaz
- 07-05-24
Interesting perspective from the other side
I try to get as many perspectives into political events as possible. Mitch provides a very interesting perspective, but I still see some inconsistencies in how he applies his own principles (e.g. arguing in one place that govt must always operate deliberately because we have to be sure we're not making the wrong call, but then later arguing that the decision to invade Iraq was correct based on 'what we knew at the time'). I would also love to read his thoughts on everything that happened between 2014-2024.
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- Catherine Spiller
- 06-04-16
The best Senatorial book of the cycle
The book is an even handed, readable and enjoyable romp through the last thirty, but particularly the last few, years of Senate history, accompanied by a large dose of all American personal story. I'd particularly recommend this book to students as it provides an excellent framework from which to judge future political claims.
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- Londa Cooke
- 12-31-19
The Long Game
Great book. Thanks for writing it. You have been well prepared to help our nation. Mary God Bless you. The
book was very informative. I'm glad I read it.
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- Judas649
- 04-22-21
Not the devil
This book made me understand who Mitch McConnell is and why he isn’t literally the devil incarnate as most populist republicans would have you believe. I emerged from this with a greater understanding of politics in the senate and a greater respect for our great minority leader( for now just wait till 2022) Mitch McConnell.
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