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The Long Game : A Memoir by McConnell, Mitch is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Long Game : A Memoir about?
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 against an incumbent Democrat, the young Republican hoped Reagan’s endorsement would give a much-needed boost to his insurgent campaign. He even had a camera crew ready to capture the president’s words for a TV commercial he planned to air during the campaign’s final stretch. 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 when running his very first campaign for student body president in high school, you don’t have to be the most popular, the most athletic, or even the 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, in the biggest upset of the year, his dream of being a US senator came true—by a margin of about one vote per precinct. By persevering, he’d be the only Republican in the country to beat an incumbent Democra
Who reads The Long Game : A Memoir?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- McConnell, Mitch
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group;Sentinel
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780399564123
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, Memoir, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.7 / 5 (47 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14