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Republican leader : a political biography of Senator Mitch McConnell / John David Dyche.
Van Pelt Library E840.8.M332 D93 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dyche, John David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McConnell, Mitch.
- United States. Congress. Senate.
- Politicians--Kentucky--Biography.
- Politicians.
- United States. Congress. Senate--Biography.
- United States.
- Conservatives.
- United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
- Politics and government.
- Conservatives--United States--Biography.
- Kentucky.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 261 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, [2009]
- Contents:
- 1 "Washington's Most Important Republican" 1
- 2 Portrait of the Senator as a Young Man (1956-1967) 8
- 3 Lukewarm Lawyer, Passionate for Politics (1968-1975) 21
- 4 "Horse Sense" (1976-1981) 31
- 5 From One Campaign to Another (1981-1984) 44
- 6 Hound Dogs (1984) 51
- 7 Rookie (1985-1986) 62
- 8 In the Minority (1987-1988) 69
- 9 Fighting for Reelection (1989-1990) 76
- 10 New Term and New Wife (1991-1992) 88
- 11 Resistance and Revolution (1993-1994) 94
- 12 The Packwood Case (1995) 102
- 13 Third Term's a Charm (1996) 109
- 14 Going National (1997) 121
- 15 Campaing Kingpin (1998) 127
- 16 New Beginnings at Millennium's End (1999-2000) 136
- 17 Everything Changes (2001) 148
- 18 Record-Breaking Republican (2002) 157
- 19 Surgery and Successes (2003) 166
- 20 Buyout, Bunning, and Bush (2004) 174
- 21 An In-Between Year (2005) 185
- 22 Republican Leader (2006) 194
- 23 The Defensive Coordinator (2007) 205
- 24 The Most Consequential Republican (2008) 218.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781935191599
- 1935191594
- OCLC:
- 298181753
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