Daschle vs. Thune; anatomy of a High Plains Senate race

Reference & Research Book News, Feb, 2008

Daschle vs. Thune; anatomy of a High Plains Senate race.

Lauck, Jon K.

U. of Oklahoma Pr.

2007

326 pages

$24.95

Hardcover

E840

Lauck, a historian, lawyer, and senior advisor to U.S. Senator John Thune, presents an insider's account of the 2004 Senate race between Tom Daschle and Thune, in which Daschle became the first Senate leader in 50 years to lose a reelection bid. The text combines historical narrative, political analysis, press accounts, interviews, and Lauck's own observations and discussions with participants. Through analysis of the Daschle-Thune race, readers can learn much about the practice of American democracy and the ongoing polarization of liberalism vs. conservatism in American politics. Academic but accessible to the general reader.

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