The Golden Goose Ate All The Grassroots: So You Want To Go To Congress

If you like politics or even if you don’t or if you’ve ever wondered why someone would ever run for political office The Golden Goose Ate The Grassroots will more than hold your interest. However if you have ever wondered what kind of person would throw his hat into the ring with little chance of winning; if you take your humor subtle and tend to root for the underdog The Golden Goose Ate The Grassroots is a “must read”. You will chuckle you will laugh out loud you will cry you will shake your head at the absurdity of our political process and you will come away with an understanding of the campaign intricacies that can only be imparted by someone who has “been-there-done-that. This candidate was probably the most under-funded non-experienced candidate in the nation. Yet the candidate/author received over 86000 votes enough to be elected in a lot of congressional districts in the country. He had no political experience or connections no name recognition no money no organization and no idea what he was doing. Yet he ran against a super-funded two-term incumbent in a two to one negative demographic district navigated the minefield that has befallen countless politically seasoned hopefuls and still managed to scare the hell out of his opponent -- and make a statement.Had he won this would be the political “How To” book of the year. That he didn’t makes it an even greater story and there are no sour grapes crushed between these covers.