Combat: : Twelve Years in the U.S. Senate

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Summary: deja vu
Review: As I write this in 2002, I find Rudman's book a lot more relevant than I did when I read it a year ago. Today, as in the 1980s, our politicians are no longer willing to make the tough choices needed to balance the budget. Rudman's book is a deeply personal story of how he fought against those trends. Rudman also explains how he got his friend David Souter appointed to the Supreme Court (a story that made me wince, since Souter is a bit more liberal than I). Rudman's book is not particularly deep and didn't teach me anything about policy; but certainly I learned a bit more about 1980s politics from it, and I wish he was still in the Senate.

Rating:
Summary: deja vu
Review: As I write this in 2002, I find Rudman's book a lot more relevant than I did when I read it a year ago. Today, as in the 1980s, our politicians are no longer willing to make the tough choices needed to balance the budget. Rudman's book is a deeply personal story of how he fought against those trends. Rudman also explains how he got his friend David Souter appointed to the Supreme Court (a story that made me wince, since Souter is a bit more liberal than I). Rudman's book is not particularly deep and didn't teach me anything about policy; but certainly I learned a bit more about 1980s politics from it, and I wish he was still in the Senate.

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Summary: Call it as you see it NH politician
Review: Great book. I was born and raised in New Hampshire only to live in the mid-west now. There are certainly many things I love about living in this part of the country; BUT I tend to miss that NH Yankee Call It As You See It attitude. Talk about a conservative maverick!!!! Great book OH, the [editorial] review states he [was] a "Senator from Massachusetts." Of course we know that's not true.