|  |  | Few Are Chosen: A Campaign Memoir
Few Are Chosen: A Campaign Memoir
By Douglas McFarland (Ph.D. '83)
Beaver's Pond Press, 2008
Few Are Chosen tells the story of a campaign for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota with insight and self-deprecating good humor. Honest answers to questions about American politics great and small are part of the story of what a candidate really experiences and thinks. What do sitting senators and aspiring candidates talk about in unguarded moments? What is life like on the trail? Is driving through pitch black midnight at 25 below zero to the Icebox of the Nation as much fun as it sounds? What does a stall warning on a small plane sound like? Why do parties nominate candidates near the ends of the political spectrum? What are some tips on campaigning? When is the better response to a question to confess ignorance than to open the mouth and remove all doubt? What's the most important word in the statement "I want to win the right way"?
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