Primary Mistake: How the Washington Republican Establishment Lost Everythingin 2006 (and Sabotage d My Senatorial Campaign)

Primary Mistake: How the Washington Republican Establishment Lost Everythingin 2006 (and Sabotage d My Senatorial Campaign)

by Steve Laffey
Primary Mistake: How the Washington Republican Establishment Lost Everythingin 2006 (and Sabotage d My Senatorial Campaign)

Primary Mistake: How the Washington Republican Establishment Lost Everythingin 2006 (and Sabotage d My Senatorial Campaign)

by Steve Laffey

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Overview

"When I ran for reelection as the mayor of Cranston, there was an independent candidate running whose only claim to fame was that he wanted to keep a thirty-five-foot inflatable gorilla in his backyard. He was endearingly referred to as Gorilla Man. I never thought to say, 'Why is Gorilla Man running? 'When the debates were scheduled, I showed up and debated him along with the Democratic candidate. I never said, 'I won't debate Gorilla Man.' I never thought he couldn't run. This is America....
 
The fascinating thing about the whole experience was how pathetic the Republican establishment seemed. After all, they were supposed to be the ones in charge. Who was I? I was just the mayor of a midsize city in the country's smallest state, with only four years of political office under my belt I was the David to their Goliath, the 1998 U.S. Olympic hockey team to then Soviet Union machine.
 
Following my conversations with the aforementioned folks, I began to wonder: Is this what happens at the national level? Does power trump ideology and principle? "Of all the conversations I had with [the GOP establishment] not one involved a discussion about what I could offer them as a U.S. senator. They never talked about tax cuts, the war on terror, or spending cuts. These conversations were designed to convince me not to run. If anything, they had the opposite effect...."

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781101217825
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 09/13/2007
Sold by: Penguin Group
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 1,031,635
File size: 694 KB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Steve Laffey was elected mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island, in 2002, and reelected by the widest margin in Cranston history in 2004. Before entering politics he had had a successful career in finance, including a stint as president and COO of Morgan Keegan, an investment bank in Memphis.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments     1
Introduction: Who Is Steve Laffey?
See Steve Run, See Liddy Dole Run Scared     11
"Laffey vs. Chafee: The First Skirmish in a Very Important War"     35
The Team: Two Guys, a Girl, and a Whole Lot of Pizza     49
Selling the Republican Soul to the Highest Bidder     65
The Important Issues: Pixelation, Monkeys, and Leather Seats     81
Ads, Ads, and Lies     97
Working Our Tails Off-Rhode Island Style     113
Rules of the Road     127
The Final Days: Desperation and the Invasion of Outsiders     145
A Prescription for the Future     163
Notes     197
Index     203
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