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Wellstone, Paul David

 
9780679462941: The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda

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The liberal senator defends the "politics of conviction" in a memoir of his life and political career that describes his battle for health care reform, education, and support for children.

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<b>Senator Paul Wellstone</b> grew up in Arlington, Virginia, and attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He was a professor of political science at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, for twenty-one years before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 1990. He and his wife, Sheila Ison, have three children and six grandchildren.<br>

Paul Wellstone was a professor of political science at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, for twenty-one years before being elected to the United States Senate in 1990.

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separate the lives you live from the words you speak,” Paul Wellstone told his students at Carleton College, where he was professor of political science.<br><br>Wellstone has lived up to his words as the most liberal man in the United States Senate, where for the past decade he has been the voice for improved health care, education, reform, and support for children. In this folksy and populist memoir, Wellstone explains why the politics of conviction are essential to democracy.<br><br>Through humor and heartfelt stories, Paul Wellstone takes readers on an unforgettable journey (in a school bus, which he used to campaign for door-to-door) from the fields and labor halls of Minnesota to the U.S. Senate, where he is frequently Republican Majority Leader Trent Lott’s most vocal nemesis. Along the way, he argues passionately for progressive activism, proves why all politics is personal, and explains why those with the deepest commitment to their beliefs win. <br>

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9780816641796: Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda (Minnesota)

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ISBN 10:  081664179X ISBN 13:  9780816641796
Editorial: University of Minnesota Press, 2002
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