More Davids Than Goliaths
A Political Education
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Harold Ford Jr. has long distinguished himself as a charismatic, results-oriented politician with fresh ideas. His career began at age 26 after he won his father’s Congressional seat, serving his Tennessee district for ten years. He stepped into the national spotlight with his electric keynote at the 2000 Democratic National Convention, and in 2006 his reputation was further shaped during the closest Senate race in Tennessee’s history, which he lost. Ford feels passionately that our country’s best days are ahead, and in More Davids Than Goliaths, he presents his mission statement for America.
Reflecting on what he’s learned from his extended political family, the slings and arrows of the campaign trail, and those across our nation who inspire him, More Davids Than Goliaths explains Ford’s conviction, “At its best, leadership in government can solve, inspire, and heal.” Along the way, Ford reminds us that in America, there are more Davids than Goliaths, more solutions than problems, more that unites us than divides us.
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It's easy to forget that politicians are people too, so Ford Jr.'s account of his life from four to 40 is a welcome read. As a young man, Ford Jr. worked on his father's campaigns for Congress, learning skills that would help him win his father's seat in 1996. Ford Jr. credits grassroots strategies for returning him to the House five times, strategies he refused to abandon even after they failed to send him to the Senate in 2006. In a candid chronological examination of what made him the man and the politician that he is, Ford Jr. shares many personal moments, including bracing experiences of racial discrimination. Facing Goliaths in both the House and the media, Ford Jr. believes he exhibited the same valuable traits that his father possessed: honesty, integrity, and determination. Although his account remains largely personal and bipartisan, trafficking in solid American values that readers of all affiliations will sympathize with, one can't help but wonder about the next phase of the still young man's career; this is politics after all.
