No Holding Back
Subtitle: The 1980 John B. Anderson Presidential Campaign
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 614
ISBN-13: 9780761852261
Subjects: Presidents, united states; United states, politics and government
Description: Anderson gave up a safe seat in the House of Representatives, a position in the Republican leadership, and a likely nomination for a Senate seat to run what every expert considered a hopeless race for the GOP presidential nomination. Anderson did so because he was disturbed by many of the same trends in American politics that still exist today: the proliferation of special interests, gridlock on Capitol Hill, and the unwillingness of his fellow politicians to speak honestly about the critical issues facing the nation.