Run the Other Way: Fixing the Two-Party System, One Campaign at a Time

By Bill Hillsman

Book Overview

Bill Hillsman is simply, in the words of Slate.com, "the world's greatest political adman." With his groundbreaking consulting work on Paul Wellstone's senatorial, Jesse Ventura's gubernatorial, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743224469
• ISBN13: 9780743224468
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Not your father's political primer...

Insightful book on our broken political process, made an enjoyable read due to Hillsman's slightly subversive sense of humor. Provides a great insider's view of campaigns from Nader to Ventura. No one else is covering this territory as well as this author.

Fly on the wall

After the press has built up its latest darling political candidates and subsequently torn them back down again we are often left with a bad taste in our mouths. This book lays the blame on our political system itself. But what I found most interesting were the behind-the-scenes anecdotes from Bill's experiences on various campaign trails. Those are the stories the press all too often overlooks and the ones voters want to know about most.

Witty and revealing - Read this book no matter your party

Bill Hillsman builds an interesting case for revamping our political system. His experience from the national to the local political arenas is impressive. He is funny and witty and provides a great read! This book is lots of fun for everyone interesting in learning how elections are really won and lost!! Have fun.

Fascinating and Disturbing

I highly recommend this book. This book works because while it points out the fault of both political parties it shares awesome stories of the little guy winning. The information about Ventura is fascinating and heart warming. I also found the info about McCain to be very interesting. I was surprised to find out how close he was to running as an independent candidate. You will also learn what the parties did to keep him from running.