The year is 1980, and Democrat US Senator Thomas E. Fitzgerald is running for re-election. But in addition to swimming against a strong conservative tide--Republican Ronald Reagan might just win--someone in his campaign is a murderer.
The Body Politic describes the inner workings of a hard-fought political battle: casual liaisons, brutal schedules, polling data, simmering hatred--everything that can go right--and terribly wrong.
Author Carolyn McPherson spent many years as a strategist and campaign manager, and served as Chief Speechwriter for the Lt. Governor of Michigan. She has also written books on adoption, and two quilting mysteries.