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Monday 2 November 2015
Memoir by Senate Majority Leader McConnell coming in May
HILLEL ITALIE “more optimistic view” of In this Sept. 16, 2015 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks during
AP National Writer the Senate. a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
NEW YORK (AP) — Senate “At a moment of wide-
Majority Leader Mitch Mc- spread anxiety and distrust Associated Press
Connell has a book deal. about our political institu-
The Kentucky Republican’s tions, I thought it was im- Rubio. on Capitol Hill,” Sentinel behind closed doors, as
memoir “The Long Game” portant for someone who “This will be a candid mem- president and publisher well as the power of mod-
will be released in May, believes in the wisdom and oir of Sen. McConnell’s en- Adrian Zackheim said in a esty, patience, and dili-
Sentinel told The Associat- durability of our system to tire life and career, from his statement. “It will fascinate gence in a field that seems
ed Press. offer a longer, more opti- childhood battle with polio anyone interested in how to demand the opposite
According to the publisher, mistic view, to share the les- to the most recent dramas Washington really works traits.”q
a conservative imprint of sons and experiences that
Penguin Random House, would help others better
McConnell will address understand and appreci-
“controversial issues” in- ate the Senate and what
volving himself and both happens here behind the
parties, whether tea party scenes from day to day,”
Republicans who have ac- he said.
cused him of being too will-
ing to compromise or such “It’s a unique and indis-
leading Democrats as Pres- pensable institution. I’d like
ident Barack Obama and to help others see why.”
Senate Minority Leader Financial terms were not
Harry Reid of Nevada. disclosed. McConnell was
McConnell, 73, was first represented by Robert
elected to the Senate Barnett, a Washington at-
in 1984 and is regarded torney whose clients have
as one of Washington’s included Obama, Demo-
shrewdest politicians. In a cratic presidential con-
statement issued through tender Hillary Rodham Clin-
Sentinel, he described ton and Republican presi-
his book as a defense and dential candidate Marco
