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Run: A Novel About One Man's Quest to Save This Country From Itself
Congress just doesn't work. It's indisputable. You, in all likelihood, arrived here at the Amazon.com page for this book because you're fed up. Because you recognize that Congress is slowly destroying our nation. A recent Gallup poll found that 72% of the American people agree with you and disapprove of the job Congress is doing. Despite the fact that a supermajority of the American people agree that Congress is doing a lousy job, only 10% believe it can change.
Noa Kalakaua is part of that 10%. He's brilliant. He's an idealist. And a pragmatist. And an economist. And an independent. A Novel About One Man's Quest to Save this Country from Itself, tells the story of Noa's incredible 2008 run for the White House against Barack Obama and John McCain.
Noa has no money. He's never held elected office and no one knows him. He's not a member of either political party and he knows no independent candidate had ever come close to the White House. Despite this, he knows he must run.
He must run because the country is hurtling toward an economic disaster that could see millions of Americans "out on their asses living in abject poverty." He must run because he knows real change is impossible until the American people demand it from their politicians. He must run because-though many say he's crazy-he knows he can save this country.
Narrated through a series of third person media accounts, Run documents how Kalakaua, a University of Chicago economist, plays on America's fascination with celebrity to mount a creative and startlingly original low budget common sense campaign that aims to reinvent democracy, inspire the American people to think, and attempt to save a nation careening toward disaster. The book, which has earned the praise of James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, should be required reading for anyone planning to vote in the Mid-term elections. It's a must read for anyone who wonders why things haven't changed, and for anyone who still believes they can. The book is capped by a series of resources for concerned citizens who believe real change is possible and are willing to raise hell until they see things change.
Noa Kalakaua is part of that 10%. He's brilliant. He's an idealist. And a pragmatist. And an economist. And an independent. A Novel About One Man's Quest to Save this Country from Itself, tells the story of Noa's incredible 2008 run for the White House against Barack Obama and John McCain.
Noa has no money. He's never held elected office and no one knows him. He's not a member of either political party and he knows no independent candidate had ever come close to the White House. Despite this, he knows he must run.
He must run because the country is hurtling toward an economic disaster that could see millions of Americans "out on their asses living in abject poverty." He must run because he knows real change is impossible until the American people demand it from their politicians. He must run because-though many say he's crazy-he knows he can save this country.
Narrated through a series of third person media accounts, Run documents how Kalakaua, a University of Chicago economist, plays on America's fascination with celebrity to mount a creative and startlingly original low budget common sense campaign that aims to reinvent democracy, inspire the American people to think, and attempt to save a nation careening toward disaster. The book, which has earned the praise of James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, should be required reading for anyone planning to vote in the Mid-term elections. It's a must read for anyone who wonders why things haven't changed, and for anyone who still believes they can. The book is capped by a series of resources for concerned citizens who believe real change is possible and are willing to raise hell until they see things change.
264 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 22, 2008
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