Review: (2) Ian Frazier, Tales of Adventure for Boys

Is it nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of fortune down in the garage?

James Russell Lowell

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After Hanover, Pence got a law degree from the University of Indiana and went into private practice. In college he had been a Democrat and worked for Jimmy Carter’s campaign. Then he became a Reagan Republican, out of a deep admiration for Reagan. In 1988, when Pence was twenty-eight, he ran for Congress and lost. The negative campaign that he felt had been forced upon him disappointed him and betrayed his values, he said. Two years later he ran and lost again. He became a local right-wing talk-show host, ran for Congress a third time, finally won, served six terms, then ran for Governor and won. From there, his reputation grew nationwide until Donald Trump asked him to be his vice-president. The idea was that Pence would nail down the vote of the far-right Christians, back before it became clear that they were for Trump regardless.