KMR at bluenc has a word about The Fred

The Senator from Johnston County (Wordsmith) has written an autobiography. Op research, start your engines!

... while Extra Effort is certainly more than a soundbite, don’t worry — he spares not the platitudes and demonstrates acute attention to the obvious.

“Running an organization isn’t easy, though. It requires long, hard meetings. It takes getting down into the details. It takes rigorous followthrough (sic). It demands extra effort.”

Whew. So will reading this thing.