Mudcat saunders biography
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Dec 15, 2020
In this episode, we learn the story of David “Mudcat” Saunders. Mudcat was a sportswriter and became a successful real estate investor in Virginia. His career and life came crashing down because of his alcoholism. His alcoholism was so bad that he was on the brink of suicide. He quit drinking, turned his life around, and became a powerhouse political consultant and author. His story of facing and overcoming adversity makes him a perfect Rocket Motivation guest.
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Key Takeaways
Life is tough - Before you can live your best life and achieve happiness, you need to understand life can be tough.
Hope is essential - Digging yourself out from a bad situation requires hope.
It gets better - The sun comes out after the rain and shines brighter.
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Learn more about & contact Rod Cate • American political strategist David "Mudcat" Saunders is a Democratic political strategist and author. Saunders was a senior advisor in the 2008 Presidential campaign of John Edwards. He is widely credited with playing important roles in the election of Mark Warner to the office of Governor of Virginia in 2001 and the election of Jim Webb to the U.S. Senate in 2006. Saunders encourages candidates to show respect for rural culture in order to break through some of the social barriers currently keeping some rural white males from voting for Democrats in larger numbers. He often says that once you can break through the culture, people will listen to what you have to say about the issues. He is co-author, with political strategist Steve Jarding, of a book on the topic, Foxes in the Henhouse: How the Republicans Stole the South and the Heartland, and What the Democrats Must Do to Run 'em Out. In a 2005 interview with the blog SouthNow, • Like a newly discovered treasure map offering a path to buried riches, Foxes in the Henhouse is a hard-hitting political blueprint for how the Democrats can win again in the South and rural America. The authors document the Republicans' rise in the South and Midwest, expose the hypocrisy that marked their ascent, and offer a take-no-prisoners plan to kick them out. David Saunders (political strategist)
Foxes in the Henhouse
The authors know of what they speak. "Rural strategists" Steve Jarding and Dave "Mudcat" Saunders are famous for securing Democratic victories in places they shouldn't have -- most notably in Mark Warner's successful run for governor of Virginia, a campaign that wasn't afraid to use bluegrass concerts and NASCAR to get the message out.
When George W. Bush swept the South clean in 2004, it was the final insult to Jarding and Saunders, two self-proclaimed "bubbas" on a mission to convince their fellow southerners and rural Americans that the GOP's claim of representing "values," patriotism, th