1 From Possum Hollow to Capitol Hill; 2 A Washington Education; 3 "Think Some More and Vote for Gore"; 4 The Infrastructure Senator from the Sunbelt; 5 The Triumph of a Racial Moderate; 6 Gore's Liberal Hopes and the Kennedy Promise; 7 Race and War: Albert Gore and Lyndon Johnson; 8 The Struggle for a Conservative Majority; 9 The Defeat of a Roman Senator; Epilogue; Primary Sources; Notes; Index; Acknowledgments.