One of the surprises in the scholarship of American politics is the rarity of a serious study of a single electoral race. Indeed, there are few case studies or monographs that permit students of campaign politics to follow an election contest from start to finish. No Holds Barred is one of them. Beginning with the historic retirement announcement by U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, which resulted in an open senate seat in the state of Connecticut, Gary Rose tracks every facet of the tough and exceptionally hard-fought senatorial campaign that unfolded in Connecticut during election year 2012. The...