Start in the middle -- The beginning -- No longer a game -- Going to school, not necessarily at school -- For a while the path seemed really clear -- Not the guy in the back of the room -- Leaning out -- Leaning in -- Back on track -- Winning -- Showtime -- Rookie mistakes -- Rookie promise -- Showing up -- Mount weather -- A safe place to call home -- Officer Mike -- Jesse Ventura and two drunk firefighters -- The ripples of 9/11 and Paul Wellstone -- Balance -- New year, new governor -- City builder starts building city -- McManus -- Making the save, giving up the rebound -- The thin line between love and respect -- When kids kill kids -- Results -- Not so isolated after all -- Bridge collapse -- Two campaigns -- Two campaigns of my own -- More than point A to point B -- The next generation -- Tornados real and imagined -- Minneapolis : the brand -- The big bang -- The way he looked at his son -- "No más" -- My favorite year (part 1) -- Big night in the summer of love -- My favorite year (part 2) -- The end, almost literally -- Why I wrote this book.