Books : Building Red America: The New Conservative Coalition and the Drive For Permanent Power
In association with Amazon.comby: Thomas B. Edsall
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Dewey Decimal Number: 324.2734
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Label: Basic Books
Manufacturer: Basic Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: August 28, 2006
Publisher: Basic Books
Sales Rank: 1279990
Studio: Basic Books
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It's no secret that the Republicans are aiming for a generation-long realignment that will establish them as the majority party for the rest of our lifetimes. But few people outside the far right understand what that means. Any realignment has huge effects on political culture, and this one is more ambitious than any other in our history, including the Democratic takeover in the 1930s. It is the first deliberate realignment. It involves cultural changes--in the media and in the academy--that were never part of previous realignments. And it encompasses institutional changes in areas like foreign policy and the judiciary, whose independence was always respected in the past. Every aspect of society and every office of government is being turned to the purpose of strengthening Republican institutions--businesses, evangelical Protestant churches--and weakening Democratic ones, such as unions and consumer groups. Building Red America will bring home to readers for the first time the true extent of the Republican takeover of American politics, by revealing the chief architects of political revolution. The result is a masterful--and disturbing--work of political journalism that challenges all of us to wake up and take heed before the world has changed beyond recognition.
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- The Political Strategy to Control AmericaAmerican political thought and the policies adopted by the Republicans and Democrats have always been in a constant state of change, with each of the two parties scrambling to adapt to an ever- changing world with new concerns and new opportunities. In different decades, Democrats had the upper hand and were perceived as being in step with a large percentage of voters. This trend continued through much of the 1960's and 1970's and Democrats enjoyed either control of the White House or, at least, ... Read More
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- How could Edsall be so wrong about politics?If the Democrats have major problems I'd like to know what they are. Not one single Democrat running for re-election lost their seat in the House or Senate during the November 2006 elections, plus they are now the majority party in both houses.
That means Edsall is wrong and his book is discredited. The New Conservative Drive For Permanent Power has driven off a cliff and into the sea of unpopularity, just like Edsall's book.
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- politics has changed since my student daysAs a university student I studied American politics in the 50s and 60s, then taught it myself in the 1970s. before leaving academia for business and then government service. Now, this book has re-educated me about fundamental practices in our politics today. It is invaluable.
The following comment will illustrate how this book is about "politics" more than "government." In 2000 when Bush "won" the election by a narrow margin, he initially promised to unite the nation, govern for everyone, ... Read More
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- Very Insightful!Edsall sees that the Republican party has increasingly become a coalition of the dominant (including ascending religious denominations), while the Democrats have become largely an alliance of the socially and economically dominated (including declining religious denominations) and those who identify with them.
Despite Watergate and Vietnam, Republicans have controlled the White House for 20 of the next 28 years, the Senate for 18 of the next 26, and the House for 12 of the next 26. With American ... Read More
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- Look under the hoodThe author is clearly a Democrat, but the book gives an under-the-hood perspective on modern campaign techniques on both sides of the aisle.
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