A majority of Americans tell pollsters they want more government intervention to reduce the gap between high- and lower-income citizens, and less than one-third consider high taxes to be a problem. Yet conservative Republicanism currently controls the political discourse. Why? Rick Perlstein probes this central paradox of today's political scene in his penetrating pamphlet. Perlstein explains how the Democrats' obsessive short-term focus on winning "swing voters" instead of cultivating loyal party-liners has relegated Democrats to political stagnation. Perlstein offers a vigorous critique and far-reaching vision that is a thirty-year plan for Democratic victory.

About the Author
Rick Perlstein is a national political correspondent for the Village Voice and the author of Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus.


Book Information
ISBN 9780976147503
Author Rick Perlstein
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC
Publisher Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC
Weight(grams) 113g
Dimensions(mm) 18mm * 12mm * 2mm