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Title: Reinventing Democrats by Kenneth S. Baer ISBN: 0-7006-1009-X Publisher: University Press of Kansas Pub. Date: 09 February, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.88 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The Democratic Party's recent history and near future
Comment: Reinventing Democrats chronicles the efforts of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) to shift the Democratic Party from its liberal orientation to a more centrist position. It details the DLC's strategies, its successes and its failures up to the 2000 primaries, before the Democratic Party had selected a candidate. It makes a compelling case that the Democratic Party needs to (1) select public policies that are fiscally responsible, business friendly, and, in short, consonant with middle-class values and (2) eschew or de-emphasize policies that are attractive primarily to the party's issue-activists -- this being necessary to occupy the mainstream of American political thought and avoid becoming politically marginalized. This message is particularly relevant now (2003) that some Democrats are panicking over the 2002 mid-term election results and calling for a shift back to the left, effectively seeking to reverse the successful course set by Clinton after the disaster of the 1994 mid-term elections.
Clinton was elected on a New Democrat (i.e. DLC) platform, but he commenced to govern, or was perceived to govern, with a liberal agenda. This led to his plummeting popularity and the mid-term disaster of 1994, and at the time it appeared he would be retired after one term. Since a good scare is always more valuable than good advice, he embraced a New Democratic agenda in his second two years and, with a little help from the Republicans, he won a handy victory in 1996, vindicating the DLC in the process. In all likelihood the New Democratic philosophy (embodied in Al Gore) would have achieved further electoral vindication in 2000 but for unfortunate lapses in the Oval Office and mis-steps thereafter -- the 2000 election was close; Clinton-exhaustion seems to have been a factor.
This book narrates events in a Democratic evolution that is still taking place, and the success of which is not guaranteed. If you care about public policy and the future of the Democratic Party, or just like to look inside the political process, this book is worth a read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Can't be missed!
Comment: A must read for anyone interested in our political system! At the dawn of the 21st century, the face of politics and parties is changing at an alarming rate. Reinventing Democrats takes an insightful look at the underlying truthes of government today. Baer is a thoughtful and intelligent writer who sheds light on what fuels the actions and decisions that affect the lives of all Americans. This book definetly can't be missed!
Rating: 5
Summary: Comprehensive, provacative
Comment: Whether you have a passing interest or are a true political junky, this book is a must read to understand America's contemporary political landscape. Highly recommended.
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Title: Party of the People : A History of the Democrats by JULES WITCOVER ISBN: 0375507426 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Grand Old Party : A History of the Republicans by LEWIS GOULD ISBN: 0375507418 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Two Americas: Our Current Political Deadlock and How to Break It by Stanley B. Greenberg ISBN: 0312318383 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 08 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Emerging Democratic Majority (Lisa Drew Books (Hardcover)) by John B. Judis, Ruy Teixeira ISBN: 0743226917 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 27 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The Third Way and Its Critics by Anthony Giddens ISBN: 0745624502 Publisher: Polity Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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