The Two Americas: Our Current Political Deadlock and How to Break It

[papau]

I just caught a discussion/interview with Russert, Matt Dowd, and Stan Greenberg about Greenberg’s new book:

The Two Americas: Our Current Political Deadlock and How to Break It


It seems like a must read for political junkies, and indeed appears to be a road map/political primer/strategic playbook for a Democratic victory in 04 – if you buy the wisdom of pollsters is at least useful to add to the mix.

The actual victory strategy/platform for the middle class/uncommitted voters seems to be a 50/50 mix of "cultural" issues (guns, religious feeling, education level, "family values") where religion – that is not the turnoff to the 25% of America that is secular that the armband Bush type religion is where one asks who would Jesus bomb –but is also not hidden, mixed with the 50% that are policy issues like health care or foreign policy – a Kennedy-Johnson era challenge/response to America’s demand for optimism in our leader with universal health care, education, tax reform, energy security and global warming put forward as challenges we must meet (I thought Gore did this in his win in 2000 – but I’d like the fellow in 04 to sell the above better).

In any case, it seems like a book that should be on our to read list for this winter.

[phaseolus]

1. link to NPR audio archive

I heard Greenberg interviewed a week ago and was impressed...

http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1585041

I liked his characterization of the freeper wing of the Republican party as "the 'F-you' boys"...

[papau]

2. Thanks for the link - I agree he speaks clearly and logically - not

sure I agree with everthing - but he makes you think!