Democratic Campaign Book

Author : Sean J. Savage
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813149226

Get Book

Truman and the Democratic Party by Sean J. Savage Pdf

What best defines a Democrat in the American political arena -- idealistic reformer or pragmatic politician? Harry Truman adopted both roles and in so doing defined the nature of his presidency. Truman and the Democratic Party is the first book to deal exclusively with the president's relationship with the Democratic party and his status as party leader. Sean J. Savage addresses Truman's twin roles of party regular and liberal reformer, examining the tension that arose from this duality and the consequences of that tension for Truman's political career. Truman saw the Democratic party change during his lifetime from a rural-dominated minority party often lacking a unifying agenda to an urban-dominated majority party with strong liberal policy objectives. A seasoned politician who valued party loyalty and recognized the value of political patronage, Truman was also attracted to a liberal ideology that threatened party unity by alienating southern Democrats. By the time he succeeded Franklin Roosevelt, the diversity of opinions and demands among party members led Truman to alternate between two personas: the reformer committed to liberal policy goal -- civil rights, national health insurance, federal aid to education -- and the party regular who sought greater harmony among fellow Democrats. Drawing on personal interview with former Truman administration members and party officials and on archival materials -- most notably papers of the Democratic National Committee at the Harry S. Truman Library -- Savage has produced a fresh perspective that is both shrewd and insightful. This book offers historians and political scientists a new way of looking at the Truman administration and its impact on key public policies.

Author : Edward-Isaac Dovere
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781984878083

Get Book

Battle for the Soul by Edward-Isaac Dovere Pdf

An award-winning political journalist for The Atlantic tells the inside story of how the embattled Democratic Party, seeking a direction for its future during the Trump years, successfully regained the White House. The 2020 presidential campaign was a defining moment for America. As Donald Trump and his nativist populism cowed the Republican Party into submission, many Democrats—haunted by Hillary Clinton’s shocking loss in 2016 and the resulting four-year-long identity crisis—were convinced that he would be unbeatable. Their party and the country, it seemed, might never recover. How, then, did Democrats manage to win the presidency, especially after the longest primary race with the biggest field ever? How did they keep themselves united through an internal struggle between newly empowered progressives and establishment forces—playing out against a pandemic, an economic crisis, and a new racial reckoning? Edward-Isaac Dovere’s Battle for the Soul is the searing, fly-on-the-wall account of the Democrats’ journey through recalibration and rebirth. Dovere traces this process: from the early days in the wilderness of the post-Obama era to the jockeying of potential candidates; from the backroom battles and exhausting campaigns to the unlikely triumph of the man few expected to win; and on through the inauguration and the insurrection at the Capitol. Dovere draws on years of on-the-ground reporting and contemporaneous conversations with the key players—whether with Pete Buttigieg in his hotel suite in Des Moines an hour before he won the Iowa caucuses or with Joe Biden in his first-ever interview in the Oval Office—as well as with aides, advisors, and voters. Offering unparalleled access and an insider’s command of the campaign, Battle for the Soul takes a compelling look at the policies, politics, and people, as well as the often absurd process of running for president. This fresh and timely story brings you on the trail, into the private rooms, and along to eavesdrop on critical conversations. You will never see campaigns or this turning point in our history the same way again.

Author : Democratic National Committee (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Campaign literature
ISBN : IND:32000002816231

Get Book

Democratic Campaign Book by Democratic National Committee (U.S.) Pdf

Author : George Lakoff,Elisabeth Wehling
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781476700014

Get Book

The Little Blue Book by George Lakoff,Elisabeth Wehling Pdf

Provides guidelines for United States Democrats to connect moral values to important policies, using practical tactics to guide political discourse away from extreme positions.

Author : Glenn Hurowitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124058889

Get Book

Fear and Courage in the Democratic Party by Glenn Hurowitz Pdf

Coming just in time for election season, Fear and Courage in the Democratic Party chronicles the extraordinary stories of five politicians and activists: three "progressive heroes" who exhibited rare political courage - and through it found unexpected political success, and two "spineless weasels" who embraced The Politics of Fear and rode it to ultimate failure. The book reveals how Senator Paul Wellstone used his courage to overcome a quirky personality, an occasionally hysterical style and, most of all, an ideology considerably to the left of his constituents, eventually becoming a national hero. It tells the dramatic story of how the same foundations and corporations that engineered the right-wing takeover of the Republican Party used junk political science to move Democrats to the right as well. Hurowitz shows how the legacy of Bill Clinton, widely proclaimed his generation's greatest political talent, will actually burden the Democratic Party and the progressive movement for decades to come. A work of astounding insight, Fear and Courage in the Democratic Party promises to transform political discourse in 2008.

Author : John Nichols
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788737425

Get Book

The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party by John Nichols Pdf

Fighting fascism at home and abroad begins with the consolidation of a progressive politics Seventy-five years ago, Henry Wallace, then the sitting Vice President of the United States, mounted a campaign to warn about the persisting "Danger of American Fascism." As fighting in the European and Japanese theaters drew to a close, Wallace warned that the country may win the war and lose the piece; that the fascist threat that the U.S. was battling abroad had a terrifying domestic variant, growing rapidly in power: wealthy corporatists and their allies in the media. Wallace warned that if the New Deal project was not renewed and expanded in the post-war era, American fascists would use fear mongering, xenophonbia, and racism to regain the economic and political power that they lost. He championed an alternative, progressive vision of a post-war world-an alternative to triumphalist "American Century" vision then rising--in which the United States rejected colonialism and imperialism. Wallace's political vision - as well as his standing in the Democratic Party - were quickly sidelined. In the decades to come, other progressive forces would mount similar campaigns: George McGovern and Jesse Jackson more prominently. As John Nichols chronicles in this book, they ultimately failed - a warning to would-be reformers today - but their successive efforts provide us with insights into the nature of the Democratic Party, and a strategic script for the likes of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0341911062

Get Book

Democratic Campaign Book by Anonymous Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Al From
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137401441

Get Book

The New Democrats and the Return to Power by Al From Pdf

After Barack Obama's solid win in the 2012 election, it's easy to forget that there was a time, not long ago, when the Democrats were shut out of power for over a decade. But Al From remembers. In 1984, he led a small band of governors, US senators, and members of Congress to organize the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC). Their mission: to rescue the party from the political wilderness, redefine its message, and, most importantly, win presidential elections. In April 1989, From traveled to Little Rock, Arkansas, to recruit the state's young governor, Bill Clinton, to be chairman of the DLC. Here, Al From explores the founding philosophy of the New Democrats, which not only achieved stunning validation during Clinton's two terms, but also became the model for resurgent center-left parties in Europe and throughout the democratic world. Here, he outlines for the first time the principles at the heart of the movement, including economic centrism, national security, and entitlement reform, and why they are vital to the success of the Democratic Party in the years ahead.

Author : John B. Judis,Ruy Teixeira
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004-02-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780743254786

Get Book

The Emerging Democratic Majority by John B. Judis,Ruy Teixeira Pdf

ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR AND A WINNER OF THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY'S ANNUAL POLITICAL BOOK AWARD Political experts John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira convincingly use hard data -- demographic, geographic, economic, and political -- to forecast the dawn of a new progressive era. In the 1960s, Kevin Phillips, battling conventional wisdom, correctly foretold the dawn of a new conservative era. His book, The Emerging Republican Majority, became an indispensable guide for all those attempting to understand political change through the 1970s and 1980s. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, with the country in Republican hands, The Emerging Democratic Majority is the indispensable guide to this era. In five well-researched chapters and a new afterword covering the 2002 elections, Judis and Teixeira show how the most dynamic and fastest-growing areas of the country are cultivating a new wave of Democratic voters who embrace what the authors call "progressive centrism" and take umbrage at Republican demands to privatize social security, ban abortion, and cut back environmental regulations. As the GOP continues to be dominated by neoconservatives, the religious right, and corporate influence, this is an essential volume for all those discontented with their narrow agenda -- and a clarion call for a new political order.

Author : Democratic Congressional Committee
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1022852906

Get Book

Democratic Campaign Book by Democratic Congressional Committee Pdf

This is the official democratic campaign book for the 1894 congressional election. It provides an insider's look at the democratic party's platform and strategy. A must-read for anyone interested in the history of American politics. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Thomas Frank
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781627795401

Get Book

Listen, Liberal by Thomas Frank Pdf

From the bestselling author of What's the Matter With Kansas, a scathing look at the standard-bearers of liberal politics -- a book that asks: what's the matter with Democrats? It is a widespread belief among liberals that if only Democrats can continue to dominate national elections, if only those awful Republicans are beaten into submission, the country will be on the right course. But this is to fundamentally misunderstand the modern Democratic Party. Drawing on years of research and first-hand reporting, Frank points out that the Democrats have done little to advance traditional liberal goals: expanding opportunity, fighting for social justice, and ensuring that workers get a fair deal. Indeed, they have scarcely dented the free-market consensus at all. This is not for lack of opportunity: Democrats have occupied the White House for sixteen of the last twenty-four years, and yet the decline of the middle class has only accelerated. Wall Street gets its bailouts, wages keep falling, and the free-trade deals keep coming. With his trademark sardonic wit and lacerating logic, Frank's Listen, Liberal lays bare the essence of the Democratic Party's philosophy and how it has changed over the years. A form of corporate and cultural elitism has largely eclipsed the party's old working-class commitment, he finds. For certain favored groups, this has meant prosperity. But for the nation as a whole, it is a one-way ticket into the abyss of inequality. In this critical election year, Frank recalls the Democrats to their historic goals-the only way to reverse the ever-deepening rift between the rich and the poor in America.

Author : Lance Selfa
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781608461929

Get Book

The Democrats by Lance Selfa Pdf

"A smart, readable history of the Democrats that reminds us of the party's allegiance to capital."—Indypendent

Author : Democratic Congressional Committee (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Campaign literature, 1894
ISBN : UCAL:B3635658

Get Book

Democratic Campaign Book by Democratic Congressional Committee (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Richard Mullin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004272149

Get Book

The Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party, 1899‒1904 by Richard Mullin Pdf

The Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party, 1899‒1904 is a volume of translated documents which express the views of the main anti-Leninist tendencies during the period in question.

Author : Democratic Party (U.S.),Democratic National Committee (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : Campaign literature, 1904
ISBN : OCLC:34566151

Get Book

The Campaign Text Book of the Democratic Party of the United States, 1904 by Democratic Party (U.S.),Democratic National Committee (U.S.) Pdf