Get This Party Started: How Progressives Can Fight Back and Win - Softcover

Kerbel, Matthew Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742540375 ISBN 13: 9780742540378

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005

Synopsis

Progressives and Democrats have done a good job of soldiering on after the devastating losses of 2000, 2002, and 2004, but the impassioned discussion of what to do next has had a fragmented quality until now. "Get This Party Started: How Progressives Can Fight Back and Win" brings together thirteen leading Beltway and grassroots progressive voices for an integrated discussion of the electoral, message, and organizational strategies that Democrats should pursue to return to power and establish a lasting progressive governing coalition. We are at a juncture in history when voters could be open to a progressive message that is thoughtfully developed and carefully delivered and this book offers a blueprint for how to get there.

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Review

This book features a lot of information from some tough, smart, and often young people about how to get our side in shape to take on bullies again, both at home and abroad: say what you believe, tell the truth, organize, trust local people, pay attention to the American people, don't talk down to voters, get outside of Washington, and don't be afraid to talk about moral values, because ours are closer to mainstream American values than the values of the right wing. Above all, fight.--Howard Dean, from the foreword

About the Author

Matthew R. Kerbel is professor of political science at Villanova University and author of five books on politics, the mass media, and the presidency, including If It Bleeds, It Leads: An Anatomy of Television News and the textbook American Government: Your Voice, Your Future. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, and he worked as a radio and television newswriter for outlets that included the Public Broadcasting Service in New York City.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742540375
• ISBN 13: 9780742540378
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224