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POLITICAL WATCH
What, August, already? That means only a few more book-shopping months till Election Day—and even less time for some quick reading before the political conventions.
By Jane Mayer Doubleday, $27.50 ISBN 9780385526395
By Thomas Frank Metropolitan, $25 ISBN 9780805079883
By Ben J. Wattenberg Thomas Dunne, $26.95 ISBN 9780312382995
By Russ Douthat and Reihan Salam Doubleday, $23.95 ISBN 9780385519434
By Sanford D. Horwitt S&S, $26 ISBN 9781416534921
By Michael Babcock Tyndale, 14.99 ISBN 9781414318608 |
New Yorker writer and investigative journalist Mayer says the assault on the Constitution after 9/11 is likely to be George W. Bush's biggest legacy.
Bad things have happened since conservatives have been in power, Frank says, from the selling off of industries to the growing influence of the rich.
Neo-con Wattenberg offers an insider view of Washington and explains how he went from being LBJ's aide to the man he is today.
Two editors from the Atlantic outline their plan for recapturing working-class voters and building a new Republican majority.
Horwitt was granted full cooperation for this look into the life and political principles of Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.), co-sponsor of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill.
Liberty University professor Babcock charts America's history as a "post-Christian" nation and calls for evangelicals to do something about it.