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Pros
The book is a comprehensive analysis of causes of our dysfunctional government revealing the vested interests benefitting from the dysfunction.
Avlon says it is time that another party replace the gop - a party that is moderate, pragmatic, and realistic in its political dealings (one that embraces compromise).
Cons
The authors make the common argument that only knowledgeable folks should be included in any argument, which sounds ok superficially, but who decides who is knowledgeable? The last 100 pages offer ridiculous solutions that even the authors admit have ... Read More
Authors of a new book suggest that republicans are hostage-takers. They argue that if republicans would just accept the democratic point of view on every issue we would have a balanced budget and a more civil society.
mannstein doesn't mention that 80 democrats belong to the socialist caucus.
O&m fail to acknowledge that it was obama who torpedoed a bigger deal during negotiations over the debt ceiling. Long lines, care greatly delayed or completely denied are the norm.
Highlights
Quality
This book gave me a real education with the political process
They refuse to work with the democrats as in years past
Thats the conclusion congressional scholars thomas mann and norman ornstein reach in 34its even worse than it looks how the ame... Read More
Price
I purchased the revised edition and while the update is helpful it was not worth the price of a new book
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- This product had a total of 800 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 17 2023.
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I would not have bought this book if i had known it is not a whole new edition to the 2012 original edition
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It only adds a new forward and an afterword to the original edition
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The suggestions how to fix the problem in the original edition have been overrun by even further extremism in the republican party
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I hoped the new edition would offer new suggestions
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It basically offers the same ideas and says they will be harder to implement
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The book raises the question of why this deliberate strategy of obstruction has been dignified by the media as normal politics which contributes to the lowering of public opinion of same
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But alas in far too many cases it does not and indifference and even apathy reigns
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I purchased the revised edition and while the update is helpful it was not worth the price of a new book
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