EBOOK
About
America's political system is dysfunctional. We know it, yet the problem seems intractable-after every election, voters discover yet again that political "leaders" are simply quarreling in a never-ending battle between the two warring tribes.
As a former congressman, Mickey Edwards witnessed firsthand how important legislative battles can devolve into struggles not over principle but over party advantage. He offers graphic examples of how this problem has intensified and reveals how political battles have become nothing more than conflicts between party machines. In this critically important book, he identifies exactly how our political and governing systems reward intransigence, discourage compromise, and undermine our democracy-and describes exactly what must be done to banish the negative effects of partisan warfare from our political system and renew American democracy.
As a former congressman, Mickey Edwards witnessed firsthand how important legislative battles can devolve into struggles not over principle but over party advantage. He offers graphic examples of how this problem has intensified and reveals how political battles have become nothing more than conflicts between party machines. In this critically important book, he identifies exactly how our political and governing systems reward intransigence, discourage compromise, and undermine our democracy-and describes exactly what must be done to banish the negative effects of partisan warfare from our political system and renew American democracy.