Politics lost : how American democracy was trivialized by people who think youre stupid Klein one of todays top political observers has watched from the inside as consultants pollsters the twenty four hour cable news cycle and the lack of courage in so many of our political leaders have chiseled away at Washingtons integrity. Kleins intimate knowledge of the system and the people who run it as well as his backroom access to leading figures informs his dissection of the last thirty five years of American politics. Klein still harbors hope for the future and in addition to his brilliant if dismaying analysis of the political landscape of the past three decades he lays out a plan and a vision for what the next president must do to regain the trust of the country and turn politics back into an honest and passionate profession. From publisher description The burden of Southern history He looks me in the tie Banana peel words I came to love our weekly polls The twenty point kiss Issues are the last refuge of a scoundrel Were going to meet the people where they are And so my fellow Americans in conclusion