The party is over
Subtitle: how Republicans went crazy, Democrats became useless, and the middle class got shafted
By: Mike Lofgren
Publisher: Viking; Penguin Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780670026265
Subjects: Democratic Party (U.S.); Political parties; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); History
Description: Based on the explosive article Lofgren wrote when he resigned in disgust after the debt ceiling crisis, "The Party Is Over" is a funny and impassioned exposé of everything that is wrong with Washington.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-225) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The party of Lincoln, the party of Jefferson; title: Tactics: war minus the shooting; title: All wrapped up in the constitution; title: A devil's dictionary; title: Taxes and the rich; title: Worshipping at the altar of Mars; title: Media complicity; title: Give me that old time religion; title: No eggheads wanted; title: A low, dishonest decade; title: Are the Democrats any better?; title: A way out?