Positively American
Subtitle: winning back the middle-class majority one family at a time
By: Chuck Schumer with Daniel Squadron.
Contributors: Squadron, Daniel.
Publisher: Rodale Books; Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Emmaus, PA]; [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781594865725
Subjects: Democratic Party (U.S.); Voting -- United States; Middle class -- United States -- Political activity; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Description: New York's popular senior senator offers a bold plan for change in the Democratic Party. The results of the 2004 election made it clear that while Democrats call themselves the party of the middle, the middle class does not consider the Democrats their party. Now, Chuck Schumer offers his plan for capturing the middle-class vote and moving his party back into the majority. Democrats can accomplish this, the senator explains, without abandoning their traditional principles. Schumer envisions a hypothetical, average middle-class American family, "the Baileys," who spend "as much time talking about the cost of cornflakes as the cost of the national debt." He then details specific proposals he believes would keep America safe, secure, and on top; and support the aspirations of a prosperous and growing middle class while speaking to anxieties created in a world changed by technology and globalization.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.