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The Right Path: From Ike to Reagan, How Republicans Once Mastered Politics- -and Can Again Hardcover - 2013

by Scarborough, Joe

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Random House, 2013. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Joe Scarborough--former Republican congressman and the always insightful ho st of MSNBC's Morning Joe--takes a nuanced and surprising look at the unexp ected rise and self-inflicted fall of the Republican Party. Dominant in nat ional politics for forty years under the influence of the conservative but pragmatic leadership of Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan, the GOP, Scarb orough argues, is in a self-inflicted eclipse. The only way forward? Recove r the principled realism of the giants who led the party to greatness. In the aftermath of Lyndon Johnson's 1964 landslide, the Republican Party a ppeared to be on the verge of permanent irrelevance. LBJ's Great Society wa s institutionalizing sweeping liberal reforms, and the United States had a thriving, prosperous economy. Yet in an instant everything changed, and the next four decades would witness an unprecedented era of Republican ascenda ncy. What happened? In The Right Path, Joe Scarborough looks back in time to discern how Republ icans once dominated American public life. From Eisenhower's refusal to let "the perfect be the enemy of the good" to Reagan's charismatic but resolut ely practical genius, Scarborough shows how principled pragmatism, combined with a commitment to core conservative values, led to victory after victor y. Now, however, political incalcitrance is threatening to turn a once-mighty party into a permanent minority. Opening with the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965--the high-water moment for liberalism-.
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Joe Scarborough is one of the hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe and was, from 1995 to 2001, a member of the House of Representatives. His previous book, The Last Best Hope: Restoring Conservatism and America’s Promise, was a New York Times bestseller. He was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

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“This concise history of modern Republican politics might just leave you optimistic about the chances that conservatives can govern again. . . . In the world of commentary, we tend to obsess over the quotidian ebbs and flows—assuming that every little bump in the road is a disaster. . . . But there’s something about reading the history that allows one to take a longer view and put things in context. And that’s precisely what this book does very well.”—The Daily Caller

“The Right Path is the right book at the right time to spark a much-needed conversation about the future of the Republican Party.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin
 
“If you’re interested in the Republican future, you need to read The Right Path. I don’t agree with all of it, but Joe Scarborough has written a book that’s both thought-provoking and fun.”—William Kristol

“Joe Scarborough’s lively, provocative, and instructive history of the modern Republican Party will stir up the GOP—which is exactly what he has in mind. As the Grand Old Party searches for a path to victory, Joe offers some important lessons to be learned.”—Tom Brokaw
 
“Joe Scarborough’s incisive, original, provocative, and well-argued book, deploying American political history both distant and recent, deserves to be widely read, carefully considered, and energetically debated.”—Michael Beschloss
 
“Blending political and cultural history with sharp analysis, Joe Scarborough’s The Right Path is highly readable, timely, and, most important, provocative. This book comes at a crucial time for the Republican Party.”—Craig Shirley

“Joe Scarborough, a good Republican, wants to save the Republicans from themselves. In this provocative, lively, and wise book, he shows the way.”—Evan Thomas

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Joe Scarborough is one of the hosts of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and was, from 1995 to 2001, a member of the House of Representatives. His previous book, "The Last Best Hope: Restoring Conservatism and America's Promise, " was a "New York Times" bestseller. He was named by "Time" magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

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