The Argument: Billionaires, Bloggers, and the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics

by Matt Bai
The Argument: Billionaires, Bloggers, and the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics  
published August 16th 2007 by Penguin Press HC, The
binding Hardcover
isbn 1594201331   (isbn13: 9781594201332)
pages 320
description Drawing on remarkable access to myriad factions of the Democratic Party, The New York Times Magazine writer Matt Bai distills the party's futur...more
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06-29-07



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todd
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04/21/08

Read in April, 2008
This is not a book many of my friends would expect to see on my book list, but it arrives with a strong recommendation. Matt Bai, an editor with the New York Times Magazine, dives into the struggle to redefine, reinvigorate, and reposition the Democratic Party since 2002 by diverse groups of ultra rich, ultra sophisticated techies and plain old disaffected, mostly upper middle class, baby boomers. The vehicles of choice for these groups are semi-secret organizations, internet blogs and collect...more
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Joe8track
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08/31/07

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Read in August, 2007

Interesting read. As a Virginia, I was pleased to see that there are brief mentions of Tim Kaine and Jim Webb. And Matt Bai spends a little more time on Mark Warner, who jumped out of the Presidential race in October 2006.

As a politically active person, I really liked the inside stories of the recent movements to creating a progressive infrastructure.


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Matt
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06/23/08

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Read in January, 2008
A fascinating, frustrating book -- not frustrating because of anything the writer does wrong, but because it left me with a slightly greater understanding of a problem, but still no real sense of how to solve that problem. Well worth reading for democrats who aren't quite sure what the party stands for anymore.
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Marissa
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01/28/08

Read in October, 2007
Good read, funny, and informative of *some* of the powers that be...but where are the real grassroots organizations? The netroots are a new and exciting constituency, but how does it connect to the real folks, and how can we use it to build a more sustainable progressive movement?
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Lindsay
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09/04/07

Read in August, 2007
I don't only read books related to my professional field, but my boss assigned this one as homework. I think I want to be a blogger now . . . or a billionaire.
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12/29/07

Read in December, 2007
recommends it for: anyone
Brilliant analysis of the problems of the current Democratic Party. Must reading for Democrats and Republicans alike.
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04/09/08

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Pretty engaging for a politico book. Great insider's view of the dems, though a bit gossipy.
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