00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000009195 20200508204707 200508||||||||| | ||| |||| ||eng|| 978-0-471-74853-3 010-0520009195 eng 320.513 320.513/GIT/T Todd Gitlin The Bulldozer and the big tent: blind republicans, lame democrats, and the recovery of American ideals United States of America John Wiley & Sons 2007 vi, 327 hlm.; 23,5 cm 23,5 cm Indeks : p. 307-327 p.v-vi Why have the Republicans been so much better than Democrats at getting and exercising power? Why, even after a series of disasterrs culminating in the "thumpin" his party took in the 2006 elections, is Goerge W. Bush still the darling of an enormous political base? And what connects Bush's enduring appeal to seemingly inexplicable rise of Rudy Giulani and Freed Thompson and the sudden popularity of Barack Obama? In The Bulldozer and the Big Tent, Todd Gitlin long acknowledged as one of America's smartest observers of politics, media, and movements-argues that one thing matters to voters more than faith, values, policies, or track records: style. Voters pick their leaders based on qualities they perceive or aspire to in themselves. Republicans want a bulldozer, a decider, a"commander guy." Faction-ridden Democrats seek a candidate who can look like all things to all people: triangulators who can pitch a big enough tent to fit every kind of Democrat inside. Every Republican is looking for a leader, and every Democrat think he is one. Politics and Government (US); Right and Left (Political Sciences)