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"The Politics of Polarization"

Sixteen years ago, Bill Galston and Elaine Kamarck wrote a paper called "The Politics of Evasion," arguing that Democrats were pursuing the wrong strategy and could not win the presidency without taking more-moderate stands and emphasizing different issues. It made the case for the kind of politics Bill Clinton brought to the 1992 campaign and, to a considerable extent, to his presidency. Galston and Kamarck both served in the Clinton White House, and with distinction. They are two of the smartest and most intellectually honest Democratic thinkers I know of.

Now they have written a paper called "The Politics of Polarization," which makes many of the same points.

"The latest from Galston and Kamarck," by Michael Barone, Barone Blog, October 12, 2005

October 12, 2005 10:09 PM