Values Matter Most
How Republicans, or Democrats, or a Third Party Can Win and Renew the American Way of Life
1st Edition
Published on 11. May 2010
432 pages
978-1-4391-3842-7 (ISBN)
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Published in tandem with his upcoming PBS special of the same name, the eminent political commentator argues that the parties' stands on social issues such as crime, welfare, and morality will decide future elections. 25,000 first printing.
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Ben J. Wattenberg
Values Matter Most
How Republicans, or Democrats, or a Third Party Can Win and Renew the American Way of Life
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Ben J. Wattenberg was a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. He is the author of ten books, many of which have shaped the public dialogue, including Values Matter Most, The Real Majority (in collaboration with Richard Scammon), The Birth Dearth, and The Good News Is the Bad News Is Wrong. Wattenberg was a member of the U.S. delegation to the 1984 UN World Population Conference and has participated in population symposia with the United Nations Population Division, the National Academy of Science, the Population Association of America, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was appointed to foreign policy advisory posts by Presidents Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Speaker Thomas Foley. He passed away in 2015 at age 81.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright Page
- CONTENTS
- FROM THEN TO NOT QUITE NOW
- PROLOGUE
- HOW A THEME GREW
- 1992 DEMOCRATS GET THE MESSAGE REPUBLICANS LOSE IT
- WHAT IT'S NOT
- IT'S NOT THE ECONOMY
- THOSE DARN CULTURAL ISSUES
- IT'S NOT NEW IT'S NORMAL
- WHY THESE VALUES MATTER MOST
- THE CRIME WAVE
- THE WELFARE WAVE
- THE EDUCATION SLIDE
- THE PREFERENCE PROLIFERATION
- VERIFICATION
- WHY CLINTON AND THE DEMOCRATS ALMOST BLEW IT OR DID
- GOVERNING
- THE ISSUES IN PLAY
- THE REPUBLICAN REVOLUTION
- THE REPUBLICAN EVOLUTION
- HOW TO WIN AND WHY
- SAVING AMERICA THROUGH POLITICS
- SPIN CONTROL
- EPILOGUE
- Appendix "WHY I'M FOR CLINTON"
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INDEX
