Parties, Movements, and Liberal Resurrection

Parties, Movements, and Liberal Resurrection: Some Truths about American Politics Todd Gitlin As an astute observer of American politics, media and mass movements, Todd Gitlin explores many of the knottiest questions in politics today. In his new book, The Bulldozer and the Big Tent, Gitlin argues that what matters to voters more than policies, issue ads, track records or moral value is leadership style. According to Gitlin, Republicans strongly prefer a bulldozer, a cowboy, a doer—a decider. Democrats prefer a candidate who can be all things to all people, a chameleon, an everyman—a kind of "big tent" to fit every kind of Democrat. Find out why Gitlin asserts that every Republican is looking for a leader and every Democrat thinks he is one. Part of Dayti