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18/02/2010 - The Ideas Space
Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam: What future for the centre right in America?
Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam are two of the sharpest new writers on US politics. They are the co-authors of “Grand New Party”, a provocative challenge to Republican conventional wisdom. The book, subtitled “How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream” draws on historical and sociological analysis and suggests a way to reconstruct the Republican Party's core principles. They argue that the Democrats' cultural liberalism makes their party inherently hostile to the interests and values of the working class, but that on a host of issues, today's Republican Party lacks a message that speaks to their economic aspirations.
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Their analysis suggests that the Republicans should aim to recapture the common ground of US politics: “From Jefferson to Lincoln to Roosevelt to Reagan, our most successful leaders have sought the democraticisation of wealth, competence, and social standing.”
