The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America Author:John R. MacArthur

The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America Author:John R. MacArthurThe publisher of Harpers Magazine presents an able, witty, and suitably pissed off guide (Bookforum) to American politics. (Previously published as Why You Can't Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America.) Barack Obama swept into the White House in January 2009, seemingly floating high above the crude realities of contemporary American political life. Old fashioned landmarksparty loyalty, ideology, campaign fundraising, patronage,

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