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âThis book made me laugh out loud and also gave me glimpses of an entire horizon of possibility I hadnât seen before.ââChris Hayes, host of MSNBCâs All In with Chris Hayes
End the filibuster. Abolish the Senate. Make everyone vote. Only if we do this (and then some), says Thomas Geoghegan, might we heal our fractured democracy.
In 2008, Geogheganâthen an established labor lawyer and prolific writerâembarked on a campaign to represent Chicagoâs Fifth District in Congress, in a special election called when Rahm Emanuel stepped down to serve as President Barack Obamaâs chief of staff. For ninety days leading up to the election, Geoghegan, a political neophyte at age sixty, knocked on doors, shook hands at train stations, and made fundraising calls. On election night he lost, badly.
But this humbling experience helped him develop a framework for reimagining American government in a way that is truly just, fair, and constitutional. Taking its title from Walt Whitman, The History of Democracy Is Yet to Be Written: How We Have to Learn to Govern All Over Again, combines hilarious tales from his time on the campaign trail with an incisive vision of how we might be able to create an America that fulfills its great promise. In a polarized country, where 100 million citizens donât vote, and those who do are otherwise rarely politically engaged, he makes an impassioned case for the possibility of a truly representative democracy, one built on the ideals of the House of Representatives, the true chamber of the people, and inspired by the poet who gives the book its name. At once an engaging memoir and a call to arms, The History of Democracy Is Yet to Be Written will inspire and invigorate political veterans and young activists alike.
âWitty, succinct . . . morally incisive.â âRick Perlstein, New York Timesâbestselling author of Reaganland
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âGeogheganâs punchy political memoir-and-manifesto is hilarious, poignant, and rippling with strong ideas and practical hope for change.â âCongressman Jamie Raskin
End the filibuster. Abolish the Senate. Make everyone vote. Only if we do this (and then some), says Thomas Geoghegan, might we heal our fractured democracy.
In 2008, Geogheganâthen an established labor lawyer and prolific writerâembarked on a campaign to represent Chicagoâs Fifth District in Congress, in a special election called when Rahm Emanuel stepped down to serve as President Barack Obamaâs chief of staff. For ninety days leading up to the election, Geoghegan, a political neophyte at age sixty, knocked on doors, shook hands at train stations, and made fundraising calls. On election night he lost, badly.
But this humbling experience helped him develop a framework for reimagining American government in a way that is truly just, fair, and constitutional. Taking its title from Walt Whitman, The History of Democracy Is Yet to Be Written: How We Have to Learn to Govern All Over Again, combines hilarious tales from his time on the campaign trail with an incisive vision of how we might be able to create an America that fulfills its great promise. In a polarized country, where 100 million citizens donât vote, and those who do are otherwise rarely politically engaged, he makes an impassioned case for the possibility of a truly representative democracy, one built on the ideals of the House of Representatives, the true chamber of the people, and inspired by the poet who gives the book its name. At once an engaging memoir and a call to arms, The History of Democracy Is Yet to Be Written will inspire and invigorate political veterans and young activists alike.
âWitty, succinct . . . morally incisive.â âRick Perlstein, New York Timesâbestselling author of Reaganland
Â
âGeogheganâs punchy political memoir-and-manifesto is hilarious, poignant, and rippling with strong ideas and practical hope for change.â âCongressman Jamie Raskin
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âThis book made me laugh out loud and also gave me glimpses of an entire horizon of possibility I hadnât seen before.ââChris Hayes, host of MSNBCâs All In with Chris Hayes
End the filibuster. Abolish the Senate. Make everyone vote. Only if we do this (and then some), says Thomas Geoghegan, might we heal our fractured democracy.
In 2008, Geogheganâthen an established labor lawyer and prolific writerâembarked on a campaign to represent Chicagoâs Fifth District in Congress, in a special election called when Rahm Emanuel stepped down to serve as President Barack Obamaâs chief of staff. For ninety days leading up to the election, Geoghegan, a political neophyte at age sixty, knocked on doors, shook hands at train stations, and made fundraising calls. On election night he lost, badly.
But this humbling experience helped him develop a framework for reimagining American government in a way that is truly just, fair, and constitutional. Taking its title from Walt Whitman, The History of Democracy Is Yet to Be Written: How We Have to Learn to Govern All Over Again, combines hilarious tales from his time on the campaign trail with an incisive vision of how we might be able to create an America that fulfills its great promise. In a polarized country, where 100 million citizens donât vote, and those who do are otherwise rarely politically engaged, he makes an impassioned case for the possibility of a truly representative democracy, one built on the ideals of the House of Representatives, the true chamber of the people, and inspired by the poet who gives the book its name. At once an engaging memoir and a call to arms, The History of Democracy Is Yet to Be Written will inspire and invigorate political veterans and young activists alike.
âWitty, succinct . . . morally incisive.â âRick Perlstein, New York Timesâbestselling author of Reaganland
Â
âGeogheganâs punchy political memoir-and-manifesto is hilarious, poignant, and rippling with strong ideas and practical hope for change.â âCongressman Jamie Raskin
End the filibuster. Abolish the Senate. Make everyone vote. Only if we do this (and then some), says Thomas Geoghegan, might we heal our fractured democracy.
In 2008, Geogheganâthen an established labor lawyer and prolific writerâembarked on a campaign to represent Chicagoâs Fifth District in Congress, in a special election called when Rahm Emanuel stepped down to serve as President Barack Obamaâs chief of staff. For ninety days leading up to the election, Geoghegan, a political neophyte at age sixty, knocked on doors, shook hands at train stations, and made fundraising calls. On election night he lost, badly.
But this humbling experience helped him develop a framework for reimagining American government in a way that is truly just, fair, and constitutional. Taking its title from Walt Whitman, The History of Democracy Is Yet to Be Written: How We Have to Learn to Govern All Over Again, combines hilarious tales from his time on the campaign trail with an incisive vision of how we might be able to create an America that fulfills its great promise. In a polarized country, where 100 million citizens donât vote, and those who do are otherwise rarely politically engaged, he makes an impassioned case for the possibility of a truly representative democracy, one built on the ideals of the House of Representatives, the true chamber of the people, and inspired by the poet who gives the book its name. At once an engaging memoir and a call to arms, The History of Democracy Is Yet to Be Written will inspire and invigorate political veterans and young activists alike.
âWitty, succinct . . . morally incisive.â âRick Perlstein, New York Timesâbestselling author of Reaganland
Â
âGeogheganâs punchy political memoir-and-manifesto is hilarious, poignant, and rippling with strong ideas and practical hope for change.â âCongressman Jamie Raskin
