For those political aficionados capable of prying themselves away from cable news and the web, two quite interesting but very different books are just out.
RIP GOP: How the New America is Dooming the Republicans, by veteran Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg, was published last month. Greenberg has been a one-person think tank for the Democratic Party, particularly House Democrats, for the better part of 30 years. Anyone wondering what the GOP will look like five years after President Trump leaves town would be advised to read.
As to whether that will happen in 2021 or 2025, that’s where former ABC News political director Mark Halperin’s new book—his comeback attempt following some very public allegations of unwanted sexual advances to women—comes in. Released Tuesday, How to Beat Trump: America’s Top Political Strategists on What It Will Take, is what you would read if you found a big-time political journalist’s notebook of interviews with key Democratic operatives on a seat in the Metro or in the backseat of a Lyft in D.C. Halperin isn’t taking sides, just canvassing some smart Democrats about what they would recommend to take down Trump next year. CONT.
Charlie Cook