Crashing the Gate

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Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People Powered Politics
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Author Jerome Armstrong, Markos Moulitsas
LanguageEnglish
Subject American politics
PublisherChelsea Green
Publication date
March 1, 2006
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeHardcover
Pages208
ISBN 1-931498-99-7
OCLC 62697103
324.70973 22
LC Class JK1764 .A76 2006
Followed by Taking On the System: Rules for Radical Change in a Digital Era  

Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People Powered Politics is a book ( ISBN   1-931498-99-7) authored by American political bloggers Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos and Jerome Armstrong of MyDD , published in 2006 by Chelsea Green. [1]

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Summary

In this book, the authors document what they see as the ineffectiveness of "old-school politics" in the Democratic Party, and advocate for a "new kind of popular political movement" that combines the netroots, grassroots, labor unions and big donors to effect a "broad change in the political landscape" of the United States.

In one chapter, they argue that there are two models for Democratic candidate success in the future. [2] One is to keep interest groups at bay, as exemplified by the 2004 electoral victory of Montana governor Brian Schweitzer. [2] The other is to bring disparate interest groups together, as exemplified by the alliance of Colorado Democrats who succeeded in winning back the state legislature, several Congressional districts, and a seat in the United States Senate. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Weigel, David (2006). "An Army of Bloggers". Reason. Retrieved June 29, 2024– via EBSCOHost.
  2. 1 2 3 Schmitt, Mark (April 2006). "Backseat strategists". Washington Monthly. Retrieved June 29, 2024– via EBSCOHost.
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