The Parties Versus the People

“An urgent and engaging look at how American politics have become the founding fathers’ worst nightmare” ( The Daily Beast ).   America’s political system is dysfunctional. We know it, yet the problem seems intractable—after every election, voters discover yet again that political “leaders” are simply quarreling in a never-ending battle between the two warring tribes.   As a former congressman, Mickey Edwards witnessed firsthand how important legislative battles can devolve into strugg