Mad As Hell: How the Tea Party Movement Is Fundamentally Remaking Our Two-Party System

by Scott Rasmussen, Douglas Schoen

Overview

Today’s raucous revolt against Washington and Wall Street is a classic populist uprising. In Mad as Hell, political pollsters Scott Rasmussen and Doug Schoen discuss how the Tea Party movement is fundamentally remaking our two-party system and what it means for the future of American politics. For political junkies of every stripe—from both the left and the right side of the aisle—Mad as Hell is mandatory reading.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062016720
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	12/15/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	504
Sales rank:	676,674
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Scott Rasmussen is one of the most recognized and respected public opinion pollsters in the United States today. As founder and president of Rasmussen Reports, he is a political analyst, television commentator, author, and a regular on the speaking circuit. The Wall Street Journal says “Mr. Rasmussen is today's leading insurgent pollster” and “a key player in the contact sport of politics.” The Washington Post calls Rasmussen a “driving force in American politics” and reports that his polls have set off alarm bells in the Oval Office.

Table of Contents

Introduction: One Nation Under Revolt 1

1 The Two Strands of Populism 30

2 The Populist Strain 57

3 New Populism in Context 82

4 The Mainstream vs. the Political Class 127

5 The Evolution of the Tea Party Movement 173

6 The Structure of the Tea Party Movement 225

7 The Dynamics, Tactics, and Future of the Tea Party Movement 263

8 The Origin, Composition, and Future of Populism on the Left 309

9 The Media 350

10 Obama and the Populist Surge 403

Conclusion: Regaining the Consent of the Governed 427

Notes 471

Editorial Reviews

The unvarnished truth about the movement that is re-making the face of America. ... “Mad As Hell” is more than a ‘must read’—it’s a required read for every tea party loyalist and even those that fear them. — NewsMax

What makes this new book a must-read ... is the reality that our daily news cycle is in many ways driven by the Tea Party. — Huffington Post

Useful and balanced book...Readers who think they are in the political class might do well to pay heed. — Foreign Affairs

Rasmussen and Schoen’s book clarifies much about our contemporary politics and identifies important causes of our current political malaise. It is the best available guide to the politics of 2010. — The Atlantic

Essential to understanding America in 2010. — The Daily Caller

What [Rasmussen and Schoen] convincingly show is that economic stagnation and the collapse of equality and opportunity have produced an equally catastrophic decline in confidence in every sort of public institution - including political parties, big business, big labor, the media and mainline organized religion. — Los Angeles Times

From the Publisher

What [Rasmussen and Schoen] convincingly show is that economic stagnation and the collapse of equality and opportunity have produced an equally catastrophic decline in confidence in every sort of public institution - including political parties, big business, big labor, the media and mainline organized religion.

Los Angeles Times

Essential to understanding America in 2010.

The Daily Caller

Rasmussen and Schoen’s book clarifies much about our contemporary politics and identifies important causes of our current political malaise. It is the best available guide to the politics of 2010.

The Atlantic

Useful and balanced book...Readers who think they are in the political class might do well to pay heed.

Foreign Affairs

What makes this new book a must-read ... is the reality that our daily news cycle is in many ways driven by the Tea Party.

Huffington Post

The unvarnished truth about the movement that is re-making the face of America. ... “Mad As Hell” is more than a ‘must read’—it’s a required read for every tea party loyalist and even those that fear them.

NewsMax