"Reformism had mutated into radicalism, with something of an anti-American bent. Four-fifths of the delegates in 1972 had never attended a Democratic convention before. The place was full of postadolescents (two Arizona delegates had not even turned eighteen when they were selected). The entire event was chaos; the nominees did not manage to make their speeches until the small hours of the morning, robbing the party of its television audience. Many of the most important meetings still took place in smoke-filled rooms, but this time the smoke smelled rather different."
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The Right Nation
The Right Nation , a book by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge. It was published in 2004 and charts the rise of the Republican Party in the United States since Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964.
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