A few weeks ago I got an email from David Sirota, who must truly do his homework to have discovered this blog. Sirota, you may recall, worked on the Lamont campaign. He has written a book called The Uprising, and will be in Madison a week from today at : R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, Madison, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. From the press release:
On May 28th, bestselling author and nationally syndicated columnist David Sirota will join Ned Lamont in Madison, Connecticut to discuss his newest book, THE UPRISING: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street & Washington (Crown Publishers, May 2008).
THE UPRISING, which follows Sirota’s New York Times bestseller Hostile Takeover (2006), reports on this seething popular discontent on both the Right and Left, which is creating a new populist political movement roiling the 2008 presidential campaign and national politics. From behind-the-scenes meetings on Capitol Hill to an ExxonMobil stockholder meeting and the dusty campsite of the California Minutemen guarding the U.S.-Mexico border, Sirota traveled the United States to report on this anger and the populist uprising it is creating. Publisher’s Weekly says Sirota “weaves entertaining case studies, keeping his tone conversational, the narrative fast-paced and the content accessible,” adding that “this book presents a rousing account of the local uprisings already in effect.”
The book traces the historical roots of populism, from its start in the rural West in the 19th century all the way through the 2006 Connecticut senate race. It also explores the ongoing efforts to thwart populism, including a close look at the Democratic Party’s construction of the “superdelegate” system now playing a key role in the presidential campaign. THE UPRISING features exclusive reporting on icons across the political spectrum, from CNN’s Lou Dobbs, to Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, to ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillorsen to Senate candidate Ned Lamont. THE UPRISING asks the vital question—“Will a real movement emerge from all this rage?”
If you’ve never been to Madison, this is a great excuse to go. It’s a neat little shoreline town, a bit like Mystic before it went totally tourist. There are a number of good restaurants and R.J. Julia is a great bookstore, well worth checking out even if David Sirota and Ned Lamont weren’t there.
Barring some disaster, we’ll be there.
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