![]() ![]() Is this something you set out to do or is just your natural style of writing? It reads almost like a novel - quite refreshing when most books on history/politics read like text books. ![]() Scottsdale, Ariz.: I really enjoyed your book. ![]() It looked like a death, but it was really a birth: a harrowing introduction to politics that would serve conservatives well in the years ahead as they went on to great success.Īuthor Rick Perlstein was online to take your questions and comments on the 1964 election, the rise of the conservative wing of the Republican party and his new book " Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus"Įditor's Note: moderators retain editorial control over Live Online discussions and choose the most relevant questions for guests and hosts guests and hosts can decline to answer questions. The conservative wing of the GOP, which had toiled for so long as the minority partner in a coalition dominated by more liberal brethren, finally had risen to power and nominated one of its own, only to him crash in terrible splendor. In 1964 President Lyndon Baines Johnson, a Democrat, trounced his opponent, Barry Goldwater, a Republican senator from Arizona, in a blowout of historic proportions. Subscribe to e-mail newslettersĬom - customized news, traffic, weather and more. ![]()
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