"A wake-up call . . . Moser's argument is cogent."—
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In
Blue Dixie
, Bob Moser, an award-winning political reporter for
The Nation
, argues that the Democratic Party needs to jettison outmoded prejudices about the South if it wants to build a lasting national majority.
With evangelical churches preaching a more expansive social gospel and a massive left-leaning demographic shift to African Americans, Latinos, and the young, the South is poised for a Democratic revival. Moser shows how a volatile mix of unprecedented economic prosperity and abject poverty are reshaping the Southern vote. By returning to a bold, unflinching message of economic fairness, the Democrats can win in the nation's largest, most diverse region and redeem themselves as a true party of the people.
Keenly observed and deeply grounded in contemporary Southern politics, and with a new afterword covering the ramifications of the 2008 election,
reveals the changing state of American politics.