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008    120525s2012    nyu           000 0 eng   
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020    9780399160394 
020    0399160396 
035    (OCoLC)768168568 
035    (OCoLC)768168568 
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050 00 JK1726|b.C37 2012 
082 00 320.51/30973|223 
100 1  Carville, James. 
245 10 It's the middle class, stupid! /|cJames Carville and Stan 
       Greenberg. 
246 3  It is the middle class, stupid 
264  1 New York :|bBlue Rider Press,|c2012. 
300    321 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-321). 
505 0  We are writing this book because we failed and that's not 
       good enough -- Who's middle class after all? -- The middle
       class : isn't it the engine of America? -- What's happened
       over the last three decades, and now : how George W. Bush 
       made everything worse -- The attack on higher education : 
       for-profit colleges -- "A 'second opinion' on the economic
       health of the American middle class" ; or, The fog machine
       and the denial of all their problems : it's not easy being
       rich -- Smarter than you think : the financial crisis -- 
       Smarter than you think? Then what about Keynes? -- Smarter
       than you think? Corrupted government : lost republic -- 
       The elites deplore class warfare, but what about the 
       voters? -- The disaster of 2010 : when all is said and 
       done, there's a lot better chance the middle class will 
       see better times when a Democrat is president -- Why do 
       you feel better about 2012? Because we have a story to 
       tell : honoring stay-at-home moms -- Paul Ryan has the 
       answer : Ayn Rand and Paul Ryan : the strange story of 
       food stamps -- And do you think you can really do 
       something about it? Sure do : getting real : unplug the 
       climate-change fog machine -- The elite consensus on 
       entitlements and deficits : renegotiating terms ; Stan's 
       letter to Tom Friedman -- Let's get serious about what 
       really matters : health care -- Doing something about it :
       numbers -- America : 1? -- Triumph over political 
       dysfunction. 
520    Destined to make waves during the presidential campaign, 
       political guru Carville and pollster extraordinaire 
       Greenberg argue that America's voters are not as dumb as 
       elected officials think they are. 
650  0 Politics, Practical|zUnited States. 
651  0 United States|xPolitics and government|y2009-2017 
651  0 United States|xPolitics and government|y2001-2009. 
700 1  Greenberg, Stanley B.,|d1945- 
994    92|bCKE