Front cover of "Grand New Party" by Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam
By host Tom Ashbrook
Young conservatives Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam are the toast of Republican thought circles right now. But their call to Republican revival is also a broadside.
Bush-era crony capitalism and government neglect, they charge, have pushed the USA toward a Latin American model of rich and poor and nothing in between.
If the Grand Old Party wants a comeback, they argue, it's going to have to do something serious for American workers. But something conservative.
This hour, On Point: "Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class" -- they say -- "and Save the American Dream."
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Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam, editors at The Atlantic Monthly and co-authors of "Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream"
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Robert Kuttner, co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect, and co-founder of the Economic Policy Institute.
