Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Why the Republicans Are Going to Get Spanked Over and Over

2. TOD on GOP

WHY MCCAIN PICKED PALIN

3. Why the Republicans Got Spanked in 2008

4. Katrina: The Failures of Republican-Run Government

TRULY FAITH-BASED LIVING

5. The Democrats

6. What Happened to Hillary

7. A Brief History of Republican Failures: The e-Edition

8. Res Judicata: We Argue About Things That Aren’t Arguable

RICK SANTORUM

9. Just the Facts, Ma’am

10. Spike the Ball: Truman-Carville-Bartels vs. Limbaugh-Gingrich-Bush

IT’S NOT SUPPLY AND DEMAND

11. Youth Voters

12. Accountability, Not Reform

13. The Real Deal

Conclusion

Epilogue: Why I Moved to New Orleans

The Story of a Friend Who Survived Hurricane Katrina

Notes

Acknowledgments