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Red America has Edsall blue

WASHINGTON — In this autumn of their discontent, Republicans tremble as November nears.But now comes yet another book by a gloomy liberal anticipating permanent Republican dominance.Thomas B.Edsall of The New Republic, in Building Red America: The New Conservative Coalition and the Drive for Permanent Power, argues that inexorable social forces, augmented by the conservatives superior reservoirs of anger, ruthlessness and cynicism — he neglects only the word wickedness — favor Republicans, the party of the socially and economically dominant.

The parties are almost at numerical parity, but Edsall, who until recently was a Washington Post political reporter, says Republicans represent people more broadly skilled in economic combat and more accustomed to the rigors of the market. Hence Republicans can maintain a thin but durable margin of victory. Their technique is the symbolic manipulation of controversial sociocultural issues touching upon national security, patriotism, race, sex and religion.

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