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Crashing the Gate

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Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People Powered Politics
AuthorJerome Armstrong, Markos Moulitsas
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAmerican politics
PublisherChelsea Green
Publication date
March 1, 2006
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeHardcover
Pages208
ISBN1-931498-99-7
OCLC62697103
324.70973 22
LC ClassJK1764 .A76 2006
Followed byTaking On the System: Rules for Radical Change in a Digital Era 

Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People Powered Politics is a book (ISBN 1-931498-99-7) authored by American political bloggers Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos and Jerome Armstrong of MyDD, published in 2006 by Chelsea Green.[1]

Summary

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In this book, the authors document what they see as the ineffectiveness of "old-school politics" in the Democratic Party, and advocate for a "new kind of popular political movement" that combines the netroots, grassroots, labor unions and big donors to effect a "broad change in the political landscape" of the United States.

In one chapter, they argue that there are two models for Democratic candidate success in the future.[2] One is to keep interest groups at bay, as exemplified by the 2004 electoral victory of Montana governor Brian Schweitzer.[2] The other is to bring disparate interest groups together, as exemplified by the alliance of Colorado Democrats who succeeded in winning back the state legislature, several Congressional districts, and a seat in the United States Senate.[2]

Publication data

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  • Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People Powered Politics. (2006) Chelsea Green, ISBN 1-931498-99-7.

References

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  1. ^ Weigel, David (2006). "An Army of Bloggers". Reason. Retrieved June 29, 2024 – via EBSCOHost.
  2. ^ a b c Schmitt, Mark (April 2006). "Backseat strategists". Washington Monthly. Retrieved June 29, 2024 – via EBSCOHost.
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