{"product_id":"the-elephant-in-the-room-ryan-sager-9780471793328","title":"The Elephant in the Room: Evangelicals, Libertarians, and the Battle to Control the Republican Party","description":"\u003cb\u003ePraise for The Elephant in the Room\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This funny, sobering, smart book reminds Republicans that having beliefs isn't good enough. You have to act on them. Winning isn't enough; you have to win with a purpose in mind. Ryan Sager sounds a real call to arms. The party would be wise to hear it.\" \u003cb\u003e-Peggy Noonan, columnist, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An insightful and eminently readable account of the current conservative crackup. Anyone who wants to understand American politics today needs to read Sager's chronicle of the ongoing civil war in the conservative ranks.\" \u003cb\u003e--Paul Begala, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eTake It Back\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Two feisty American factions are at daggers drawn. No, the fight is not conservatives versus liberals. Rather, it is libertarian conservatives versus 'social issues' conservatives. In this illuminating examination of the changing ideological geography of American politics, Ryan Sager suggests that the conservatives must choose between Southern and Western flavors of conservatism. He prefers the latter.\" \u003cb\u003e--George F. Will, syndicated columnist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sager picks up where Bruce Bartlett left off with Impostor. \u003ci\u003eThe Elephant in the Room\u003c\/i\u003e tells us how libertarians and the Christian conservatives are at swords' point over Bush's 'big government conservatism.' Anyone who wants to understand this important debate should get a copy of Sager's book.\" \u003cb\u003e--John B. Judis, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Emerging Democratic Majority\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ryan Sager offers an eloquent, elegant argument that the GOP has lost its way--an argument that even those of us who disagree with many of his criticisms and object passionately to many of his characterizations must take with the utmost seriousness.\" \u003cb\u003e--John Podhoretz, author of \u003ci\u003eCan She Be Stopped?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ryan Sager\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0471793329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780471793328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trade Paper Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.60w x 0.94d","brand":"Ryan Sager","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946673471743,"sku":"9780471793328","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a5f51f93-f328-4981-8a2b-d30d445b168e.jpg?v=1681514483","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-elephant-in-the-room-ryan-sager-9780471793328","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}