Positively American: Winning Back the Middle-Class Majority One Family at a Time

By Chuck Schumer

Book Overview

After his landslide reelection in 2004, by the largest margin in New York State history, Senator Chuck Schumer gained national recognition during the mid-term elections as the principal architect of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594865728
• ISBN13: 9781594865725
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

A Book Every Republican Should Read

Positively American by Senator Chuck Schumer (Rodale, New York , 2007, 274pp) I am surprised to be recommending Senator Chuck Schumer's Positively American and yet it is a very powerful and effective book. Schumer is a liberal and very positive Democrat but he is also very smart and has some profound insights into contemporary American thinking. For any Republican who would like to understand what happened in 2006, the Schumer explanation is compelling and sobering. He and Rahm Emmanuel have understood that a hard left Democratic Party will never be a majority. They were prepared to recruit candidates who were electable and to accept that those candidates would infuriate their more liberal wing. They saw a center-left majority as preferable to a happy leftwing minority. It is a formidable warning about how they will run 2008 and beyond. Furthermore, Schumer has a much better sense for middle class than I would have expected. He is thinking a lot about how to understand the needs and concerns of middle class and how to develop programs which will appeal to the middle class vote. Schumer's reelection by 71% (a new york record) was not an accident. He has a serious, thorough understanding of how to emphasize issues and achievements which will appeal to moderate voters who would be infuriated by the left wing of the democratic party. Finally Schumer lists 11 major areas of solutions. Republicans could easily coopt half of those solutions and challenge Senator Schumer to help pass them into law. This is a smart book by an intelligent, liberal Democrat who is determined to turn his party into a governing majority again. It is worth study by every Republican who would like their party and their center-right philosophy to prevail.

A MUST READ !!!!!!

This book is great. It provides a sound and practical overview of the problems that the country faces and good solutions that should be implemented by Congress and the President. Every citizen should read this and encourage their Congressional representatives to support them. Every citizen should read this so that she/he can be informed. I loved the stories and the fictional Bailey family that grounded each concept.

An Important and Interesting Read

Refreshingly honest, this book is a much-needed wake-up call for all Democrats, reminding us all of the needs and interests of the average American family. Written in a straightforward, yet compelling, voice, the book is a surprisingly good read. Kudos to Senator Schumer for his honesty and insight. I highly recommend it!

Positively Great Read

A great read. Ultra current but also far-sighted about issues that matter not only for the middle class but for America as a whole. The insights about economic changes and social trends are lofty yet accessible. I am going to recommend it to my Republican friends.

Go out and get this book

What a fantastic book! Senator Schumer was the architect of the Democrats victory last fall, and if they listen to his blueprint in Positively American the Dems will take the White House in 2008. Kudos to Senator Schumer for talking about the middle class and how to make government work for the average American. I especially applaud his call on p.118 to have readers contribute their own message for the Democrat party on the website for his book.