Blue Dixie

A wake-up call . . . Moser''s argument is cogent.—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution In Blue Dixie Bob Moser an award-winning political reporter for The Nation argues that the Democratic Party needs to jettison outmoded prejudices about the South if it wants to build a lasting national majority. With evangelical churches preaching a more expansive social gospel and a massive left-leaning demographic shift to African Americans Latinos and the young the South is poised for a Democratic revival. Moser shows how a volatile mix of unprecedented economic prosperity and abject poverty are reshaping the Southern vote. By returning to a bold unflinching message of economic fairness the Democrats can win in the nation''s largest most diverse region and redeem themselves as a true party of the people. Keenly observed and deeply grounded in contemporary Southern politics and with a new afterword covering the ramifications of the 2008 election Blue Dixie reveals the changing state of American politics.