“A scrappy counter-counter establishment, a civil society for America’s revived center-left is growing fast, picking up speed, and bursting with energy and ideas. This crisp, smart, accessible book is its indispensable user’s manual.”

—Hendrik Hertzberg The New Yorker

“This cogent book is a blueprint for a progressive conspiracy to help save the country.”

—Jonathan Alter Newsweek

“Erica Payne has produced a smart, sensible and eminently practical guide to winning the world back from the bad guys...Read it and get to work. ”

—Eric Alterman, author, Why We're Liberal