A National of Wusses; How America's Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013. Third printing [stated]. Hardcover. x, 244, [2] pages. Inscription signed by Rendell on fep. Card related to the inscription laid in. Edward Gene Rendell (born January 5, 1944) is an American lawyer, prosecutor, politician, and author who, as a member of the Democratic Party, served as the 45th Governor of Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2011 and the Mayor of the City of Philadelphia from 1992 to 2000. In 2002, Rendell was elected Governor of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Democratic Governors Association Executive Committee and served as the Chairman of the National Governors Association. He was reelected in a landslide in 2006. He left office in 2011 due to term-limits, and released a book, A Nation of Wusses: How America's Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great the following year. Governor Ed Rendell explains why America's leaders rarely call for sacrifice for the greater good--to avoid making any sacrifices themselves! Rendell has seen job security become the primary consideration of any person with power in America--their own job security! Most politicians and bureaucrats can see no further ahead than the next election, sometimes no further than the next press conference. When was the last time you heard of a leader of anything making a sacrifice for the greater good? The people can only win when they make it clear to the powers that be that making the right choices, even the hard ones, is the key to winning the next election. Ed Rendell rose to the top of Philadelphia, then Pennsylvania, then national politics, by doing what he thought was right, and there were plenty of times that looked like it would be his downfall as well. This book revisits the high points of Ed Rendell's career and current landscape to define the political fights his peers seem just as afraid of winning as losing. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Politics, Elections, Campaigning, Democratic Party, Al Gore, Haiti, Bill Clinton, Barak Obama, Hillary Clinton, Taxation, Job Creation, Infrastructure Spending
ISBN: 9781118279052
[Book #77113]
Price: $50.00