Elephant's edge : the Republicans as a ruling party / Andrew J. Taylor ; foreword by Norman J. Ornstein.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-301) and index.

Foreword / Norman J. Ornstein -- 1. American party politics today -- 2. Uneven playing field : the Constitutional and geographical origins of the Republican advantage -- 3. Elephants in the White House : after forty years in the wilderness, playing the Democrats at their own game -- 4. Governing stealthily : Republicans in the states and the courts -- 5. Trapping the donkey : foreign policy as Republican advantage -- 6. Trapping the donkey again : domestic policy as Republican advantage -- 7. The well-oiled machine : the Republican Party organization, allied interests, and political money -- 8. Winning hearts and minds : the media and the Republican ideas industry -- 9. Social, economic, and attitudinal change as Republican advantage : public opinion and the partisan politics of wealth, work, faith, and race -- 10. The Republicans as a ruling (not majority) party.

"The author explains how Republicans have taken control of both houses of Congress and experienced a remarkable resurgence at the state level. He explores how conservatives are utilizing the courts to simultaneously move policy rightward and mobilize sympathetic parts of the electorate. He also examines social and economic changes to show how racial politics, religiosity, and the nature of work and wealth benefit today's Republican Party."--BOOK JACKET.