Crossroads : the future of American politics / [edited by] Andrew Cuomo.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Andrew Cuomo -- Letter from a Democratic Party Pooper / Tim Ashe -- Giving Life to the Declaration of Intent / Carol Moseley Braun -- How Mary Landrieu Won Louisiana / Douglas Brinkley -- The Middle: Where the Work Gets Done / Mike Castle -- It's Not the Economy, Stupid / Linda Chavez -- How Democrats Can Come Back / William J. Clinton -- Can Happy Days Be Here Again? / Richard Cohen -- No One to Vote For / Sean "P. Diddy" Combs -- America at a Crossroads: What Democrats Need to Do to Lead America into the Future / Andrew Cuomo -- September 11 and the 2002 Midterm Elections / Gray Davis -- Taking Our Country Back: A Democratic Vision for America / Howard Dean -- Election Results, Rally Effects, and Democratic Futures / John J. DiIulio, Jr. -- Building a Nation as Strong as Its Spirit / John Edwards -- The Perspective of History / Joseph Ellis -- Winning Big with Youth: A Democratic Strategy of New Ideas / Andrew J. Frank and Joel C. Washington -- Why Democrats Lost / Al From and Bruce Reed -- A Fourth Way for Democrats / Dick Gephardt -- Al Franken and a Few Other Reasons I'm No Longer a Democrat / Bernard Goldberg -- Opportunity for All / Bob Graham -- Where Do Democrats Go from Here? New Leadership, New Faces, or New Direction? / Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. -- Renewing the Democratic Party: A New Patriotism for America / John Kerry -- The Dream Scenario / Joe Lieberman -- The Agenda of a Republican Majority / Frank Luntz -- The Mandate Bush Didn't Receive / Kate Michelman -- Redefining the Center Right / Georgette Mosbacher -- Dem Problems: A Great Political Party Can't Thrive on Snob Appeal / Peggy Noonan -- The War After the War: The Parties Fight for Advantage After 9/11 and Iraq / Norman Ornstein -- A Beacon of Hope / Nancy Pelosi -- The Dysfunction of America's Political Parties / Peter G. Peterson -- America Is Hurting / Dennis Rivera -- Democratic Politics in the Age of Terror / Joe Scarborough -- Slap the Donkey Till It Kicks / Al Sharpton -- Ending Poverty and Ignorance: Transforming American Society from the Perspective of the Hip-Hop Generation / Russell Simmons -- Why Young Americans Hate Politics / Ganesh Sitaraman and Previn Warren -- Staying True to Our Values / Kathleen Kennedy Townsend -- Force Fields and Paradigms / Robert S. Walker -- A Vision for the Future / J. C. Watts, Jr. -- Jim Crow, Republican Style: Voter Suppression in 2002 / Sean Wilentz -- The 2002 Elections / John Zogby.

"America is at a turning point. For the first time in history, the United States is the world's lone superpower. New technology and the omnipresent media have transformed the way we do everything, from amassing wealth to practicing politics. Simultaneously, the U.S. economy is in a shambles, with the largest federal budget deficit in our history."--BOOK JACKET.