Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-427) and index.
Introduction: Why the Democrats deserve to lose -- Iraq : Democrats lied, and their credibility died -- The defeatocrats -- King George -- We have values too -- The values blues -- The "living constitution" -- "Extraordinary circumstances" -- Politicizing race -- Class warfare -- "I hate the way he walks" -- The monster, the witch-burner, and the architect of torture -- A pair of Rasputins -- Hypocrisy and sour grapes -- Those "P.E.S.T.y" Democrats -- The Republicans' "worst nightmare"