Why I Am a Democrat

Ted Sorensen was a close advisor to John F. Kennedy. This book, published in 1996, is a bit dated, but not nearly as much as one might think. It is, in fact, a succinct description of policy differences across a wide spectrum of issues between the Democratic and Republican Parties (they are NOT the same!), and his advice for how the Democrats should proceed remains as apt as ever. One way in which the book shows its age, though, is the respect with which Sorensen writes about Republicans, whom he finds honorable, for the most part. If he were writing today, I'm sure he would be horrified by Trump and his cronies and would not be so diplomatic.