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There is nobody who is writing in an episodic, daily way, in any medium, anywhere in the world, who has more influence on the way I think about politics than Steve Benen. -- <strong>Rachel Maddow</strong> A terrific read. ... Excellent. ... Irrefutable. ... There is so much good stuff in there that it would be impossible to select enough excerpts to do it justice.... It's a must-have, in that it's important to have all of this in one place in order to understand what happened, how, and why. -- Daily Kos Through countless ripped-from-the-headlines examples, 'The Impostors' paints a grim picture of a political party in which the kids have taken over the grown-up table and the responsible adults are nowhere to be seen. -- <strong><em>Washington Post</em></strong> A staggering chronicle of Republican duplicity. ... A skillful illustration of how rank cynicism allowed Donald Trump to easily take control of the Republican Party. -- <strong>Washington Monthly</strong> Thoroughly researched. ... Ably lays out the many disturbing trends in the Republican political arena, making a convincing case for his argument that the GOP has quit governing and now merely focuses on attaining and wielding power or simply negating any progress made by Democrats. ... A clear-eyed argument that 'strategy and governing [have] been replaced by instincts and partisan id.' -- <strong><em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong>

There is nobody who is writing in an episodic, daily way, in any medium, anywhere in the world, who has more influence on the way I think about politics than Steve Benen. - Rachel Maddow A terrific read. ... Excellent. ... Irrefutable. ... There is so much good stuff in there that it would be impossible to select enough excerpts to do it justice.... It's a must-have, in that it's important to have all of this in one place in order to understand what happened, how, and why. - Daily Kos Through countless ripped-from-the-headlines examples, 'The Impostors' paints a grim picture of a political party in which the kids have taken over the grown-up table and the responsible adults are nowhere to be seen. - Washington Post A staggering chronicle of Republican duplicity. ... A skillful illustration of how rank cynicism allowed Donald Trump to easily take control of the Republican Party. - Washington Monthly Thoroughly researched. ... Ably lays out the many disturbing trends in the Republican political arena, making a convincing case for his argument that the GOP has quit governing and now merely focuses on attaining and wielding power or simply negating any progress made by Democrats. ... A clear-eyed argument that 'strategy and governing [have] been replaced by instincts and partisan id.' - Kirkus Reviews

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STEVE BENEN is a producer of The Rachel Maddow Show and the editor of The MaddowBlog. An MSNBC contributor, Benen's articles and op-eds have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Monthly, The American Prospect, Salon.com, and other publications. For his work on TRMS, he has been nominated for five Emmy Awards, winning twice. He lives in Vermont.

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