This Will Not Pass, Martin and Burns

 

This Will Not Pass:  Trump, Biden, and the battle for America's future by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns

Started: 6/6/2022
Completed: 6/11/2022
Recommendation: Recommended
Recommended By: My wife

Review:

This does feel like another "history as it happens" kind of journalistic book, but the authors did a good job of also putting together a coherent narrative.  Trump sucks for some serious reasons, but the centrist (if you are a liberal) or the liberal (if you are a centrist) arm of the Democratic party is holding the party back.  I found the book worth the time for the incredible detail of the analysis of the process to try to pass the Build Back Better Bill.  The ominous sound of Trump continuing in the background is a worrisome, but the impact of his presence on party leaders (like McCarthy) is telling.  Can the country step back from the brink?