Former Congressman and Policy Leader

Brad Carson

1 article 2002

Brad Carson is a former Democratic U.S. Representative from Oklahoma who served in Congress from 2001 to 2005. He later held positions in the Obama administration, including Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, and has been involved in academia and public policy. He contributed to The Weekly Standard with commentary on the future of the Democratic Party.

Does the Democratic Party Have a Future?

September 16, 2002 · Magazine, Books and Arts

The Emerging Democratic Majority by John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira Scribner, 224 pp., $24 Working-class Americans typically vote Republican -- and that creates a terrible dilemma for Democrats. The party of Franklin Delano Roosevelt still sees itself as representing the common people, the salt of…