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Party of One:
Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rise of the Independent Voter

By Daniel Weintraub
Foreword by Michael Barone

Published by PoliPointPress
264 Pages
Publication Date 1/08
ISBN: 978-0-9794822-2-9
$19.95, hard cover

Media Contact:
Scott Jordan
415-339-4108
s.jordan@p3books.com
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As improbable as it was that Arnold Schwarzenegger would be elected to
govern the biggest state in the country, it turns out that was only the beginning
of an even more remarkable story. Daniel Weintraub, an insightful and
experienced reporter, takes us along on a journey in which Schwarzenegger
has reshaped the political landscape in California—and possibly set a path
that the rest of the country will follow.
—Karen Tumulty, Time Magazine

The grand goals, disappointing failures, and admirable successes of
California’s superstar governor are impressively chronicled in this sympa-
thetic but critical book by Daniel Weintraub. This valuable work explores
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s conflicted inner core and explains why he has
often struggled in Sacramento.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Contact: Scott Jordan
415.339-4108
s.jordan@p3books.com

Party of One Calls Schwarzenegger the Face of America’s Political Future

In a new book from PoliPointPress, veteran journalist Daniel Weintraub shows why Arnold Schwarzenegger’s political style may represent the wave of the future in American politics. Party of One: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rise of the Independent Voter (January 2008; $19.95 cloth cover; foreword by Michael Barone) recounts Schwarzenegger’s unlikely political career and concludes that his nonpartisan approach has placed him at the forefront of health care, immigration, global warming, and other issues on which partisan stalemates have thwarted effective action.

Since his landslide reelection in a state dominated by Democrats, Schwarzenegger has arguably become the nation’s most successful Republican politician. Weintraub, whom Peter Schrag describes as “one of Schwarzenegger’s closest and shrewdest observers,” shows how the California governor has found favor with Republicans, Democrats, and independent voters, whose support has been critical to his success. Combining liberal stands on social and environmental issues with conservative pro-business policies, Schwarzenegger has made critical mistakes but has recovered, Weintraub explains, by appealing to voters who value problem solving over ideology.

Daniel Weintraub is the public affairs columnist for the editorial pages of The Sacramento Bee. Formerly a political analyst for MSNBC, he has appeared on Fox News, CNN, CNBC, NPR, and every major public radio station in California. He served as capitol bureau chief and columnist for the Orange County Register and began his career in journalism writing for the Los Angeles Times in San Diego. In April 2003, he became the first full-time political journalist in California to start a blog, the California Insider. In 2000, he received the John Jacobs Award from the Center for California Studies for excellence in the reporting of California government and politics. His columns can be read at sacbee.com/opinion.

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