What Democrats Can Learn From the NRA

Matthew Lacombe's "Firepower" shows how the NRA blended ideology & identity to become a dominant force in American politics

A few weeks ago, I published the first of three pieces about books I’ve assigned to a graduate-level course about building campaigns (advocacy, political, or otherwise) that I teach each fall at the University of New Hampshire.

That piece was about Sasha Issenberg’s The Engagement, an outstanding book about the 25-year struggle of same-sex marriage from …