From its opening timeline scrolling back roughly 300 years, Tomasky fleshes out the sad thesis that, where our partisan division is concerned, 'twas ever thus. He then suggests a plan that might pull us back from the brink of self-destruction. What may seem radical (an end to partisan gerrymandering, bringing ranked-choice to congressional elections, eliminating the senate filibuster, and eleven more political and social/cultural "fixes") is really a plan to make our democracy representative of the people and not solely the interests of those in power. I can't prognosticate about where we're headed at the moment, but it feels bleak. If We Can Keep It offers concrete suggestions that can be part of a party platform, or an individual plan of action and activism. It would be a great pick for Swing Left, Indivisible, or equivalent groups working on the right (Tea Party, u up?) to take on as a book club read and then plan state and local actions from. There's a LOT of middle ground connecting us; it couldn't hurt to begin learning how to work together without lying and cheating to build our future. Highly recommend.