A review by katscribefever
The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism by Steve Kornacki

3.0

To begin, I should confess a girlish truth: I checked out this tome in text and audiobook editions for one reason only--it was penned by MSNBC election wizard Steve Kornacki. When I dug into the content, however, I was filled with a softer mix of fascination and nostalgia as I heard milestones from history that I had lived through but remembered only as "I was alive when" anecdotes. Kornacki manages to gather a giant volume of material and present it not as disconnected happenings but as a narrative, bringing it to the reader's eye with a flow that we don't often get to experience as it occurs in real time on our televisions or smart devices. Today's readers of this book will find names they may have forgotten about, like Newt Gingrich and Ross Perot, and others they'll know very well, including Donald Trump and Joe Biden. In case you've been living under a rock, there's been a huge collection of people in recent years asking how America's political system morphed into what it is today; if you're part of that group, this book sets about the immense task of answering your question.