Event Alert: Whither the GOP

The New America Foundation is hosting an event called Whither The GOP:

This event will begin with a discussion by Reihan Salam of the GOP's inability to consolidate their periodic gains among working class voters and a new social model under which they might do so. Salam's first book (co-authored with Ross Douthat), Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream, has received enthusiastic praise from influential columnists on the right, including David Brooks and Michael Barone. Following this, a panel of journalists and political observers will discuss the points raised by Salam and Douthat, and the feasibility of crafting a Republican working class agenda.

I am mid way through their book and I am finding it to be an excellent analysis. I plan to finish it tonight and then attend the panel tomorrow. I will blog the highlights here when it is finished.