Moderates: the vital center of American politics, from the founding to today
Between aristocracy and democracy: John Adams -- Up from federalism: George Cabot -- Reckoning with the original Sunbelt Right: John Quincy Adams -- The Jeffersonian origins of the GOP: Abraham Lincoln -- The last patrician: Henry Adams -- Between privilege and poverty: Theodore Roosevelt -- Losing the square deal center: William Howard Taft -- "Me too" Republicanism meets the New Right: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. -- West of center: the Bushes -- After liberalism: Carter, Clinton, Obama -- Conclusion: holding the center