{"title":"Ed Rendell","description":"\u003cp\u003eED RENDELL served as the 45th Governor of Pennsylvania and as District Attorney and Mayor of Philadelphia across more than three decades in public office. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eA Nation of Wusses: How America’s Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRendell holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Villanova University School of Law. He also served as chair of the national Democratic Party and as chairman of the National Governors Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen not writing, Rendell works as a senior political analyst and as a partner at the law firm Ballard Spahr LLP. His public career, spanning prosecution, city government, and state leadership, shapes his perspective on American political life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd Rendell’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-nation-of-wusses","title":"A Nation of Wusses: How America's Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGovernor Ed Rendell explains why America's leaders rarely call for sacrifice for the greater good—to avoid making any sacrifices themselves!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRendell has seen job security become the primary consideration of any person with power in America—their own job security! Most politicians and bureaucrats can see no further ahead than the next election, sometimes no further than the next press conference. Americans are rarely afraid of sacrifice and hard work when they mean building a better future, but when was the last time you heard of a leader of anything making a sacrifice for the greater good? The people can only win when they make it clear to the powers that be that making the right choices, even the hard ones, is the key to winning the next election.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplains in rollicking stories ranging from the profane to the profound that most hard choices are only \"hard\" because the polls conflict with your principles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEd Rendell rose to the top of Philadelphia, then Pennsylvania, then national politics, by doing what he thought was right, and there were plenty of times that looked like it would be his downfall as well\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis book revisits the high points of Ed Rendell's career and current landscape to define the political fights his peers seem just as afraid of winning as losing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRendell is a former head of the Democratic National Committee, a current MSNBC Senior Political Analyst, and a Partner at Ballard Spahr LLP\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1118279050\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781118279052\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Ed Rendell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43282890424536,"sku":"9781118279052","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781118279052_FC_mockup_v2_1664830397_de8f9edf-9ea4-4359-9ffe-aad3249cbb73.jpg?v=1791049125"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-ed-rendell.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}