Destined to make waves during the presidential campaign, political guru Carville and pollster extraordinaire Greenberg argue that America's voters are not as dumb as elected officials think they are.

We are writing this book because we failed and that's not good enough -- Who's middle class after all? -- The middle class : isn't it the engine of America? -- What's happened over the last three decades, and now : how George W. Bush made everything worse -- The attack on higher education : for-profit colleges -- "A 'second opinion' on the economic health of the American middle class" ; or, The fog machine and the denial of all their problems : it's not easy being rich -- Smarter than you think : the financial crisis -- Smarter than you think? Then what about Keynes? -- Smarter than you think? Corrupted government : lost republic -- The elites deplore class warfare, but what about the voters? -- The disaster of 2010 : when all is said and done, there's a lot better chance the middle class will see better times when a Democrat is president -- Why do you feel better about 2012? Because we have a story to tell : honoring stay-at-home moms -- Paul Ryan has the answer : Ayn Rand and Paul Ryan : the strange story of food stamps -- And do you think you can really do something about it? Sure do : getting real : unplug the climate-change fog machine -- The elite consensus on entitlements and deficits : renegotiating terms ; Stan's letter to Tom Friedman -- Let's get serious about what really matters : health care -- Doing something about it : numbers -- America : 1? -- Triumph over political dysfunction.