Kevin Phillips Dissects American Politics

Steve Scher
04/16/2007 at 9:00 a.m.

Kevin Phillips is a former Nixon staffer and Republican strategist. He helped build up the GOP and welcomed the "The Emerging Republican Majority" back in the late 1960s. Today he worries about where the Republican Party is headed under the influence of what he calls "radical religion, oil and borrowed money." Call in to talk to Kevin Phillips about American conservativism and politics.

Guests:
Kevin Phillips has been a political and economic commentator for more than three decades. He is a former White House strategist. He writes for The Los Angeles Times, Harper's and Time. He has written 13 books, including the bestseller American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune and The Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush. His new book is American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century.