My friend Mike Signer wrote a book that came out during his run for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. The other night, over chili, he handed me the austere hardcover first printing of Demagogue: The Fight to Save Democracy from Its Worst Enemies. Mike is now tanned and rested and back on the book-promotion trail. Here’s a review of the book and the standing-room only event that took place recently in Richmond, VA, Signer speaks to Richmond World Affairs Council:
Mike Signer, an author and former Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, tonight discusses “the fight to save democracy” at the World Affairs Council of Greater Richmond.
Signer, an adjunct professor in Virginia Tech‘s master in International Affairs program, is the author of “Demagogue — The Fight to Save Democracy from its Worst Enemies.”
Signer is a supporter of President Barack Obama‘s foreign policy of engagement.
“Instead of a weapon in the hands of a bully, Obama sees democracy as a rallying cry for a natural leader leading a crowd away from a cliff,” Signer wrote last week in an opinion article published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Tonight’s event is at The Jefferson Hotel in Richmond.
Signer, a University of Virginia law graduate, served as deputy counsel to Mark R. Warner during his term as governor. Warner is now one of Virginia’s U.S. senators.
Last year Signer was senior strategist in the campaign of Democrat Tom Perriello, who defeated U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., R-5th, in November.
Signer lost in the June 9 Democratic primary to Jody M. Wagner, now the party’s nominee for lieutenant governor. — Andrew Cain
