Two leading political thinkers offer an audacious proposal to energize the electoral process--a new national holiday to be held each presidential election year, during which people engage in structured debates about issues and candidates. "[This] lively, fast-moving [book is] concerned with a serious subject--restoring the health of American democracy, and it has a big idea about how to achieve it. . . . Fishkin and Ackerman are two of our liveliest and most inventive political and legal thinkers."--Alan Ryan, "New York Review of Books "A fresh and important book by 'realist utopian' authors [that] deserves serious consideration."--Future Survey "Filled with information and ideas, [this] will make intriguing and provocative reading for skeptics and enthusiasts alike."--Cass R. Sunstein, University of Chicago