This week, host Grant Callen sat down with columnist Bill Crawford to discuss his recently published book "A Republican's Lament: Mississippi Needs Good Government Conservatives." Callen and Crawford talked about why Crawford got involved in Mississippi politics in the 1970s and the profound influence that G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery and Gil Carmichael had on Crawford's political worldview. Crawford told stories about these two East Mississippi political giants and how their "Good Government Conservative" ideas continue to have influence long after both have passed. Crawford wrote this book as part personal memoir, but even more so, a memoir to the ideas that Gil Carmichael championed like the need for a new state constitution, a strengthened executive branch, government to be made more efficient and effective, and the need to build a more diverse Republican party. This conversation covered that and so much more. Tune In!

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"A Republican's Lament: Mississippi Needs Good Government Conservatives" https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/A-Republican-s-Lament