Speaker Newt Gingrich and his troops promised a revolution when they seized power in January 1995. The year that followed was one of the most fascinating and tumultuous in modern American history. After stunning early success with the Contract with America, the Republicans began to lose momentum; by year's end Gingrich was isolated and uncertain, and his closest allies were telling him to shut up.
Here is an unprecedented, fly-on-the-wall look at the successes, sellouts, and perhaps fatal mistakes of Newt Gingrich's Republican Revolution. Based on the award-winning Washington Post series that documented the Republicans' day-to-day attempts to revolutionize the American government, "Tell Newt to Shut Up!" gets to the heart of the political process.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents
Prologue Crying Time
One General Gingrich
Two Let the Lobby Boys In
Three A Moderate Turns Right
Four John Kasich's Dream Machine
Five Revenge of the Business Class
Six Dick Armey's Big Boot
Seven "Thank You, God!"
Eight Hawk versus Hawk
Nine The Hammer
Ten War of Words
Eleven "Tell Newt to Shut Up!"
Twelve "You're Just Being the Beaver!"
Epilogue
Note on Sources
Acknowledgments
Index
