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Summary: Gingrich vs. Clinton Analyzed Fairly
Review: From all aspects of the political spectrum left and right we should read this book and learn the cost of democracy. Newt Gingrich had a dream to spearhead a Republican Revolution and to bring it about as forcefully as possible. Unfortunately for him his nemisis William Jefferson Clinton knew how to counter him and how to do it well. The writing in this book is honest, and doesn't attempt to take sides. Anyone who truly wants to know why Congressman Gingrich exited from public life, you need not look further.
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Summary: Gingrich vs. Clinton Analyzed Fairly
Review: From all aspects of the political spectrum left and right we should read this book and learn the cost of democracy. Newt Gingrich had a dream to spearhead a Republican Revolution and to bring it about as forcefully as possible. Unfortunately for him his nemisis William Jefferson Clinton knew how to counter him and how to do it well. The writing in this book is honest, and doesn't attempt to take sides. Anyone who truly wants to know why Congressman Gingrich exited from public life, you need not look further.
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Summary: More Newt Needed
Review: I never really liked Newt and I was hoping this book was going to be 200 pages of more reasons to dislike him or at the least more facts to sustain my current dislike of his politics. The tittle sure said to me that that was the focus of the book, unfortunately for me that was not what the book turned out to be. The authors decided to review 1995 and the battles between Newt and the rest of the world on policy. It was interesting and well written but the book Showdown by Drew did a much better job of covering the period of time. With such a campy title I was looking for a lot of wit and humor and that really was not the strong point of the book. Overall the book lays out the facts in an easy to read way and it is well written, it just did not have the detail to make it the one complete record or the story and it did not have the sharp wit to make it satire.
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Summary: More Newt Needed
Review: I never really liked Newt and I was hoping this book was going to be 200 pages of more reasons to dislike him or at the least more facts to sustain my current dislike of his politics. The tittle sure said to me that that was the focus of the book, unfortunately for me that was not what the book turned out to be. The authors decided to review 1995 and the battles between Newt and the rest of the world on policy. It was interesting and well written but the book Showdown by Drew did a much better job of covering the period of time. With such a campy title I was looking for a lot of wit and humor and that really was not the strong point of the book. Overall the book lays out the facts in an easy to read way and it is well written, it just did not have the detail to make it the one complete record or the story and it did not have the sharp wit to make it satire.
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Summary: An interesting look at the players behind the GOP Revolution
Review: This book is a nice little primer for political junkies like myself. The book gives detailed glimpses of the people who helped orchestrate the Republican takeover of Congress in 1994, as well as defining events during 1995. I found it very interesting to read about the personal traits and activities of the major players behind the Revolution, like Dick Armey and John Kasich. However, I wish the authors had spent more time on Tom DeLay, the Majority Whip at the time. I concede that in 1995, DeLay was not the well known power that he is today, but the book never gives a good sense of DeLay: we only get very brief looks at him. If there is one flaw in the book, however, it is that there is not enough discussion of Speaker Newt Gingrich himself. The authors do well to discuss how Gingrich fell out of favor with his Republican colleagues, but not too much else. Newt the Architect was kind of ignored for Newt the Annoyance. Except for disussing how Newt was no match for President Clinton, there was nothing else substantive about Newt's work as the creator of the Revolution. Still, an interesting book on the inner workings of Congress during the tumultuous year of 1995.
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Summary: An interesting look at the players behind the GOP Revolution
Review: This book is a nice little primer for political junkies like myself. The book gives detailed glimpses of the people who helped orchestrate the Republican takeover of Congress in 1994, as well as defining events during 1995. I found it very interesting to read about the personal traits and activities of the major players behind the Revolution, like Dick Armey and John Kasich. However, I wish the authors had spent more time on Tom DeLay, the Majority Whip at the time. I concede that in 1995, DeLay was not the well known power that he is today, but the book never gives a good sense of DeLay: we only get very brief looks at him. If there is one flaw in the book, however, it is that there is not enough discussion of Speaker Newt Gingrich himself. The authors do well to discuss how Gingrich fell out of favor with his Republican colleagues, but not too much else. Newt the Architect was kind of ignored for Newt the Annoyance. Except for disussing how Newt was no match for President Clinton, there was nothing else substantive about Newt's work as the creator of the Revolution. Still, an interesting book on the inner workings of Congress during the tumultuous year of 1995.
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