Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked

Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Jack Kennedyâ€”and Tip Oâ€™Neillâ€™s former chief-of-staffâ€”comes the firsthand, one-of-a-kind story of the friendship between President Reagan and the Speaker of the House.

They were the political odd coupleâ€”the two most powerful men in the country, a pair who, in author Chris Matthewsâ€™s words, â€œcouldnâ€™t be more different or more the same.â€ For six years Matthews was on the inside, watching the evolving relationship between President Ronald Reagan and Speaker of the House Tip Oâ€™Neill. Their philosophies were miles apartâ€”Reagan intent on scaling back government, Oâ€™Neill fervent in defending it. Yet there was common ground too: long lunches shared on St. Patrickâ€™s Day and a mutual respectâ€”political and personal. Three days after Reaganâ€™s shooting, Tip was the first outsider at the presidentâ€™s bedside.

Drawing not only on his own remarkable knowledge but on extensive interviews with those closest to his subjects, Matthews brings this unlikely friendship to life in his unique voice, rendering as lively and novelistic a read as Jack Kennedy and a timely object lesson in how bipartisan cooperation can work.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster Audio
Binding Audio CD
ReleaseDate 2013-10-01
UnitCount 1
Format Audiobook
EANs 9781442368668

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster Audio
Binding	Audio CD
ReleaseDate	2013-10-01
UnitCount	1
Format	Audiobook
EANs	9781442368668

Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked

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