The System The American Way of Politics at the Breaking Point

by Broder, David S.; Johnson, Haynes

• ISBN13: 9780316111454
• ISBN10: 0316111457
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-04-01
• Publisher: Back Bay Books

Summary

Taking as an example the Clinton health care reform initiative, the authors show how a policy that aimed to please everyone ended by satisfying no one due to pressure groups, political gamesmanship and the inertia of the American 'system'.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Paperback Edition	ix	(2)
To Our Readers: A Moment in History	xi	(4)
Sources	xv	(2)
The Players	xvii
Book One The Delivery Room	1	(54)
1 On His Own	3	(11)
2 Launch	14	(18)
3 The Players	32	(16)
4 The Delivery Room	48	(7)
Book Two The Plan	55	(124)
5 The Clinton Connection	57	(39)
6 The Task Force	96	(41)
7 Loose Lips and Missed Deadlines	137	(27)
8 The Moral Imperative	164	(15)
Book Three The Debate	179	(457)
9 Hillary on the Hill	181	(13)
10 The Interests	194	(31)
11 The Void	225	(11)
12 Beyond the Beltway	236	(18)
13 Waves of Whitewater	254	(46)
14 The Playmaker Fails	300	(45)
15 Make a Deal	345	(51)
16 The Baron Falls	396	(41)
17 To the Rescue	437	(23)
18 The Phony Express	460	(16)
19 Summer of Discontent	476	(35)
20 Pulling the Plug	511	(22)
21 The Country	533	(12)
22 Earthquake	545	(15)
23 Aftershocks	560	(41)
24 Lessons: Lost Opportunities	601	(35)
Epilogue: The System	636	(7)
Afterword	643	(16)
Notes	659	(4)
Bibliography	663	(2)
Acknowledgments	665	(2)
Index	667