Chris Matthews is the host of MSNBC’s Hardball. He is the author of Jack Kennedy—Elusive Hero; Tip and the Gipper—When Politics Worked; Kennedy and Nixon; Hardball; and now Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit.
“A superb tribute to the neglected art of compromise.”
*New York Daily News*
"[A] gripping, behind-the-scenes, first-person account. . . .
Though he was a front-row participant in the story, he admirably
adopts an even-handed approach (not shying away from pointing out
O'Neill's missteps) to serve up his big point: political combat is
necessary and important for the nation, but it need not be
self-destructive and nuclear. . . . Matthews is providing a public
service by recounting an era when even the most ardent partisan
gladiators could bend toward pragmatism."
*Mother Jones*
“A fortuitous pairing of subject and author. . . Matthews’s account
is pleasant reading, both useful and entertaining. . . The book
succeeds in making Boehner’s, or the tea party’s, House look like a
confederacy of dunces, addicted to 'government by tantrum.' Praise
for Reagan’s skill at reaching across party lines also contrasts
with President Obama’s stand-offish image. Their clashes looked
feverish at the time, but this book is an invitation to join Tip
and the Gipper in tall tales about how grand it was in the old
country."
*Washington Post*
"Chris Matthews draws on his 30-year-old journals for [a] rich new
book on Ronald Reagan, Tip O'Neill"
*Politico.com*
"Matthews gives us an engaging, inside perspective (with creditable
modesty about his own important role) of the mighty struggle
between Ronald Reagan and Speaker Tip O'Neill, and how they bent,
when they had to, to the national interest. There are many books
written by Reagan's White House staffers, but this is the only
account (aside from O'Neill's charming memoir) from inside the
Speaker's office, and a valuable addition to American political
history."
*author of Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century*
"Amiable but tough-minded. . . . a solid book."
*Kirkus*
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