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Storming the Gates

Name: Storming the Gates
Author: Daniel J. Balz,Ronald Brownstein
ISBN: 9780316080385

by Daniel J. Balz, Ronald Brownstein

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Overview

Two years after voters drove George Bush from the White House, the Republican party rode a wave of antigovernment sentiment and disappointment with President Clinton to capture Congress for the first time in forty years. In Storming the Gates, seasoned political reporter Dan Balz and Ronald Brownstein take us inside this climactic GOP victory and reveal with fresh insights how the assault on sixty years of Democratic governance and domestic programs turned out and its impact on the struggle for power in the 1996 elections. Who are these new Republicans, and how did they revive themselves so quickly after Bush's defeat? What are their prospects for consolidating their electoral success of 1994 into a lasting victory that could permanently realign politics into the next century?

After 40 years in the minority, the GOP is poised to ride a wave of antigovernment sentiment all the way to the White House. Who are these Republicans, and how did they capitalize on the current conservative grassroots movements? Two seasoned correspondents put the new politics of protest in context--and explain the immediate future consequences for America.

About the Author, Daniel J. Balz,Ronald Brownstein

Dan Balz

Dan Balz is the lead political reporter for The Washington Post. He has also served as the paper's national editor, political editor, and White House correspondent.

Haynes Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize winner and the author of fourteen books, five of them national bestsellers. He holds the Knight Chair in Journalism at the University of Maryland.