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Lobstergirl
A solid effort from journalist Baker, although I definitely could have done without Susan Collins'
insipid diary entries ("Ironically, having been through this crisis may make it easier, not harder, for us
to work together. This experience has changed each of us individually, and as a Senate, forever.")
and the standard hackneyed Beltwayese adjectives. Politicians are fresh-faced (Evan Bayh), crusty
(Ted Stevens, three times crusty), maverick (Peter King, Lowell Weicker, Russell Feingold, and of
A solid effort from journalist Baker, although I definitely could have done without Susan Collins'
insipid diary entries ("Ironically, having been through this crisis may make it easier, not harder, for us
to work together. This experience has changed each of us individually, and as a Senate, forever.")
and the standard hackneyed Beltwayese adjectives. Politicians are fresh-faced (Evan Bayh), crusty
(Ted Stevens, three times crusty), maverick (Peter King, Lowell Weicker, Russell Feingold, and of
course John McCain), feisty (Phil Gramm), iconoclastic (Arlen Specter), righteous (Joe Lieberman),
boyish (Bill Paxon, Dick Gephardt). The book is short on salacious details and long, very long, on
legislative procedure. It worked well for the first 11 chapters, covering impeachment, but became
exceedingly dry for the last seven, when the outcome was no longer in doubt (the Democrats always
had enough votes for acquittal).
Eric
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This is a nitty-gritty, behind-the-scenes look at Congress and the White House during the House
impeachment and Senate trial. It's a fascinating display of the way the major parties practice politics.
Contrary to most appearances, Republicans and Democrats don't hate each other, at an institutional
level. And rarely do their public words and utterances match their private beliefs and actions.
Peter Baker covered the White House for the Washington Post from 1996 to 1999, so he witnessed
many of th
This is a nitty-gritty, behind-the-scenes look at Congress and the White House during the House
impeachment and Senate trial. It's a fascinating display of the way the major parties practice politics.
Contrary to most appearances, Republicans and Democrats don't hate each other, at an institutional
level. And rarely do their public words and utterances match their private beliefs and actions.
Peter Baker covered the White House for the Washington Post from 1996 to 1999, so he witnessed
many of the events he describes. He's talked to the players, obtained private memos and other
documents, and analyzed government transcripts of the major proceedings. This book is reporting at
its finest - rarely does Baker write what he thinks or how he feels about his subject matter.
The book opens on the eve of the impeachment vote in the House of Representatives. Bob
Livingston is the designated Speaker, following the disappointing (for Republicans) 1998 elections
that forced Newt Gingrich to resign. Livingston is having second thoughts about impeachment, and
considers allowing a censure vote. But an aide talks him out of it.
This isn't an easy vote for Livingston, because he reveres the institutional traditions of government,
and cannot imagine any president being impeached. It horrifies him, though he is convinced it is the
right thing to do. And, if he pushed for censure, he could lose the support of conservative
Republicans in his Speaker bid. Can't risk that. The problem is, his Speakership may already be
doomed because he heard from a White House lobbyist ally that Larry Flynt found a woman who
claimed she and Livingston had an affair, but if Livingston dropped impeachment and backed
censure, Flynt wouldn't publish the story in his porn rag Hustler. So what to do?
Henry Hyde faced similar tough decisions a month before, when the impeachment inquiry was
conducted by the committee he chaired. The Democrats, which talked of cooperation while
practicing none of it, pushed for their own impeachment inquiry plan, which was too limited for
Republicans. But if Hyde rejected the Dems' plan and pushed his own, he'd look like a rabid
partisan, and he didn't want that. For impeachment to be legitimate, it had to be bipartisan. So what
to do?
Dick Gephardt faced a tough choice. He hated what Clinton did and at one point wondered if he and
Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle would have to go to the White House and tell Clinton to resign.
But too many Democrats in his caucus were supportive of Clinton, not because they necessarily
loved him, they just didn't want Republicans to impeach a Democratic president. Other Democrats,
more moderate and conservative ones, were actually leaning toward voting for impeachment.
Somehow, Gephardt had to keep both sides happy and hold his caucus together. So what to do?
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Once impeachment passed and hit the Senate, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and Daschle
faced more problems. They wanted to work together to avoid partisanship, yet had to keep their
people happy. If the rank-and-file in both parties though their leaders were caving to the other,
they'd revolt and fracture the Senate. But they had to hold a trial and come up with some process
that everyone could live with. And they had other worries. Daschle had to keep the White House
happy and Lott had to keep the House managers happy. Inevitably, what senators liked the Clinton
team or managers didn't. So what to do?
Read the book to find out. I won't give it away here, but it may surprise you. What you've heard
about the Clinton impeachment may not be true.
Nathan
The Breach was not what I was expecting. Going into it, I was pretty sure it would be a political hack
job against the Republicans without revealing much of the actual process that led to President
Clinton's impeachment. Thankfully, Baker surprised me. The Breach reveals the absurdity of it all,
without the daily, opinion-shifting political winds of the newspapers and talk shows of the time or the
pro or con books showing up every Tuesday on the "new books" rack at your libraries and Borders.
Th
The Breach was not what I was expecting. Going into it, I was pretty sure it would be a political hack
job against the Republicans without revealing much of the actual process that led to President
Clinton's impeachment. Thankfully, Baker surprised me. The Breach reveals the absurdity of it all,
without the daily, opinion-shifting political winds of the newspapers and talk shows of the time or the
pro or con books showing up every Tuesday on the "new books" rack at your libraries and Borders.
This is a real investigative, after-the-fact look at what happened and all the players involved. (The
parts about Tom DeLay would be frightening if they weren't so pathetic.) All in all this book is
excellent reporting and a solid documentation of a very weird time in American politics. The writing
itself isn't as gripping as I'd hope for in good nonfiction, but it more than makes up for that with a
story too ridiculous for fiction.
NC
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Ian Headon
Excellent
Remarkably detailed summary of the impeachment
Non partisan - many new details and perspectives, including how intelligent Ms Lewinsky was
viewed
Thoroughly recommend
Peg Holsapple
Boring.....Didn't finish. His next book I read about Bush was excellent but this one not so much.
Disappointed.
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