When the Tea Party Comes to Town, Robert Draper
When the Tea Party Comes to Town, Robert Draper
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When the Tea Party Comes to Town
Inside the U.S. House of Representatives' Most Combative, Dysfunctional, and Infuriating Term in Modern History

Author: Robert Draper

Narrator: Holter Graham

Unabridged: 11 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/24/2012

Synopsis

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Dead Certain, the definitive book about the Bush Presidency, a revealing and riveting look at the new House of Representatives, elected in the history-making 2010 midterm elections.

About Robert Draper

Robert Draper is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and National Geographic and a correspondent to GQ. He is the author of several books, most recently the New York Times bestseller Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush. He lives in Washington, DC.

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Goodreads review by Judie

DO NOT ASK WHAT WE DO The evening of January 20, 2009, 15 white males and their spouses met at an expensive restaurant in Washington DC. Seven of the men were Congressmen (Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan, Pete Sessions, Jeb Hensarling, Pete Hoekstra, and Dan Lungren); five were Senators (Jim......more

Goodreads review by Damian

An inside view of the first year or so of the 112th House of Representatives, i.e. the 2010 Tea Party House. Written in admirably unbiased style, the book follows a handful of GOP House freshmen through the travails of 2010 and 2011, the euphoria of the landslide midterms, the Anthony Wiener scandal......more

Goodreads review by Jay

The title of this excellent book by Robert Draper is based on a quote from a Congressman who was so frustrated with the “days of fraction” that he was not seeking re-election after his fifth term in the 5th Congress of 1796! Yikes. Draper does a masterful job of understanding and projecting the pus......more

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