But when he went toe to toe with Bill Clinton over the shutdown (it had to do with Medicare spending), Gingrich proved capable of compromise. The two men were constantly on the phone. In “The Pact: Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry That Defined a Generation,” Steven M. Gillon quotes Clinton’s aide Bruce Reed: “Even though we were in the midst of bitterly divided government, both Clinton and Gingrich saw that it was in their interests, and to a larger degree, in their parties’ interests, to work together.” That was a generation ago. The Gingrich Revolution turned out to be a prelude to what the Republican Party has become.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 05:28:45 +0000
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