Arc of Power : Inside Nancy Pelosi's Speakership, 2005-2010 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lawrence, John A., 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Pelosi, Nancy, > 1940-
United States. > Congress. > House.
United States. > Congress. > House > Speakers.
Politics and government.
Political culture.
Orators.
Political culture > United States.
United States.
United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017.
United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Discouraged, disorganized, defeated
  • The new direction : '6 for '06'
  • "I had to wine the House first"
  • Madam Speaker
  • "Everythign becomes urgent"
  • The slowest ship
  • The economy wobbles
  • The flagship
  • "You can't have it the way you want to have it"
  • "The prospects don't look good"
  • Yes, we can!
  • The abyss
  • "We have to look out for ourselves"
  • "The country is falling apart!"
  • "Like swans going across the lake"
  • The firehose
  • Short-circuited
  • "Number one among equals"
  • The summer from Hell
  • "The most important bill you will ever vote for"
  • "Let's go for it!"
  • The unwinnable war
  • "Keep steering the ship"
  • The unfinished agenda
  • The "shellacking"
  • Their last bow
  • Conclusion: The perishability of power.

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