TY - BOOK N2 - Speaker Newt Gingrich and his troops promised a revolution when they seized power in January 1995. The year that followed was one of the most fascinating and tumultuous in modern American history. After stunning early success with the Contract with America, the Republicans began to lose momentum; by year's end Gingrich was isolated and uncertain, and his closest allies were telling him to shut up. Here is an unprecedented, fly-on-the-wall look at the successes, sellouts, and perhaps fatal mistakes of Newt Gingrich's Republican Revolution. Based on the award-winning Washington Post series that documented the Republicans' day-to-day attempts to revolutionize the American government, "Tell Newt to Shut Up!" gets to the heart of the political process. AB - Speaker Newt Gingrich and his troops promised a revolution when they seized power in January 1995. The year that followed was one of the most fascinating and tumultuous in modern American history. After stunning early success with the Contract with America, the Republicans began to lose momentum; by year's end Gingrich was isolated and uncertain, and his closest allies were telling him to shut up. Here is an unprecedented, fly-on-the-wall look at the successes, sellouts, and perhaps fatal mistakes of Newt Gingrich's Republican Revolution. Based on the award-winning Washington Post series that documented the Republicans' day-to-day attempts to revolutionize the American government, "Tell Newt to Shut Up!" gets to the heart of the political process. T1 - Tell Newt to shut up! :prizewinning Washington Post journalists reveal how reality gagged the Gingrich revolution / DA - ©1996. CY - New York : AU - Maraniss, David. AU - Weisskopf, Michael. CN - E885 PB - Simon & Schuster, PP - New York : PY - ©1996. N1 - "A Touchstone book." N1 - Includes index. ID - 1409162 KW - Politics and government KW - Politik KW - Gingrich, Newt KW - United States KW - Politics and government KW - 1993- KW - United States KW - Politics and government KW - 1993-2001 SN - 0684832933 SN - 9780684832937 TI - Tell Newt to shut up! :prizewinning Washington Post journalists reveal how reality gagged the Gingrich revolution / ER -