Book · 2001 · Biography & Autobiography
Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century
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Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century by John Aloysius Farrell is a biographical account of the powerful Democratic Speaker of the House and mid-century American politics. Aaron Reinar recommended the book on The Ezra Klein Show during the episode What a Second Biden Term Would Look Like in March 2024. Reinar stated that he had just read the biography, emphasizing that it portrays a historical world where Speaker Tip O'Neill and President Ronald Reagan were successfully able to work together despite political differences.
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“and that is this biography by John Farrell of tip O'Neal that I just read that has many incredible things in it but it represents a world where tip O'Neal when he's Speaker of the House Ronald Reagan is President and they are in fact able to function”