false 466645 2 The authors of this text seek to show in detail how "the system" has corrupted America's political institutions. They take as an example the Clinton healthcare reform initiative - the most ambitious call for US government action since the 1960s. Granted access to meetings by Bill and Hillary Clinton, Senators Bob Dole, Edward Kennedy and Newt Gingrich amongst others, the authors use the proceedings and the healthcare plan to provide a blow-by-blow account of the destruction of a policy which sought to please everyone and ended by satisfying no-one. They argue this was due to interstate pressure groups, party political bickering, political gamesmanship and the sheer inertia of the American "system". 455012 1996 The System: The American Way of Politics at the Breaking Point total:36|5:10|4:14|3:7|2:5| 36 137 55 7 5 0 false false Mon Aug 20 08:09:02 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 08:14:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 13:14:17 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 10:58:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Aug 20 09:39:18 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 07:35:38 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 07 08:11:43 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 08:19:39 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Jun 26 14:47:17 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 16:01:32 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Jul 29 19:46:52 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 20:03:57 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Aug 02 18:37:42 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 14:25:21 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Thu Oct 08 09:43:01 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 09:43:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 20 15:33:24 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 15:33:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 16 14:41:39 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 14:41:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 02 18:16:30 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 18:16:33 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jun 17 18:41:28 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 18:41:28 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jun 09 22:02:47 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 22:02:47 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Mon Jun 01 11:56:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 11:56:02 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 07:58:34 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 04:03:02 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Mar 18 08:04:01 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 08:04:01 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Feb 25 19:27:32 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 19:27:32 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Feb 14 11:49:33 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 11:49:33 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 25 21:19:22 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 21:21:45 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 24 18:00:31 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 18:00:31 -0800 2009