Dead center
Subtitle: Clinton-Gore leadership and the perils of moderation
By: James MacGregor Burns and Georgia J. Sorenson ; with Robin Gerber and Scott W. Webster.
Contributors: Sorenson, Georgia Jones.; Gerber, Robin.; Webster, Scott W.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
Subjects: Clinton, Bill, 1946-; Gore, Albert, 1948-; Political leadership -- United States.; Moderation -- Political aspects -- United States.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001.
Description: "A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and a former White House aide provide the first penetrating, thoughtful evaluation of President Clinton's leadership."--BOOK JACKET.

"Before he was voted into office, Bill Clinton told the authors in an interview that he wanted to be a transforming leader, a president who would fashion real and lasting change in peoples' lives, in the tradition of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But how has this president, who has sought to lead from the center with his vice president, Al Gore, and the First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton, measured up against his own stated goals and the aspirations and performances of other presidents since World War II?

From the health care debacle and the 1994 midterm elections that swept the Republicans to a majority in both houses of Congress to the effect of scandal and impeachment on his ability to govern, Dead Center examines the leadership style of Bill Clinton and offers a forceful challenge to the strategy of centrism."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-389) and index.
"A Lisa Drew book."