The K Street Gang : the rise and fall of the Republican machine / Matthew Continetti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Continetti, Matthew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).

Conservatism--United States.

Conservatism.

Lobbyists.

United States.

Lobbyists--United States.

Political corruption--United States.

Political corruption.

United States--Politics and government--1993-2001.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

Physical Description:

x, 273 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Doubleday, [2006]

Summary:

The inside story of how a group of self-styled Republican reformers succumbed to the temptations of power--becoming even worse than the Democrats they had been elected to replace--focuses on Tom DeLay, Jack Abramoff, Ralph Reed, Grover Norquist, and Adam Kidan. This is the story about how the American conservative movement began as a cause, turned into a career, and ended up as a racket.

Contents:

The December revolution : Tom DeLay and the rise of the K Street conservatives

The gang : how the College Republicans launched the career of a con artist

The K Street Project : The Republican takeover of the lobbying industry

The petri dish : how a tiny commonwealth corrupted the conservative movement

Rogues' gallery : even bad guys need a lobbyist

The hit : Jack Abramoff's corrupt casino deal

The tribes : the triumph of K Street conservatism

The shakedown : greed gone wild

The sorcerer's apprentice : how one lobbyist became entangled in Jack Abramoff's web

The unraveling : how to catch a crooked lobbyist

The cure : spectators to an orgy of "reform."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-263) and index.

ISBN:

038551672X

OCLC:

64595971

Publisher Number:

9780385516723

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