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Encore Booknotes: David Broder, "The System: The American Way of Politics at the Breaking Point"

David Broder

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Mr. Broder talked about Haynes Johnson's and his recent book, The System: The American Way of Politics at the Breaking Point, published by Little, Brown and Company. The book examines in detail how "the system" of congressional partisanship prevented a reform of the U.S. health care system by the Clinton administration in 1993-94. Both Broder and Johnson are Pulitzer Prize winners.

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David Broder

Broder won a Pulitzer for commentary in 1973 and numerous other awards and academic honors including National Press Foundation's Distinguished Contributions to Journalism Award in 1993 and, the White Burkett Miller Presidential Award in 1989.  He is a columnist and the author of several books about contemporary politics.


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Encore Booknotes: David Broder, "The System: The American Way of Politics at the Breaking Point"

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  • Saturday, September 5th at 6pm (ET)
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