02088cam a2200325 a 45000010006000000050017000060080041000230100017000640350024000810400049001050200018001540200015001720350021001870430012002080500023002200820016002431000041002592450122003002600037004223000028004595040051004875200718005385050222012566510050014786500042015286500039015706500033016096100037016428560083016795055720230410121024.0070611s2007    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a  2007023127  a(OCoLC)ocn144570820  aDLCcDLCdBAKERdBTCTAdIK2dNPLdYDXCPdBUR  a9780670018208  a0670018201  a(OCoLC)144570820  an-us---14aJK 275bD281b 200700a973.9312221 aDean, John W.q(John Wesley),d1938-10aBroken government :bhow Republican rule destroyed the legislative, executive, and judicial branches /cJohn W. Dean.  aNew York, N.Y. :bViking,c2007.  axviii, 332 p. ;c25 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aFormer White House counsel John Dean has become one of the most trenchant and respected commentators on the current state of American politics. Here he takes the broadest and deepest view yet of the dysfunctional chaos and institutional damage that the Republican Party and its core conservatives have inflicted on the federal government. He assesses the state of all three branches of government, tracing their decline through the presidencies of Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II. Unlike most political commentary, which is concerned with policy, Dean looks instead at process--making the case that the 2008 presidential race must confront these fundamental problems as well.--From publisher description.0 aIntroduction: Process matters -- First branch : broken but under repair -- Second branch : broken and in need of repair -- Third branch : toward the breaking point -- Repairing government : restoring proper processes. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmenty2001- 0aPublic administrationzUnited States. 0aFederal governmentzUnited States. 0aConservatismzUnited States.20aRepublican Party (U.S. : 1854- )413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007023127.html