The Red and The Blue

We tend to look back on the 1990s with wistful nostalgia. It was a decade when the Cold War was won, the economy roared to life, and Americans still seemed to share in a common, unifying culture. But beneath that surface, something very different was taking playing out American politics. Partisan combat intensified. Divisions became sharper and deeper. And the roots of the tribalism we know today began to take hold.

This is the story that Steve tells which explores the rise of Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich, the collision of their ambitions, visions and egos, and the dawn of a new political era.

“Steve Kornacki is America’s gift to election years.  His new book, The Red and the Blue, is every political fan’s playbook about how we got here and where we’re going.  I loved it.”

Tom Brokaw

“Steve Kornacki is America’s gift to election years.  His new book, The Red and the Blue, is every political fan’s playbook about how we got here and where we’re going.  I loved it.”

Washington Post