Grad Student Uncovers Relationship Between Gingrich and Nixon
If you have been following the race for the Republican Presidential nomination, you know that every one of the candidates claims the mantle of Ronald Reagan, no one ,mote so than former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who bills himself as “a strong Reagan conservative” in distinction to the “Massachusetts Moderate” Mitt Romney. But as Graduate Student Zack Smith reveals in his recent article for POLITICO, Newt took another U.S. president as his role model. For more, visit http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71684.html
Smith’s article draws on research from his recently completed dissertation, “From the Well of the House: Remaking the House Republican Party from 1978 to 1994.” Smith defended his dissertation December 7, 2011. His adviser, Julian Zelizer, took part as well as Bruce Schulman, Sarah Phillips, Cathie Martin and MIT Political Scientist Charles Stewart.
