"... a hard-hitting scorecard for the shortcomings, evasions and wishful thinking of Democrats as well as Republicans' budget-reduction plans. Hager and Pianin's penetrating examination of the volatility of deficit politics reveals the sharply divergent visions of the role the federal government should play in society."
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Publishers Weekly"In depicting responsible governing checkmated by partisan sniping, the authors present a true-life spectacle as funny as a Gillbert and Sullivan operetta and as painful as root canal."
-- Kirkus Reviews
"Eminently readable and accessible."
-- Library Journal