1. The Colossus Rises

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. The Colossus Rises 11
5. 2. With Talent on Loan from God 21
6. 3. Media That Sounds Like Us 31
7. 4. Necessity, Mother of Invention 39
8. 5. The New Republican King 51
9. 6. Bill Clinton, Talk Radio Innovator 57
10. 7. Stopping Legislation in Its Tracks 61
11. 8. The Political Earthquake 71
12. 9. Everything Changes 79
13. 10. The Democrats Wake Up 91
14. 11. Talk Radio Takes Over Television—and Tries to Impeach a President 101
15. 12. Money Propels Talk Radio to the Right 109
16. 13. Talk Radio in the 2000s: Big Changes for the Medium and for Politics 113
17. 14. The Parties Go Their Own Ways 121
18. 15. Disgruntled but Still Loyal— Unless You’re a Moderate 137
19. 16. The Titans of Talk 1 – Bipartisanship 0 151
20. 17. Never a Republican Puppet 161
21. 18. The Conservative Media Empire 171
22. 19. I Hope He Fails 177
23. 20. The Relationship Sours 183
24. 21. Hunting RINOs 193
25. 22. Trying (and Failing) to Govern 201
26. 23. Turning the Power Structure Upside Down 219
27. 24. The President That Talk Radio Made 227
28. 25 The Big Picture 255
29. Notes 271
30. Acknowledgments 345
31. Index 349