First Now All Politics Is Local Summary

Thomas O’Neill “Tip O’Neill” Jr. was an American politician and Speaker of the House of Representatives of the U.S. He was a democrat and had a very heavy influence on the House of Representatives with his 34 years of service. He represented the Northern part of Boston, Massachusetts. He also served as Speaker of the House for 10 years (1977-1987) making him the second longest serving speaker. Thomas O’Neill was born in the area of North Cambridge, Massachusetts on December 9, 1912. He was the youngest of the three children his family had and well, he didn't have a mother for long when she died when O’Neill was Nine months old. Now, O’Neill had gotten the nickname”Tip” after a canadian baseball player named James”Tip” O’Neill. Now, he first …show more content…
This may sound boring. However, this book is made of small one to two page stories about certain political areas, these are all stories of O’Neill’s encounters. Now these stories and encounters are separated into seven very different, but interesting categories. These being, Campaigning, speaking out, serving your constitutes, making things happen, using clout, street-corner truths, and, what every politician needs to know. Knowing this we can talk about the learning capability of the …show more content…
These little stories kept you attached to the book and wanting to read more because there is always something new and you're experiencing different corners of politics and O’Neills background. I’m very fond of this book and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this to someone else. So overall I think this was a very, very good book and I might even read it over again to catch some of the small details. Now, let's wrap this review