Fire-Breathing Liberal: How I Learned to Survive (and Thrive) in the Contact Sport of Congress

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There’s a reason The Nation, America’s leading progressive magazine, named Robert Wexler the country’s Most Valuable Congressman. It’s the same reason right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh refers to him as disgusting. It’s because for the last twelve years Wexler has been Congress’s most outspoken liberal – taking on George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Alberto Gonzales, General David Petraeus, and, when necessary, even his own party.

In Fire-Breathing Liberal, Wexler brings readers onto the floor of the House and puts them at the center of some of the last decade’s biggest controversies. He passionately describes how he defended Bill Clinton from impeachment and how he stood up against the Bush brothers when the butterfly ballots in his Florida district wrongly decided the 2000 presidential election. He also offers an honest and brutal assessment of the Iraq war and explains why he has become a leader in the movement to impeach Vice President Cheney. And, with warmth and wit, Wexler shares some of the funniest stories from the corridors of Congress, including how he became The Colbert Report’s most talked-about guest.

This is a remarkably candid first-person account of recent political history that shows government as it has rarely been seen – by a Democrat in the middle of the storms.