Hart’s story re-emerged Sept. 18 in the New York Times Magazine in a cover article by political writer Matt Bai headlined “ How Gary Hart’s Downfall Forever Changed American Politics.” ...

Matt Bai says the Gary Hart scandal changed American politics forever. But in retrospect, another 1987 event left a much more lasting political legacy. Accessibility statement Skip to main content ...

Gary Hart: "All the rules have changed" in politics 08:26. Gary Hart has had quite an eventful life. "Oh, boy!" he laughed. "Yes, I think that may be the understatement of the day.

For the first half of his career, Gary Hart knew which story he wanted to tell. His first volunteering gig was with John F. Kennedy in 1960; he later attached himself to Warren Beatty and cut a ...

What 'The Front Runner' And Gary Hart Tell Us About Political Theater Today Matt Bai and Jay Carson wrote the screenplay of a new drama about the swift 1987 downfall of the Democratic presidential ...

In 1987, Gary Hart, then a senator from Colorado, was way ahead in the presidential polls ... How The Gary Hart Affair Changed Political Reporting 26:34. Close ×. Copy the code below ...

Senator Gary Hart’s fall in 1987, after the Miami Herald exposed the Democratic presidential candidate’s affair, forever changed the way the media covers politicians’ personal scandals ...

Yahoo News political columnist Matt Bai offers new perspective on the 1987 scandal surrounding U.S. Sen. Gary Hart.

Connie Schultz is a nationally syndicated columnist and the author of “. . . and His Lovely Wife.” By Gary Hart Blue Rider. 215 pp. $25.95 In his new book, “The Republic of Conscience ...

The new book by Matt Bai explores the political resonance of Gary Hart, whose presidential ambitions were dashed when he revealed he had an affair. In May 1987, Sen. Gary Hart stepped up to a ...

You can't have rules that were applied to me applied to American politics and get people of quality." Gary Hart grew up in Ottawa, Kansas; graduated Yale Law School; and settled in Colorado with ...