article_snippet.sent: For more than two centuries, arm-twisting and bullying has been the reality of American politics.
article_snippet.sent: Even the hallowed founding fathers relied on strong-arm tactics to pass legislation.
article_snippet.sent: Some of those early politicians – such as the seventh President, Andrew Jackson – were so fiery that Some of those early politicians – such as the seventh President, Andrew Jackson – make the players in the TV series look like amateurs.
article_snippet.sent: President Jackson’s solution to every problem was to fight a duel: Martin jokes that Martin body was so full of lead-shot that these days Martin wouldn’t get through the metal-detectors at the entrance to the Capitol building.