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Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
John Heilemann
4.08 AVERAGE
299 reviews for:
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
John Heilemann
4.08 AVERAGE
I am not a fan of bubble gum journalism. I like my history and current affairs books carefully researched and meticulously attributed so I can verify information. So why do I like this book? I put my historian's sensibilities on hold and instead enjoyed the fictional style the book employs and the rapid pacing and flair for the dramatic. This will make a great movie. Great history? No.
I read this because Nate Silver said it reads like a novel, and anyway, I would probably read anything Nate Silver mentions. He was right about this book (of course. Can the guy be wrong?).
This was an interesting, "dishy" book about the 2008 presidential election. I thought the book was fascinating and disturbing about the politicians that run for office in both political parties.
An overreach look at our most recent presidential election. Very interesting no matter which side of the"fence" you're on.
The guy reading the audible.com version cannot pronounce any of the names... Really irritating.
This is a 10 star book. The fact these authors had such access is amazing. It made me like and admire Hillary Clinton and President Obama a lot more. Must-read for anyone who is into politics and/or the 2008 election.
1. I love gossip.
2. I loved the 2008 campaign.
Thus, I loved this book. I could not put it down and blazed through it in just a couple days.
2. I loved the 2008 campaign.
Thus, I loved this book. I could not put it down and blazed through it in just a couple days.
I've loving this. You have to take it with a grain of salt; this is basically the US Weekly of political books. It's full of all the awesome juicy gossip bits, and of course it does not have a bibliography or site a single reference or source. But: it's so, so engaging and enthralling. And wonderfully suspenseful. I mean, duh, I know who wins, but I'm still biting my nails about the outcome of the New Hampshire primary; this is such a page turner. (An additional caveat is that these dudes so clearly hate the Clintons. This is a very one-sided book.)
Finished it; it's engaging all the way through. If you were at all wrapped up in the 2008 election, I highly recommend reading this. It's an easy enough read and gossipy enough to count as a beach book. As Molly pointed out, they warm up to the Clintons a little bit, and really I think their beef is with Bill, not so much Hilary.
Finished it; it's engaging all the way through. If you were at all wrapped up in the 2008 election, I highly recommend reading this. It's an easy enough read and gossipy enough to count as a beach book. As Molly pointed out, they warm up to the Clintons a little bit, and really I think their beef is with Bill, not so much Hilary.
An interesting behind the scenes look at the 2008 presidential/primary campaigns. I had seen the movie Game Change, which is about the McCain campaign selecting Sarah Palin as a running mate—that’s a big feature in the book but not at all the main focus.
You get a behind the scenes look at the Obama, Clinton, John Edwards primary race. All the John Edwards parts are so incredibly slimey. The whole book comes full circle with the Clintons/Obama - going from admirers of one another, to rivals, to again admirers and Obama feeling like he really needed Hillary Clinton in his cabinet. So the development of the relationship was interesting.
The Sarah Palin parts were troubling to think a Vice President was vetted in less than five days, without looking at her ties to a secession movement in Alaska. When Palin joined the campaign, the rallies appear to foreshadow the tone of the Trump rallies in 2015-today—with racist, violent rhetoric. McCain did eventually catch on to this being problematic and would condemn it, most famously telling a woman at one rally that Obama was a “good family man” and not an “Arab,” but I don’t think the condemnations could really correct the damage done by adding Palin’s voice to our national discourse.
One of the authors of this book, Mark Halperin was fired a few years back for sexual harassment, so I think this authorship issue is also just important to be mindful of when reading, especially considering some of the tone for female politicians and wives of politicians.
You get a behind the scenes look at the Obama, Clinton, John Edwards primary race. All the John Edwards parts are so incredibly slimey. The whole book comes full circle with the Clintons/Obama - going from admirers of one another, to rivals, to again admirers and Obama feeling like he really needed Hillary Clinton in his cabinet. So the development of the relationship was interesting.
The Sarah Palin parts were troubling to think a Vice President was vetted in less than five days, without looking at her ties to a secession movement in Alaska. When Palin joined the campaign, the rallies appear to foreshadow the tone of the Trump rallies in 2015-today—with racist, violent rhetoric. McCain did eventually catch on to this being problematic and would condemn it, most famously telling a woman at one rally that Obama was a “good family man” and not an “Arab,” but I don’t think the condemnations could really correct the damage done by adding Palin’s voice to our national discourse.
One of the authors of this book, Mark Halperin was fired a few years back for sexual harassment, so I think this authorship issue is also just important to be mindful of when reading, especially considering some of the tone for female politicians and wives of politicians.
wow, really interesting and i don't like politics.
john mccain taught my 2 year old daughter to swear~ i am listening to the book in the car and while he says fuck 100's of times, she starts listening and repeating that word too after he lets go of a string of them. great.
john mccain taught my 2 year old daughter to swear~ i am listening to the book in the car and while he says fuck 100's of times, she starts listening and repeating that word too after he lets go of a string of them. great.