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Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime |  | Authors: John Heilemann, Mark Halperin
Publisher: Harper
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Pages: 464
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.7
ISBN: 0061733636
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.932
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Publication Date: January 1, 2010
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"This shit would be really interesting if we weren't in the middle of it."
Barack Obama, September 2008
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 Definite Liberal Bias March 8, 2010
G. Dedman (Plano, TX United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I don't know what made me think journalists for "New York" and "Time" magazines would write a book without a liberal bias. Any misstep during the campaign by Obama was glossed over or blamed on someone else. Problems were quickly solved by the all-knowing "chosen one". John McCain was protrayed as an obscenity-shouting madman. Sarah Palin comes off in the book as being a few steps away from being committed. The book should be sold with a large bottle of Pepto Bismol.
Something's missing... March 7, 2010
Annova
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I got to the end of this book I said, "something's missing" and realized that one person came through "Game Change" unscathed: Michelle Obama. All of the other campaign '08 characters' poor behavior/shortcomings/personal warts, etc., were highlighted and yet there was no mention of Michelle's frequent & offensive public comments about her husband and his shortcomings. Back then even Chris Matthews was shocked at her nasty remarks about her husband and asked (on "Hardball") if possibly she was just jealous of him. Immediately after this she disappeared from the campaign for a few months and when she returned it was with a new and pleasant attitude. The authors sure didn't miss mentioning when any of the other spouses behaved poorly. Other than that, it's an ok read and provides a pretty good description of how grueling a campaign can be. As other reviews have pointed out, "Game Change" makes it all too obvious that we need a better system for finding good candidates and enabling them to adequately show the voters their beliefs and goals.
no kidding... March 7, 2010
Gary A. Camarano (Chicago, IL USA)
An enjoyable read, although many will challenge it based on not enough research and unidentified sources and contributors. But, deep down I think we all know its true - really doesn't matter what party - nature of the beast.
 Game Change - politics as usual March 7, 2010
RD (hudson, wi)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
although I am not one to be seeking the political documentation, I could not put this book down. When is the movie coming out?
 Game Play? March 7, 2010
gail powers (Harbor County, MI and N. Naples, FL)
Written by two savvy political reporters, it seems as though no one is treated kindly in this tome. Essentially it chronicles the 2 year race to the 2008 presidential election and all the private bickering that went down among the front runners from both parties. Refreshingly, this book doesn't take political sides and pretty much tells it like it is.
I'm sure that many political junkies and just plain citizens, don't find the many major selling points for this book a complete revelation. So much animosity and political jockeying played out on our tv screens this time around that the followers of the national election were able to nail the political climate inside and outside of party lines. As the election progressed, it was hardly a suprise that Hillary Clinton appeared to be falling apart after the Iowa caucases or that Giuliani made a huge political blunder by avoiding other primaries only to get massacred in Florida. Even Obama's referring to a formidable block of voters as veritable rednecks was clearly a beaucoup faux pas that had us all asking 'what was he thinking'.
At the heart of this book is the stuff we didn't know unless we had political operatives as friends or family. Some of it was funny, but an awful lot of it was disturbing. The selection of Sarah Palin as McCain's running mate was essentially a crack decision done with little or no vetting to throw the Dems off kilter. Obama's carefully crafted image didn't include his frequent use of the 'f' word and a private persona that didn't match with his carefully on message public persona. The report that the McCain's marriage wasn't all that tight may not have been a revelation, but reports of Cindy McCain having a gentleman friend in Arizona may have had some credence. Elizabeth Edwards was portrayed as a shrew who frequently ranted at her husband and referred to him as a hick and her intellectual inferior was a new one for me and helped support the assertions in THE POLITICIAN. Hillary Clinton jumped the gun in 2007 and started looking for the perfect running mate before she knew if she'd get the nomination . Clinton also admitted to she never knew what Bill Clinton was going to do or say. The list of revelations as well as the information re: inside bickering just goes on and on. Since I always speculate about these public figures privately and am waiting for the other shoe to drop (Hey, John Edwards!) I found this very interesting.
It's a fascinating read and it is hard to put down regardless of your political orientation. I'd recommend this book to political junkies, but any citizen should read this. It's frightening to even contemplate who gets elected to public office these days and even more frightening to see how things are done in DC.
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