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Game Change |  | Author: John Heilemann
Publisher: Harper
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 11960
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 464
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.8
ISBN: 0061733636
EAN: 9780061733635
ASIN: 0061733636
Publication Date: January 11, 2010
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 What a great book! March 24, 2010
NbStlucia (Toronto, Canada)
The drama was just so thick! The book gave great insight into the behind the scenes action of the campaigns. The book was just so well-written and so engaging that I could not put it down.
Hilary: At times I felt sorry for Hilary and felt that she'd make a great president. Too bad that by the time Obama is out of office she will be 69 and perhaps too old. I love how Hilary was a fighter and didn't give up.
Sarah Palin: The book confirmed my conceptions about Sarah Palin - she's an empty vessel and a right-wing wingnut. She attracted the nut bar element to the McCain campaign and was supremely unqualified. She is also very loose with the truth. Not much of what comes out of her mouth should be believed.
Barack Obama: Prior to reading this book, I read Dreams from my Father and I can see how he evolved into a confident, self-assured individual. I am very happy he won and it was just great to see how well oiled his campaign organisation was.
John McCain: The book showed how his "fly by the seat of the pants" nature contributed to his demise. He was too old anyway. The relationship between him and his wife was dubious. They cursed each other out in front of others. Horrible!
Joe Biden: This guy suffers from verbal diarrhea but I'm glad him and Barack worked it out in the end, after he threw Barack under the bus multiple times.
John Edwards: This guy was such a narcissistic cheater. He had the audacity to think he could still be attorney general even after his cheating scandal came out. Shocking. The window into the relationship between him and his wife was quite fascinating. Apparently she belittled him a lot and was bossy and mean.
This book is recommended reading for those who love politics.
 Guilty pleasure March 8, 2010
G. McCann (Niagara Falls, Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm a sucker for this kind of inside look at U.S. politics. Admittedly, the stuff is quite gossipy but it gives real insight into the personalities and a backroom look at the reasons people were behaving as they were during the fascinating 2008 presidential election cycle. There was one very curious oversight though. In dealing with the process for the Democratic nomination the authors did not deal with the schmozzle over seating the MIchigan and Florida delegates. The way the party handled that put the nail in Clinton's campaign and it was given no mention. Good read, though you feel a little guilty for enjoying it so much.
the real deal February 19, 2010
A. Sairam (Toronto, CA)
It is a great book! The book gives great detail as to how the American Candidates got to where they today.
A must read for American Politics followers and lovers!
A great read!! February 18, 2010
Reader Rabbit (Canada)
This book is an interesting 'window' into the back room goings-on in American politics. Lucky for all of them they have skilled spin doctors to sanitize their images. The only group for whom one doesn't feel total contempt is the Obamas.
For political junkies and recent historians February 15, 2010
Ronald W. Maron (Nova Scotia)
The election of 2008 was certainly one for the history books. On both sides of the aisle campaigns were run, nominations were made and elections were won that were very unique and included a wide range of variant personalities. While being a 'political junkie' myself there was very little information given that I already did not know in advance of my perusal. Some surprises, however, were the blatant denial that Hillary continues to have about Bill's dalliances, the crude and controlling personality that lies beneath Elizabeth Edwards's public personae, the complete lack of vetting of Sarah Palin and Bill Clinton's continued dominant and interfering personality. I was hoping that bit players such as Ron Paul, Fred Thompson and Dennis Kucinich would have come under the microscope as well but, alas, this book was only about the front runners. My other concern was there was very little 'scuttlebutt' that showed Obama in a negative light. Is this because there was none to be shown or could the authors not get beyond their own positive reflections of him to see his campaign in a more realistic light?
It is written in a griping and novel-like manner which makes it difficult to put down once started. It is an excellent review from behind the scenes of the McCain, Edwards and Clinton camps. One can only assume that the Obama camp had its share of problems, too but they simply went unreported or undetected.
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