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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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Sales Rank: 587
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 464
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.8
ISBN: 0061733636
Dewey Decimal Number: 324.9730931
EAN: 9780061733635
ASIN: 0061733636
Publication Date: January 1, 2010
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good Read (even though you know how it ends) September 10, 2010
E. J. BRIEL (River Edge, NJ)
Confirmed opinions I already held:
1) Suspicions that media pulled punches on Obama (common complaint of Hillary and McCain)
2) Palin a complete ditz
3) Obama a really cool guy (and decent at heart), good at the election game, but as we can see now, governing is a different kettle of fish
4) the Clintons are disturbingly complex
5) McCain a tragic figure...if only he socked W. in his smirking face in 2000, he would've won clearly. He lost a step by 2008.
 Game Change September 10, 2010
JoAnn S. Evans (Corning NY)
I do not usually read books about politics but something drew my attention to this one. I found it very informative and I was amazed to learn so many fascinating things about the latest presidential candidates. Being informed about the day to day interactions of the people involved with the campaign was an eye-opener. I am now more aware of the political process in the campaign for president and will surely pay more attention to it in the future. It was an exciting read and I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning how this process works. I am glad that Obama is president and I am also glad that Hillary is secretary of state. However, I am still hoping to live long enough to see a woman elected president.
Looking behind the curtain September 9, 2010
rosanne pellicane (Long Island, NY)
Does anyone believe an unauthorized history of a major event could be 100% true? For that matter
is an authorized or endorsed account all true? Since everyone has a bias whether acknowledged or not,
we come equipped with a point of view.
Game Change pastes together events surrounding the last presidential election and the final picture,
like most contemporary art, leaves the viewer to decide. The text reveals the good, the bad, the ugly and
the happenstance surrounding the most important world leader. More than anything else, based on the text set forth, it is shocking to even suspect the lack of ethics, the backbiting, and lack of concern by all the campaigns, all is the name of winning.
Whether you believe or not, it is a worthwhile the read. The information is presented cohesively and I believe, the authors gave the readers something to really think about.
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Good Insight into Politics September 5, 2010
bobbyr
This was interesting reading, especially the sections on Edwards and Palin. Joe Biden is also well covered. I wanted to get more insight on Obama, but I get the impression that the authors were too admiring of him.
Really very good September 2, 2010
T. Edmund Jenkin
There is very little to say about Game Change that isn't immediately obvious to anyone who picks up the book. Game Change chronicles the 2008 (and leadup) primary and presidential elections.
Reasonably impartial and with a good balance between professionalism and relaxed prose the authors of Game change take us through the close contest between Clinton and Obama, the bizarre humiliation of Edwards and the shock choice of Sarah Palin as VP running mate for McCain.
The book is informative and fascinating but drags slightly too long on the primary races, while interesting we all know we really want to hear about Sarah Palin and her blunders rather than a protracted battle between Clinton and Obama. (in saying that the Obama Clinton Race is probably much for interesting on a academic level, whereas its just plain fun to read about Palin's exploits.)
Game Change is probably the best summary of the election you can find - That is on the presumption that most of the information contained within is correct, I haven't heard too much slamming of the work, and fact checking myself is just asking to ruin the fun of reading about political controversy.
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