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Game Change CD: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime |  | Authors: John Heilemann, Mark Halperin
Creator: Dennis Boutsikaris
Publisher: HarperAudio
Category: Book
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $23.87
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Seller: pbshopus
Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 95,937
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 12
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5.3 x 1.6
ISBN: 0062005634
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.932
EAN: 9780062005632
ASIN: 0062005634
Publication Date: March 1, 2010
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Product Description
"This shit would be really interesting if we weren't in the middle of it." —Barack Obama, September 2008 In 2008, the presidential election became blockbuster entertainment. Everyone was watching as the race for the White House unfolded like something from the realm of fiction. The meteoric rise and historic triumph of Barack Obama. The shocking fall of the House of Clinton—and the improbable resurrection of Hillary as Obama's partner and America's face to the world. The mercurial performance of John McCain and the mesmerizing emergence of Sarah Palin. Based on hundreds of interviews with the people who lived the story, Game Change is a reportorial tour de force that reads like a fast-paced novel. Character driven and dialogue rich, replete with extravagantly detailed scenes, this is the occasionally shocking, often hilarious, ultimately definitive account of the campaign of a lifetime.
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 Best audiobook I have listened to in a while May 14, 2010
Samir Shah (Pittsburgh, PA United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved the narration of this book. Read like a novel, really well written for a political book. Comprehensive and well paced. The narrator is the best voice I have listened to in a long while. Nicely done.
Fascinating August 29, 2010
A. Rosen
This review pertains to the audio book. Even though I followed the election closely, this story was told in a way that was captivating and always interesting.
Good gossip, but juiciest bits are already out there March 31, 2010
D. J. Nardi (Washington, DC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Game Change" is fun political gossip. As you probably heard, it's not analytical history or a digest of policy disputes. Rather, it's full of back-stabbing plots and trivia. However, I think the book launch and media hype ruined the book for me. Just reading a few articles from Politico or Washington Post revealed many of the biggest "reveals" or interesting tidbits. The rest of the book isn't nearly as exciting. In fact, I can't recall anything that hasn't been revealed already that would make the book listening to, unless you're an obsessive political junkie. So, in short, it's a fun retelling of the 2008 election, but I think a lot of the "wow" factor is gone.
great odyssey March 29, 2010
coyotem (seattle)
the guy reading this book apparently wasn't edited as he is constantly mispronouncing words but his speaking style was fine. the text is high drama; very interesting and somewhat demoralizing.
Recommended for political junkies! August 8, 2010
ollie
I would have given this five stars if I had more confidence in what was factual and what was "the consensus opinion".
Basically, the Democratic primary was covered at greater length than the Republican one; the Obama and Clinton campaigns were covered in detail and the "gossipy" part of the Edwards campaign was also covered. John Edwards comes across as someone who let fame go to his head, and Elizabeth came across poorly as well.
Clinton's campaign struggles appeared to be due to a dysfunctional campaign team and Bill's interference.
The Republican side: John McCain's campaign was covered in detail, from his initial meltdown to its reinvention and success at coming back "under the radar". Palin came across as a complete basket case who knew little but had a good capacity to memorize stuff; this explains her tendency to spit out unrelated talking points when she is asked a question over complicated stuff.
There is also a brief mention on how Rudy Guiliani's high risk Florida strategy fell apart and how the other Republican candidates despised Mitt Romney.
To me, the best parts were the part about Obama wooing Hillary Clinton to take the Secretary of State job, the discussion of why McCain's idea of picking Joe Lieberman as his running mate didn't work out and the chronicle of how Obama and McCain handled the potential meltdown of the US economy (this account is bolstered by Jonathan Alter's book: The Promise)
I enjoyed this CD (unabridged version) so much that upon ending my long drive (1000 miles!) I put the last CD in and listened to the end when I got home!
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