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Obama's Last Stand: Playbook 2012 (POLITICO Inside Election 2012)
by
Glenn Thrush,
Politico
A series of four instant eBooks on the 2012 presidential election, POLITICO’s Playbook 2012 provides an unprecedented real-time account of the race for the White House. The third edition, Obama’s Last Stand, follows the reelection campaign of President Barack Obama as it struggles to find the winning formula in a political landscape that has changed dramatically since his...more
ebook, 60 pages
Published
August 20th 2012
by Random House
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This e-book can be read in less than two hours and is an insider account of the Obama reelection campaign since 2011. The book is presented in brief vignettes and they are focused around the timeframe of early spring 2012 (GOP primary) to the end of this July.
This is real embedded journalism, but to be clear the point of view is subtly pro-Obama. In fact the introduction to the book reads like a warning that you will read some ugliness about the Obama team but to keep in mind that both Obama and...more
This is real embedded journalism, but to be clear the point of view is subtly pro-Obama. In fact the introduction to the book reads like a warning that you will read some ugliness about the Obama team but to keep in mind that both Obama and...more
This makes me want to read the rest of the POLITICO e-books about the last election. You learn something in each one of them. This one I learned a good amount about Obama's approach - or utter lack thereof - to superPAC money. Boy, am I glad he won anyway. What a pointlessly close election. It also makes me think I am going to have to boycott Steve Wynn. Also it makes me wonder just how much of a baller Steve Wynn is that he ONLY has a 737. Not even a 777 buddy? Also the author of the Steve Jobs...more
The narrative catches you up as if you had traveled to Mars before Curiosity got there AND didn't have Internet access (Curiosity does). This was the weakest of the three POLITICO books so far and extremely disappointing. The author was different this time and it's perhaps a reflection on his list of sources. There was very little information on the Romney campaign compared to what you read of the Obama campaign. Overall, very little new, which is unfortunate since that's what I tend to value in...more
For a political junkie like me, this book was fun to read. Gossipy and sometimes irreverent, it offers glimpses into the day-to-day activities and transactions of people we see on the news every day--from the president, members of his cabinet, and his press secretary to just ordinary folks who happen to get briefly caught up in matters of national importance. The folks at Politico observe and record the machinations of government on a daily basis, and they're very good at humanizing the people b...more
I have liked the Politico Playbook series so far. The other two were focused on the Republican primary, and this is the first to focus on the Democrats. The vignettes provide a good look into the personalities involved in the campaign, and makes watching the campaign more fun. I did think there were more juicy details in the first two books, but I don't think this was from a lack of effort on the authors part. I look forward to the fourth one and would like to see more writing like this in the f...more
Not as juicy and filled with "fly on the wall" narrative as the other two ebooks Politico has published this election cycle. In essence, this is a really long magazine article on Obama's "unforced error" (author's term) with his lackluster support for the so-called Super PACs. Also, the previous two ebooks contained more insight into the Romney campaign. One thing is for sure: the Romney campaign is much better at stopping leaks than Obama. There is virtually no new insight on Mitt Romney in thi...more
Well-written and informative, but it's not so compelling as the previous titles in this series. It can't be helped--those were describing the Republican primary and had a much more fun cast of characters. This book follows the Obama campaign in its uphill slog against Romney. Chronicling Obama's stumble out of the gate, some poor choices made early on, and the tremendous obstacle of the Citizens United decision, this campaign plays out like an underdog story and stops just as Obama is finding hi...more
A must-read for political junkies, this e-book highlights the relatively in disciplined reelection effort of the Obama White House, their flagging fundraising, and, most revealingly, the President's penchant for fits of rage against political opponents and allies alike.
Not as good as the first two books in the series, still decent information about a campaign that was in trouble in the beginning, but still seemed to skim things more than the first two books.
I didn't love this book as much as the first two in the series. It might be that I'm more in tune with the President's reelection campaign but it didn't feel as insider-y as the first two.
A one sit read. Good for political junkies who are following the campaign closely. It contains a big surprise about Super PAC's and Obama's overall strategy.
I thought this was better than the second Politico book, but not by much. Once again, mainly a little extra inside dope for political junkies who also follow the news closely.
I read this book and found it to be very interesting and FAIR. Glenn's inside view of political happenings make this "spot-on".
Easy and quick read. Politico does a good job with their topical ebooks; however, I'm still waiting for the Gamechange sequel.
eh.
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