<![CDATA[Renegade: The Making of a President]]>

false <![CDATA[Renegade: The Making of a President]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255886964m/6314734.jpg 6314734 6 Before the White House and Air Force One, before the TV ads and the enormous rallies, there was the real Barack Obama: a man wrestling with the momentous decision to run for the presidency, feeling torn about leaving behind a young family, and figuring out how to win the biggest prize in politics. This book is the previously untold and epic story of how a political newcomer with no money and an alien name grew into the world’s most powerful leader. But it is also a uniquely intimate portrait of the person behind the iconic posters and the Secret Service code name Renegade. Drawing on a dozen unplugged interviews with the candidate and president, as well as twenty-one months covering his campaign as it traveled from coast to coast, Richard Wolffe answers the simple yet enduring question about Barack Obama: Who is he? Based on Wolffe’s unprecedented access to Obama, Renegade reveals the making of a president, both on the campaign trail and before he ran for high office. It explains how the politician who emerged in an extraordinary election learned the personal and political skills to succeed during his youth and early career. With cool self-discipline, calculated risk taking, and simple storytelling, Obama developed the strategies he would need to survive the onslaught of the Clintons and John McCain, and build a multimillion-dollar machine to win a historic contest. In Renegade, Richard Wolffe shares with us his front-row seat at Obama’s announcement to run for president on a frigid day in Springfield, and his victory speech on a warm night in Chicago. We fly on the candidate’s plane and ride in his bus on an odyssey across a country in crisis; stand next to him at a bar on the night he secures the nomination; and are backstage as he delivers his convention speech to a stadium crowd and a transfixed national audience. From a teacher’s office in Iowa to the Oval Office in Washington, we see and hear Barack Obama with an immediacy and honesty never witnessed before. Renegade provides not only an account of Obama’s triumphs, but also examines his many personal and political trials. We see Obama wrestling with race and politics, as well as his former pastor Reverend Jeremiah Wright. We see him struggling with life as a presidential candidate, a campaign that falters for most of its first year, and his reaction to a surprise defeat in the New Hampshire primary. And we see him relying on his personal experience, as well as meticulous polling, to pass the presidential test in foreign and economic affairs. Renegade is an essential guide to understanding President Barack Obama and his trusted inner circle of aides and friends. It is also a riveting and enlightening first draft of history and political psychology. 6499966 2 6 2009 Renegade: The Making of a President total:144|5:23|4:64|3:43|2:13|1:1| 144 527 294 57 4 0 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 18:46:35 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 18:48:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 6 false false Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 05:54:31 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 20:24:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 05:50:44 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 11:20:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Jun 12 05:11:09 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 05:29:10 -0700 2009 Glad I did...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 15 16:09:52 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 17:45:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 19:15:21 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 19:24:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jul 13 10:12:47 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 15:06:15 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 10:12:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 17:27:24 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 20:35:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 11:30:16 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 11:31:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 16:59:23 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 17:05:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 10:17:08 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 07:26:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 13:36:59 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 06:18:40 -0700 2009 It is more investigative-based, but I still found it to be pretty pro-Obama. The author throws in a couple of jabs at Republicans and Hillary Clinton, though they are centered around how their campaign were run, and since they...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 05:58:28 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 06:09:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 14:42:30 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 15:42:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 20 10:45:16 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 10:47:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 18:10:30 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 18:16:18 -0700 2009
I am now more convinced, having read this book, that I voted for the right man to get us out of this mess. It will take time but Obama is brillaint, hard wo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 17:14:41 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 09:32:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 08 06:12:33 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 15 17:20:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 03 19:11:28 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 19:12:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 13:30:46 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 13:35:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6314734