| provides an inside view of the 2008 presidential campaign and all its personalities. If more than half of what is in the book is true, it is extraordinarily damning of the people involved in 2008. We should have all pulled a lever labeled, “None of the above.” All the candidates who ran for the nomination and presidency from both parties are portrayed as megalomaniacs, bumbling fools or disorganized big mouths and hypocrites. |
My reading of the book makes me feel that it is historically accurate. My only reservation is that the authors may have a liberal bias. I do not know enough about their backgrounds to make a definitive statement. What I do know is from the inside flap of the book which says that John Heilemann is the national political correspondent and columnist for "New York" magazine and that he has written for "The New Yorker," "Wired" and "The Economist." Mark Halperin is editor-at-large and senior political analyst for "Time" magazine and also worked for ten years as the political director for ABC News. Their resumes do not exactly provide any reassurance of lack of bias.
The book is well written and is extremely interesting. I had to force myself to put it down and do other things. Because of this, I would recommend the book. My favorite quote from the book is from then Senator Hillary Clinton on March 3, 2008: “I have a lifetime of experience I will bring to the White House. Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience he will bring to the White House. And Senator Obama has a speech he made in 2002.”
