Questa serie si immerge nel mondo dietro le quinte della politica americana, esponendo i drammi, le lotte personali e gli intrighi di corridoio che plasmano le campagne presidenziali. Offre una narrazione intensa e spesso avvincente che cattura una miscela unica di realtà e racconto. I lettori ottengono uno sguardo dall'interno nel cuore delle lotte di potere, fornendo spunti tanto affascinanti quanto informativi. È un viaggio senza pari nei momenti che definiscono le moderne battaglie politiche.
Tells the inside story of those thrilling months, from the collapsing House of Clinton to the erratic John McCain and the bewildering Sarah Palin. This book lays bare the characters of the candidates, warts and all, and charts the true path to the White House
" What am I supposed to do when he starts spewing his bullshit?' Barack Obama preparing for his first debate with Mitt Romney n their runaway bestseller Game Change / Race of a Lifetime, Mark Halperin and John Heilemann captured the full drama of Barack Obama's improbable, dazzling victory over the Clintons, John McCain and Sarah Palin. With the same masterly reporting, unparalleled access, and narrative skill, Double Down picks up the story in the Oval Office, where the president is beset by crises both inherited and unforeseen facing defiance from his political foes, disenchantment from voters, disdain from the nation's powerful finance figures and dysfunction within the West Wing. As 2012 looms, leaders of the Republican Party, salivating over Obama's political fragility, see a chance to wrestle back control of the White House and the country. So how did the Republicans screw it up? How did Obama survive the onslaught and defy the predictions of a one-term presidency? Double Down follows the gaudy carnival of Republican contenders ambitious and flawed, famous and infamous, charismatic and cartoonish as Mitt Romney, the straitlaced, can-d