Game Change Audiobook Review

Game Change, by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin and narrated By Dennis Boutsikaris, had Washington shaking even before it went on sale. It reveals some shocking information about the 2008 presidential campaign. The authors went out of their way to find out the back story and gossip from numerous angles on the candidates and on others around them. Senator Harry Reid, leader of the Senate, was singled out for racially insensitive words about then Senator Barrack Obama.

Everyone is a target in this audiobook. Mrs Edwards was even a target when the audiobook described her temper and anger with John Edwards shenanigans. The authors expose more about the Sarah Palin selection and how rushed the process was. Not only was no one in the Republican leadership consulted, but little thought and consideration appears to be given to the choice. The choice knocked the Obama campaign of balance for a while and the McCain campaign got a shot in the arm, but you've got to hear the drama behind the scenes to believe it.

The staging and telepromting of Obama was a major part of their campaign. They show the two sides of the man, calm cool and collected when on the stump, profane with flashes of anger off the stump. "This #@!% would be really interesting if we weren't in the middle of it."--Barack Obama, September 2008

The Clintons take their hits as well. President Clinton's inappropriate comments and Obama's observation that Hillary could not control her husband. TWe also learn from the audiobook that Clinton needed to be sold hard to take the job at State. The book opens doors into other mysteries from the campaign like Giuliani's Florida gamble and why he left the race.

When listen to the book it's like living through the campaign once again, but you get to be the fly on the wall with inside view of what really goes on. You will come away for the story with a wonder about where in the heck the press was. Were they completely asleep at the switch. To me, the lack of insight from the press was so disappointing.

I recommend getting the audiobook and finding out what really happened.

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Game Change - The Audio Drama of a Presidential Campaign - Audiobook Review

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