Double down
Subtitle: game change 2012
By: Mark Halperin and John Heilemann
Contributors: Heilemann, John, 1966-
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 499
ISBN-13: 9781594204401; 9781101638705
Subjects: Politics and government; Election; Presidential candidates; Presidents; Political campaigns; History
Other titles: Doubledown; Game change 2012
Description: The authors of the best-selling Game Change present an account of the 2012 presidential election that draws on hundreds of insider interviews to illuminate what the election meant to both parties, covering such topics as the dramatic Republican nomination fight, the rise and fall of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama's Election Day triumph.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Missions accomplished; title: The weakness meme; title: Obama's list; title: The Uncle Joe problem; title: Preserving the option; title: Four little Indians; title: The test-tube candidate; title: F'd up; title: Big Boy; title: The dating game; title: Man on fire; title: Mitt happens; title: Fear and loathing in the Motor City; title: The pugnacity of hope; title: Failures to launch; title: Bain pain; title: Project Goldfish; title: The good, the bad, and the ugly; title: Off the leash; title: The war council; title: Mile-high meltdown; title: Intervention; title: Like a hurricane.