Cette série plonge dans les coulisses de la politique américaine, exposant les drames, les luttes personnelles et les tractations secrètes qui façonnent les campagnes présidentielles. Elle offre un récit intense et souvent captivant qui capture un mélange unique de réalité et de narration. Les lecteurs obtiennent un aperçu de l'intérieur au cœur des luttes de pouvoir, fournissant des éclairages aussi fascinants qu'instructifs. C'est un voyage sans précédent dans les moments décisifs des batailles politiques modernes.
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