The Battle For America 2008: The Story Of An Extraordinary Election
by Dan Balz /
2009 / English / EPUB
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The election of 2008 shattered political barriers, illuminated
undercurrents of race, gender, and class, and ignited an
extraordinary battle among some of the most formidable rivals ever
to seek the presidency in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John
McCain. It was an election that played out against a backdrop of
war, economic collapse, and deep pessimism about the future. Dan
Balz and Haynes Johnson followed this campaign from the candidates’
first forays into Iowa and New Hampshire to the historic night of
Obama’s victory celebration. They offer behind-the-scenes details
of turning points like the stunning endorsement of Obama by Senator
Edward M. Kennedy. They probe the strategic mistakes of the Clinton
campaign and the story behind Obama’s breakthrough organization.
They cast in new light McCain’s struggle for survival in the
Republican primaries, his selection of Sarah Palin as his running
mate, and the economic meltdown that ensured Obama’s victory.
Exclusive interviews with the candidates and their top strategists
produce intimate portraits of Obama, Clinton, and McCain under
stress throughout the longest and most expensive presidential
campaign in American history. Balz and Johnson also move far off
the campaign trail to listen to voters in battleground states
express their deep anxieties about the darkening economic climate
and the challenges facing the United States. This audiobook is a
riveting account of how this election not only marked a new era in
American politics but also offered a test of historic proportions
at a watershed moment for our nation.
The election of 2008 shattered political barriers, illuminated
undercurrents of race, gender, and class, and ignited an
extraordinary battle among some of the most formidable rivals ever
to seek the presidency in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John
McCain. It was an election that played out against a backdrop of
war, economic collapse, and deep pessimism about the future. Dan
Balz and Haynes Johnson followed this campaign from the candidates’
first forays into Iowa and New Hampshire to the historic night of
Obama’s victory celebration. They offer behind-the-scenes details
of turning points like the stunning endorsement of Obama by Senator
Edward M. Kennedy. They probe the strategic mistakes of the Clinton
campaign and the story behind Obama’s breakthrough organization.
They cast in new light McCain’s struggle for survival in the
Republican primaries, his selection of Sarah Palin as his running
mate, and the economic meltdown that ensured Obama’s victory.
Exclusive interviews with the candidates and their top strategists
produce intimate portraits of Obama, Clinton, and McCain under
stress throughout the longest and most expensive presidential
campaign in American history. Balz and Johnson also move far off
the campaign trail to listen to voters in battleground states
express their deep anxieties about the darkening economic climate
and the challenges facing the United States. This audiobook is a
riveting account of how this election not only marked a new era in
American politics but also offered a test of historic proportions
at a watershed moment for our nation.