Game Change by Unknown, Ilsa Madden-Mills
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Even before the book was out, its juiciest bits were everywhere: Sarah Palin was serene when chosen for V.P. because it was Gods plan. Hillary didnt know if she could control Bill (duh). Elizabeth Edwards was a shrew, not a saint. Overall, the men from the campaign garner less attention in these anecdote wars than the women and tend to come off betterbut only just: Obama, the authors note, can be conceited and windy; McCain was disengaged to the point of recklessness; and John Edwards is a cheating, egotistical blowhard. But, hey, thats politics, and its obvious that authors Heilemann (New York Magazine) and Halperin (Time) worked their sources wellall 200 of them. Some (including the sources themselves) will have trouble with the books use of quotes (or lack thereof). The interviews, according to the authors, were conducted on deep background, and dialogue was reconstructed extensively and with extreme care. Sometimes the source of a quote is clear, as w
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Game Change
Unknown, Ilsa Madden-Mills
Category: Political
Tags: Political
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Even before the book was out, its juiciest bits were everywhere: Sarah Palin was serene when chosen for V.P. because it was Gods plan. Hillary didnt know if she could control Bill (duh). Elizabeth Edwards was a shrew, not a saint. Overall, the men from the campaign garner less attention in these anecdote wars than the women and tend to come off betterbut only just: Obama, the authors note, can be conceited and windy; McCain was disengaged to the point of recklessness; and John Edwards is a cheating, egotistical blowhard. But, hey, thats politics, and its obvious that authors Heilemann (New York Magazine) and Halperin (Time) worked their sources wellall 200 of them. Some (including the sources themselves) will have trouble with the books use of quotes (or lack thereof). The interviews, according to the authors, were conducted on deep background, and dialogue was reconstructed extensively and with extreme care. Sometimes the source of a quote is clear, as w
