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Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times:
"Those hungry for political news will read Double Down for the scooplets and insidery glimpses it serves up about the two campaigns, and the clues it offers about the positioning already going on among Republicans and Democrats for 2016 ... The book testifies to its authors’ energetic legwork and insider access... creating a novelistic narrative that provides a you-are-there immediacy... They succeed in taking readers interested in the backstabbing and backstage maneuvering of the 2012 campaign behind the curtains, providing a tactile... sense of what it looked like from the inside."
In their runaway bestseller Game Change, 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 the voters, disdain from the nation’s powerful money machers, and dysfunction within the West Wing. As 2012 looms, leaders of the Republican Party, salivating over Obama’s political fragility, see a chance to wrest back control of the White House—and the country. So how did the Republicans screw it up? How did Obama survive the onslaught of super PACs and defy the predictions of a one-term presidency? Double Down follows the gaudy carnival of GOP contenders—ambitious and flawed, famous and infamous, charismatic and cartoonish—as Mitt Romney, the straitlaced, can-do, gaffe-prone multimillionaire from Massachusetts, scraped and scratched his way to the nomination.
Double Down exposes blunders, scuffles, and machinations far beyond the klieg lights of the campaign trail: Obama storming out of a White House meeting with his high command after accusing them of betrayal. Romney’s mind-set as he made his controversial “47 percent” comments. The real reasons New Jersey governor Chris Christie was never going to be Mitt’s running mate. The intervention held by the president’s staff to rescue their boss from political self-destruction. The way the tense détente between Obama and Bill Clinton morphed into political gold. And the answer to one of the campaign’s great mysteries—how did Clint Eastwood end up performing Dada dinner theater at the Republican convention?
In Double Down, Mark Halperin and John Heilemann take the reader into back rooms and closed-door meetings, laying bare the secret history of the 2012 campaign for a panoramic account of an election that was as hard fought as it was lastingly consequential.
- Sales Rank: #169773 in Books
- Published on: 2014-10-28
- Released on: 2014-10-28
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.90" h x 1.00" w x 5.50" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 512 pages
From Booklist
Oh, political junkies, it’s time to feast on the red-and-blue deliciousness that was the 2012 election. As they did in their book about the previous presidential joust, Game Change (2010), the well-connected authors have worked their sources thoroughly to give readers a warts-and-all look at what went on behind the scenes. Fellow Mormons Jon Hunstman and Mitt Romney did not care for each other (Mrs. Huntsman felt Romney was part of the “Morman Mafia”); Chris Christie endorsed Romney but, behind his back, mocked the candidate’s Fred McMurray persona; and, on the Democratic side, nobody, except the Obamas, liked Valerie Jarrett, who was nicknamed The Night Stalker for her after-hour visits to the First Family. But this is more than tittle-tattle. Halperin and Heilemann give readers a real sense of why things shaped up the way the did, why events fell one way or the other, and who got clobbered as a result. While the book focuses on the election, it also delves into decisions being made at the White House that affected outcomes. This one is more clearly sourced than the previous book, and one incident in particular gives a hint as to how connected the authors were: In an early scene, the president is meeting dozens of advisors about the upcoming election, despite the fact he had been warned that talking with such a large group would lead to leaks. Obama, however, told everyone in the room he trusted them and proceeded to list his regrets about his first term. Six weeks later, he was informed that his list had leaked to two reporters writing a book on the 2012 election—Halperin and Heilemann. --Ilene Cooper
Review
Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times:
"Those hungry for political news will read Double Down for the scooplets and insidery glimpses it serves up about the two campaigns, and the clues it offers about the positioning already going on among Republicans and Democrats for 2016 ... The book testifies to its authors’ energetic legwork and insider access ... creating a novelistic narrative that provides a you-are-there immediacy ... They succeed in taking readers interested in the backstabbing and backstage maneuvering of the 2012 campaign behind the curtains, providing a tactile ... sense of what it looked like from the inside."
Michael Kinsley, The New York Times Book Review:
“Chock-full of anecdotes, secret meetings, indiscreet remarks ... No one can compete [with Halperin and Heilemann]. That’s what it means to own the franchise. It’s a small club: these two guys and Bob Woodward. And with this book, they’ve earned their admission.”
The Economist:
“Sharp insights buttressed by startling indiscretions fill Double Down, a new account of Barack Obama’s win over his 2012 Republican rival, Mitt Romney. This gripping book—a sequel to Game Change, a bestseller about Mr. Obama’s 2008 path to the White House—cements the status of the authors as unrivalled chroniclers of campaign politics.”
USA Today:
“Many juicy disclosures ... [a] near-flawless narrative.”
Jeff Labrecque, Entertainment Weekly:
“Journalists Halperin and Heilemann don’t lack for access, delivering another down-and-dirty account of an election that plays out like high-stakes high school cafeteria politics…. Double Down looks less like a sequel to 2008 than a tantalizing prequel to 2016. I’m all-in.”
Peter Hamby, The Washington Post:
“Page-turning…. translat[es] insider politics for mass-market readers with behind-the-scenes reporting and Gonzo flair."
Joe Scarborough, MSNBC/Morning Joe:
“Done it before, and have done it again.”
Charlie Rose:
“In many ways, an insight into America.”
Chris Matthews, MSNBC/Hardball:
“Great new book…. Great reportage.”
Barbara Walters, ABC-TV/The View:
“Authors of the bestselling book turned Emmy-winning HBO movie Game Change are telling all in their latest book ... It is terrific.”
Mark Levin:
“This is a great read.”
Ezra Klein, The Washington Post:
“Double Down... is a joyous romp through the seedy underbelly of presidential campaigning....It’s also a marvel of reporting. Any time three staff members met in a room to badmouth a colleague or a candidate admitted to a moment of stress or self-doubt, ... John Heilemann and Mark Halperin appear to have been sitting in the corner, scribbling notes."
Lawrence O’Donnell, MSNBC’s The Last Word:
"I love this book.”
Anderson Cooper, AC360:
“Really fascinating details.”
Andrew Ross Sorkin, CNBC's Squawk Box:
“Buzz book of the moment.”
Dylan Byers, Politico:
“In an era when the most minute details of a presidential campaign are chronicled in endless tweets and seemingly instant eBooks they have published an old-fashioned print product filled with new revelations.”
Howard Kurtz, Fox News:
“You’d think there were no revelations left from the 2012 campaign, but Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, the Game Change duo, strike again in their new book.”
Business Insider:
“Fascinating new insights.”
Geraldo Rivera:
"Sizzling... They've done it again."
Willie Geist, MSNBC/Morning Joe:
“Huge.”
About the Author
MARK HALPERIN is an editor at large and a senior political analyst for Time magazine, and a senior political analyst for MSNBC. Halperin, who has covered seven presidential elections, received his B.A. from Harvard University and resides in New York City with Karen Avrich.
JOHN HEILEMANN is the national affairs editor for New York magazine and a political analyst for MSNBC. An award-winning journalist and author of Pride Before the Fall, he is a former staff writer for The New Yorker, Wired, and The Economist. He lives in Brooklyn.
Most helpful customer reviews
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
Surprisingly Good! Even if you are tired of politics!
By SN2013
I think at this point, like most people, I have experienced campaign and political fatigue so I was a bit apprehensive buying this book, but it turned out to be surprisingly as good a read as the authors' previous book, Game Change. I don't think it would be unfair to say that this is definitely the most comprehensive and detailed book on the 2012 race.
The book is a rather unbiased account of the 2012 Presidential Race, and provides some very interesting insight into the events leading up to the election. The Democratic primary race was obviously not as exciting as it was in 2008, but the book has some good anecdotes about the Obama White House, and it manages to reveal a very human, candid, unguarded side to him without villainizing him or passing any unnecessary judgement. It has the same non-judgmental approach towards the Hunstsman, Perry and Romney campaign, i.e. the authors narrate the events without unnecessary commentary. As someone who did not follow the Republican race very closely, reading about those chapters was quite interesting, especially the portions on how the Republican candidates viewed each other and their relationships with each other (who knew Huntsman and Romney were distant cousins.)
I won't waste your time by repeating little tidbits that have been reported all over the press since the book's release, but I will say that in the larger context of the book they do not seem as salacious and scandalous as they seem in a book review or newspaper article. In fact, my opinion of the politicians remained the same as it had before the book and in the context of the book, even something that may seem controversial on its own, seemed to fit into the narrative seamlessly.
Since the writers are journalists, the book is a quick read and is very enjoyable.
Pros:
- quick read.
- interesting and new anecdotes.
- focuses on the big players, like Obama, Romney, Clinton etc... but also focuses on smaller players, which as one knows, play a very important role in campaigns.
- quite unbiased.
- narrates and recreates some memorable moments with new insight (e.g. the time when the French press incorrect reported that Michelle Obama told Carla Bruni that living in the White House was "hell")
- contains some information that I have read in other books, so it is at least backed by other sources. (e.g. Obama gets very furious about leaks, and expressed his displeasure multiple times to his re-election team)
Cons
- the writers seemed to have relied on an SAT dictionary and use words like- "pyretic" "tuchus" and "chasmal", so this was the first time I used my Kindle dictionary.
- not much about Ron Paul.
- the book has an internal approach thus it talks about what happened from inside the campaigns and not so much about the external events and players that were also influencing the race.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Great, quick read
By Soumya Ranjan Nanda
A solid book that I was eagerly looking forward to. Although most of the stories in the book would be known to political junkies like me, it is always fun to read about the behind the scenes actions. The back biting among the politicians of the same party still surprises me, and this book so clearly portrayed the true feelings of the Republican contenders about each other. Only reason I did not give it a 5 star was because I thought it could have gone into more details about the non-Romney Republican contenders during the primaries. But the title of the book - Double Down - talks about Romney's doubling down on strategies where he probably shouldn't have. In that sense, this book achieved its purpose of telling a side of Romney many didn't see during the campaign.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
An Energetic Review of a Bland Election
By Michael I.
Every four years, presidential elections storm across America, snowing under newspapers with commentary, filling our televisions with the howl of irreconcilable opinions, blizzarding voters with a ceaseless torrent of analysis. It’s exhausting. But Mark Halperin and John Heilemann provide a detailed post-mortem of the 2012 election that packages the entire saga into one engaging volume. DOUBLE DOWN is definitive and impartial.
The authors’ previous book, GAME CHANGE, brought a depth of insider disclosures about perhaps the most bizarre election in American history. It inspired an HBO movie and a host of denials from those embarrassed by the book’s reporting. Comparatively, the sequel, DOUBLE DOWN, was at a disadvantage for reasons beyond the authors’ control: the two candidates squaring off in 2012 were both notoriously subdued. Lacking any Sarah Palins or John Edwards to animate the narrative, DOUBLE DOWN becomes a tactical study.
The Romney team was cloistered in Boston, trying to guide their gaffe-prone, tone deaf candidate through the crucible of the hustings. Getting a behind the scenes look at the people advising Romney, we see they were earnest, hard-working people who believed the country would be better with Mitt at the helm. Before the era of television (maybe even before the era of social media), Mitt Romney would have had a better chance. But he was not designed for the new media landscape.
The title is perfect, and a good summary of the book’s central theme. Romney’s Achilles heel was the flip-flopping accusation. So, given his habit of saying regrettable things, he was forced to double down on mistakes, rather than amend his stance. They had to double down on conservatism too, believing a reddening base would obviate any concerns about the divided independents. In the Obama camp, they also had to double down – with not many accomplishments to brag about, the “Obamans” decided to simply reassert the themes from 2008 – inclusiveness, progress , etc. Everyone was betting on themselves in the highest stakes game there is.
2012 was a fairly bland election, but the authors do a very commendable job of heightening what little drama there was. It’s an engaging read, fueled mostly by the high quality writing.
A very effective nonfiction title devoted to a narrow chapter in American history.
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