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Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
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Common questions
Is Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime based on primary source reporting?
Yes, Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime is based on hundreds of interviews with the people who lived the story, conducted by leading political reporters John Heilemann and Mark Halperin to provide an inside look at the 2008 presidential campaigns.
What is the writing style of Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime?
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime is written in a character-driven and dialogue-rich style. The authors, John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, utilize their reportorial access to create a narrative that reads like a fast-paced novel while documenting the historical 2008 election.
Which political campaigns are featured in Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime?
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime focuses on the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Sarah Palin. The book pulls back the curtain on these specific campaigns using information gathered from extensive interviews with key participants.
Who wrote Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime?
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime was written by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. Both authors are recognized as two of the country's leading political reporters, and they published this account of the 2008 election cycle in 2010.