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Overall4 out of 5 stars 58
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 58
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 452
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Anger and tears
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- By: Jonathan Allen, Amie Parnes
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,133
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,931
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,927
It was never supposed to be this close. And of course she was supposed to win. How Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump is the tragic story of a sure thing gone off the rails. For every Comey revelation or hindsight acknowledgment about the electorate, no explanation of defeat can begin with anything other than the core problem of Hillary's campaign - the candidate herself.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good, But Slanted
- By JereMiami on 05-04-17
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Fear
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- By: Bob Woodward
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19,751
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With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside President Donald Trump’s White House and precisely how he makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies. Woodward draws from hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand sources, meeting notes, personal diaries, files, and documents. The focus is on the explosive debates and the decision-making in the Oval Office, the Situation Room, Air Force One, and the White House residence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Actually Humanized Trump for Me
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In The Red and the Blue, cable news star and acclaimed journalist Steve Kornacki follows the twin paths of Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich, two larger-than-life politicians who exploited the weakened structure of their respective parties to attain the highest offices. For Clinton, that meant contorting himself around the various factions of the Democratic party to win the presidency. Gingrich employed a scorched-earth strategy to upend the permanent Republican minority in the House, making him speaker.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting and informative
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 538
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 468
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 469
The man behind some of the greatest political changes of the last decade, David Axelrod has devoted a lifetime to questioning political certainties and daring to bring fresh thinking into the political landscape. Whether as a child hearing John F. Kennedy stump in New York or as a strategist guiding the first African American to the White House, Axelrod shows in Believer how his own life stands at the center of the tumultuous American century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent !!!
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Team of Vipers
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- By: Cliff Sims
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- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 521
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 479
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Story3 out of 5 stars 482
After standing at Donald Trump’s side on Election Night, Cliff Sims joined him in the West Wing as special assistant to the president and director of White House message strategy. He soon found himself pulled into the president’s inner circle as a confidante, an errand boy, an advisor, a punching bag, and a friend. This is the story of what it was really like in the West Wing as a member of the president’s team. It's a story of power and palace intrigue, backstabbing and bold victories, as well as painful moral compromises, occasionally with yourself.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Underwhelming and OMG - the performance?
- By Mark Lipscombe on 01-29-19
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Mar-a-Lago
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- By: Laurence Leamer
- Narrated by: Todd McClaren
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
To know Donald J. Trump - to understand what makes the 45th president of the US tick - it is best to start in his natural habitat: Palm Beach, Florida. It is here he learned the techniques that took him all the way to the White House. Painstakingly, over decades, he has created a world in this exclusive tropical enclave and favorite haunt of billionaires where he is not just president but a king. The vehicle for his triumph is Mar-a-Lago, one of the greatest mansions ever built in the US.
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5 out of 5 stars
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No surprises but would have liked more
- By B. Howard on 02-19-19
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The World as It Is
- A Memoir of the Obama White House
- By: Ben Rhodes
- Narrated by: Ben Rhodes, Mark Deakins
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,660
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,498
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,496
For nearly 10 years, Ben Rhodes saw almost everything that happened at the center of the Obama administration - first as a speechwriter, then as deputy national security advisor, and finally as a multipurpose aide and close collaborator. He started every morning in the Oval Office with the President’s Daily Brief, traveled the world with Obama, and was at the center of some of the most consequential and controversial moments of the presidency. Now, he tells the full story of his partnership with a man who also happened to be a historic president of the United States.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A work for posterity, not tomorrow's talking points
- By Josh on 06-14-18
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The Final Days
- By: Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 19 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Story5 out of 5 stars 162
The Final Days is the number-one New York Times best-selling, classic, behind-the-scenes account of Richard Nixon's dramatic last months as president. Moment by moment, Bernstein and Woodward portray the taut, post-Watergate White House as Nixon, his family, his staff, and many members of Congress strained desperately to prevent his inevitable resignation. This brilliant book reveals the ordeal of Nixon's fall from office - one of the gravest crises in presidential history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good details, but feels like slo-mo asphyxiation
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The Gatekeepers
- How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency
- By: Chris Whipple
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 963
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 857
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 850
The chiefs of staff, often referred to as "the gatekeepers", wield tremendous power in Washington and beyond; they decide who is allowed to see the president, negotiate with Congress to push POTUS's agenda, and - most crucially - enjoy unparalleled access to the leader of the free world. Through extensive, intimate interviews with 18 living chiefs (including Reince Priebus) and two former presidents, award-winning journalist and producer Chris Whipple pulls back the curtain on this unique fraternity. In doing so, he revises our understanding of presidential history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great history of the Chief of Staff position
- By Loren on 04-15-17
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The Audacity to Win
- By: David Plouffe
- Narrated by: Erik Davies
- Length: 19 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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The story of the most important political campaign in modern times, by the man who went through it side by side with President Obama.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating book; don't care for the narration
- By Susan on 11-23-09
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Game of Thorns
- The Inside Story of Hillary Clinton's Failed Campaign and Donald Trump's Winning Strategy
- By: Doug Wead
- Narrated by: Doug Wead
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 574
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 523
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 518
Here is the first insider account of the precipitous fall of Hillary Clinton. How the scandals of a lifetime finally reached critical mass. How, in the last few days of the campaign, some on her staff saw the ghostly shroud of defeat creeping over them but were helpless to act, frozen by the self-denial of the group.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Truth About the Clinton Machine's Scandals, Lies and Cover-ups
- By Steve Pierce on 01-06-18
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The Brethren
- Inside the Supreme Court
- By: Bob Woodward, Scott Armstrong
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 20 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21
The Brethren is the first detailed behind-the-scenes account of the Supreme Court in action. Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong have pierced its secrecy to give us an unprecedented view of the Chief and Associate Justices - maneuvering, arguing, politicking, compromising, and making decisions that affect every major area of American life.
Publisher's Summary
"This shit would be really interesting if we weren't in the middle of it."--Barack Obama, September 2008
In 2008, the presidential election became blockbuster entertainment. Everyone was watching as the race for the White House unfolded like something from the realm of fiction. The meteoric rise and historic triumph of Barack Obama.... The shocking fall of the House of Clinton - and the improbable resurrection of Hillary as Obama's partner and America's face to the world.... The mercurial performance of John McCain and the mesmerizing emergence of Sarah Palin.
But despite the wall-to-wall media coverage of this spellbinding drama, remarkably little of the real story behind the headlines has yet been told. In Game Change, John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, two of the country's leading political reporters, use their unrivaled access to pull back the curtain on the Obama, Clinton, McCain, and Palin campaigns. How did Obama convince himself that, despite the thinness of his résumé, he could somehow beat the odds to become the nation's first African-American president? How did the tumultuous relationship between the Clintons shape - and warp - Hillary's supposedly unstoppable bid? What was behind her husband's furious outbursts and devastating political miscalculations? Why did McCain make the novice governor of Alaska his running mate? And was Palin merely painfully out of her depth - or troubled in more serious ways?
Game Change answers those questions and more, laying bare the secret history of the 2008 campaign. This is a reportorial tour de force that reads like a fast-paced novel.
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- Joe
- San Angelo, TX, USA
- 02-24-10
Best Audiobook of 2010!
I am an Audible.com Platinum subscriber, and my primary worry when downloading a book is that the book will waste my time by listening. The narrative is riveting and the narrator is outstanding. If you are interested in U.S. politics, you will not be able to put your iPod down once commencing a listen to this. I highly recommend it!
18 of 23 people found this review helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Edward
- 01-21-10
Great insight into a fascinating election
I have been following John Heilemann since I saw him on Real Time with Bill Maher last year. I appreciate his work, and Game Change lived up to all my expectations. The election was fascinating, viewed through the mass media lens. It is ten times more fascinating viewed through the eyes of the people that are on the bus, in the meetings, and rubbing shoulders with the candidates.
13 of 17 people found this review helpful
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- Sara
- 10-03-14
Out Dated Even When It Was Current
I heard about this book when I was listening to Morning Joe and snapped it up on audible years ago. I thought it sounded like a fun insiders view of the campaign trail. Not so for me. I found it beyond boring and hairsplitting to a degree that became mind numbing. It also turned me off to campaign politics and to listening to books pushed on morning talk shows in general. I know this review is years behind the time--but I'm reviewing old books in my library. This offering was a true disappointment.
24 of 32 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Michael
- Simi Valley, CA, USA
- 02-24-10
Superb!
This is one of the best audio books I've ever purchased. The insight into the campaigns was fascinating, and while there was definitely more shared on the Democratic side of the contest, I think it was a balanced account. I strongly recommend anyone who was really moved by this most recently Presidential election to pick this book up. Furthermore, the narrator was about the best I've ever heard. I couldn't be more impressed with this book, and it's likely one that I'll play back in the future. Highly recommended!
9 of 12 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Michael
- United States
- 01-15-10
Compelling & frank
It was an election of historical proportion, the authors cut through the veneer and found the core of the historical events and people, revealing both their strengths and weaknesses. Maybe it's payback for their combined betrayal of their staff? But John Edwards and wife seem like MacBeth. McCain is revealed as boxed in with most every choice presented and Obama riles everyone for being cooler then the other side of a pillow.
33 of 48 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- KP
- Oakland, CA
- 10-20-11
Juicy Info
Usually I don't read non-fiction, and I happened to have this book at my son's request. SO, I decided to try a little of it, and I couldn't stop listening, basically. There is so much inside information, and it's so juicy. It's amazing how different some of the people seem when you get a look behind the scenes! I found the chapters on John Edwards and company as well as the ones on McCain and Palin the most revealing of a "different side." I read somewhere that the authors did over 200 interviews to get their information; it really seems credible. It's much more interesting to read it here than to read the whitewashed accounts in the news media.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Michael
- eldersburg, MD, USA
- 06-02-10
Interesting read on such a "new" history
Written by Becky -
I like history; specifically Presidential biographies and this book was a great read on such a "new" historical presidential race. Can't wait to see what history proves.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Gohar
- Issaquah, WA
- 04-25-10
Apt title: Race of a lifetime
This book is the product of brilliant research and skillful journalism. The interviews and information that compile this book are very well composed to complete this book. Even though, the book covers the democrat primaries & not the republic primaries, that seems like a good reason and choice. The final battle which spans over many months is very well written and entertaining. The choices the candidates made and the reasoning behind those makes sense after reading this book. This is a must read for anyone who was captivated by the 2008 presidential election. The narrator did a great job as well. The only reason I gave it 4 stars was due to the book's inclination towards one side; even though the author was trying to put facts in this book. I'm glad now by the results of the election as they turned out after reading this book.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- N74JW
- USA
- 03-03-10
Fascinating!
I love going through a book and getting the notion that I am somewhat normal when compared to the characters. Behind all of the glitz and media-hype, the politicians are just normal people, with common faults and shortcomings (so more than others). The size and depth of some of the egos mentioned defy imagination. All I can add further is given what is described in the book, I am glad the election turned out the way it did and fear for 2012.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Tara
- Fort Thomas, KY, USA
- 01-31-10
5++++ Stars
I enjoyed every minute of this book. The cast of characters is amazing. I had thought the media had covered everything there was to know about the candidates, and there wasn't more to know. But Heilemann and Halperin expose their human side, as well as that of their spouses and their campaign staffs. Fascinating! Engrossing! Sorry that I've finished the book - but I'm pretty sure that I'll listen to it again in another month or two and still learn new things.
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