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Thursday, January 21, 2010

New York Times Literary Treat of the Week....


Reference Librarian Bob has highlighted, "Game Change", from this weeks NYT Book Review.

Heilemann, John and Halperin, Mark. Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime. Harper/HarperCollins.

What hurt more the presidential chances of Hilary Clinton: her 2002 vote for the Iraq war or her husband’s alleged infidelities? Who according to campaign insiders actually imploded the candidacy of John Edwards: himself or wife Elizabeth? Have conservative commentators actually not been exaggerating the political and government clout of Harry Reid? Heilemann and Halperin, who cover Washington for New York and Time Magazines respectively, give readers a pass to all the backstage intrique of the 2008 election. They do not limit themselves to Democrats, what with supporters of John McCain “living in terror” over supposed rumors about the personal life of their candidate and his wife Cindy.

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