{"product_id":"double-down-isbn-9780143126003","title":"Double Down","description":"\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Those hungry for political news will read \u003ci\u003eDouble Down\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn their runaway bestseller \u003ci\u003eGame Change\u003c\/i\u003e, 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, \u003ci\u003eDouble Down\u003c\/i\u003e 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? \u003ci\u003eDouble Down\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouble Down\u003c\/i\u003e 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Double Down\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Those hungry for political news will read \u003ci\u003eDouble Down\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Kinsley, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sharp insights buttressed by startling indiscretions fill \u003ci\u003eDouble Down\u003c\/i\u003e, a new account of Barack Obama’s win over his 2012 Republican rival, Mitt Romney. This gripping book—a sequel to \u003ci\u003eGame Change\u003c\/i\u003e, a bestseller about Mr. Obama’s 2008 path to the White House—cements the status of the authors as unrivalled chroniclers of campaign politics.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Many juicy disclosures ... [a] near-flawless narrative.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Labrecque\u003ci\u003e, Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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…. \u003ci\u003eDouble Down\u003c\/i\u003e looks less like a sequel to 2008 than a tantalizing prequel to 2016. I’m all-in.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Hamby, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Page-turning…. translat[es] insider politics for mass-market readers with behind-the-scenes reporting and Gonzo flair.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe Scarborough, MSNBC\/Morning Joe:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Done it before, and have done it again.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlie Rose:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In many ways, an insight into America.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Matthews, MSNBC\/Hardball:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Great new book…. Great reportage.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Walters, ABC-TV\/The View:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Authors of the bestselling book turned Emmy-winning HBO movie \u003ci\u003eGame Change\u003c\/i\u003e are telling all in their latest book ... It is terrific.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Levin:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a great read.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eEzra Klein, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eDouble Down\u003c\/i\u003e... 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence O’Donnell, MSNBC’s\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe Last Word:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I love this book.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnderson Cooper, AC360:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003c\/b\u003eReally fascinating details.”\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Ross Sorkin, CNBC's Squawk Box:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Buzz book of the moment.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eDylan Byers, Politico:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward Kurtz, Fox News:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“You’d think there were no revelations left from the 2012 campaign, but Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, the \u003ci\u003eGame Change \u003c\/i\u003eduo, strike again in their new book.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBusiness Insider\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fascinating new insights.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeraldo Rivera:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sizzling... They've done it again.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eWillie Geist, MSNBC\/Morning Joe:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Huge.”\u003cb\u003eMARK HALPERIN \u003c\/b\u003eis an editor at large and a senior political analyst for \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHN HEILEMANN \u003c\/b\u003eis the national affairs editor for\u003ci\u003e New York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and a political analyst for MSNBC. An award-winning journalist and author of \u003ci\u003ePride Before the Fall\u003c\/i\u003e, he is a former staff writer for\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker, Wired,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Brooklyn.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300683469029,"sku":"NP9780143126003","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143126003.jpg?v=1767725561","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/double-down-isbn-9780143126003","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}