Game Change
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As ever, I am grateful for the example and support of my father, Richard Heilemann, which keep me on the straight and narrow (more or less), and for the memory of my mother, which sustains me in all my endeavors.
Finally, Diana Rhoten, my wife and salvation, deserves a bouquet the size of Botswana. Without her as a perpetual source of patience, reassurance, and inspiration—not to mention the occasional dose of tough love and ample portions of homestretch home cooking—I would never have made it through intact.
FROM MARK HALPERIN:
I send deep gratitude to Josh Tyrangiel and my colleagues at Time and Time.com, as well as to Ina Avrich, Bob Barnett, Gary Foster, Kyle Froman, Gil Fuchsberg, Nancy Gabriner, Charlie Gibson, Debbie Halperin, Bianca Harris, Dan Harris, Andrew Kirtzman, Ben Kushner, and David Westin. I am grateful for the guidance and eternal inspiration of Peter Jennings.
Getting the book done required the support and smiles of Megan Halperin, Hannah Halperin, Madelyn Halperin, Laura Hartmann, and Peter Hartmann. Thanks to their parents: RoseAnne McCabe, Gary Halperin, Carolyn Hartmann, and David Halperin. And also many thanks to Morton Halperin, Diane Orentlicher, Ina Young, and Joe Young.
Karen Avrich’s awesome professional contributions are noted above. More important than those: almost all of what I have achieved in my work, and in my life, I owe to Karen. By her sense of adventure, her generosity, her strength, her grace, and her example, she makes me a better person.
About the Authors
JOHN HEILEMANN is the national political correspondent and columnist for New York magazine. An award-winning journalist and the author of Pride Before the Fall: The Trials of Bill Gates and the End of the Microsoft Era, he is a former staff writer for The New Yorker, Wired, and The Economist. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
MARK HALPERIN is editor-at-large and senior political analyst for Time magazine. He is the author of The Undecided Voter‘s Guide to the Next President and the coauthor of The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008. He has covered six presidential elections, including during his decade as the political director for ABC News. He lives in Manhattan.
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Prologue
Contents
Part I
Chapter One – Her Time
Chapter Two – The Alternative
Chapter Three – The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Chapter Four – Getting to Yes
Chapter Five – The Inevitables
Chapter Six – Barack in a Box
Chapter Seven – “They Looooove Me!”
Chapter Eight – The Turning Point
Chapter Nine – The Fun Part
Chapter Ten – Two for the Price of One
Chapter Eleven – Fear and Loathing in the Lizard’s Thicket
Chapter Twelve – Pulling Away and Falling Apart
Chapter Thirteen – Obama Agonistes
Chapter Fourteen – The Bitter End Game
Part II
Chapter Fifteen – The Maverick and His Meltdown
Chapter Sixteen – Running Unopposed
Chapter Seventeen – Slipping Nooses, Slaying Demons
Part III
Chapter Eighteen – Paris and Berlin
Chapter Nineteen – The Mile-High Club
Chapter Twenty – Sarahcuda
Chapter Twenty-One – September Surprise
Chapter Twenty-Two – Seconds in Command
Chapter Twenty-Three – The Finish Line
Epilogue – Together at Last
Index
Author’s Notes
About the Authors
Copyright
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