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Game Changer is a book about the 2008 election of Barack Obama. It talks about how Hillary Clinton and John McCain ran for president, as well as Sarah Palin. The book also explains why people like Giuliani didn’t make it to the final round. In addition, it gives a blow by blow account of what happened during that historic time in America’s history.

The book is split into three sections. The first and longest one concerns the Democratic primaries, in which Hillary Clinton faced off against Barack Obama. The second section summarizes the Republican primaries. In the final section, they hone in on the last months of the campaign itself. Halperin and Heilemann make several original claims that were corroborated by people familiar with those moments involved after its publication. For example, they claim that Chuck Schumer and Harry Reid asked Obama to run for president back in 2006 because they thought his candidacy would refresh the Democratic Party’s platform as well as generate interest from different levels of government across America (e.g., state senators). They also claim that Hillary Clinton wanted to emphasize Obama’s past drug use during her campaign but was urged not to do so by her advisors.

The authors of this book explore the roots of Hillary Clinton’s desire to run for president. They believe that she wanted to run before the 2008 campaign, not 2004. The tipping point may have been her daughter Chelsea who recommended that she honor her promise to serve New York as a senator until her term ended. It is also likely that Bill Clinton was in an ongoing relationship with someone else at least in 2006 and advisors did damage control by preemptively telling reporters about it.

The book discusses John Edwards’ affair with his mistress. Edwards refused to cut her out of his personal life when he was told that the affair would soon become public. His advisors perceived him as shortsighted and ill-tempered. The same thing happened to Sarah Palin’s campaign for vice president, which had its own problems after she failed in her debate preparation and didn’t know basic facts about geography or history. She even believed that Saddam Hussein orchestrated 9/11, something proven not true at all.

Halperin and Heilemann recount Obama’s inauguration and the aftermath. While selecting his cabinet members, he called Clinton, offering her the role of Secretary of State. At first, she declined because she thought that people would associate her husband’s legacy with Obama’s term in office. However, after some persistence from Obama, she accepted the job on a temporary basis until his reelection (which was an outcome that no one could predict). The book reveals how much luck factors into historical events such as these.

“Game Change” is the story of the 2007 US Presidential election. The country was suffering from Bush fatigue and wanted a change in leadership. The pundits gave an advantage to whoever would be the Democratic presidential nominee, as they were ready for a game change in government.

Hillary Clinton wanted to be the US President, but she had promised her constituents that she would serve out her term as a Senator. She was tempted to run for president because Bush fatigue was already setting in and the country could be ready for change. However, Hillary’s daughter advised against it since she had made a commitment to stay until 2008; besides, there might not even be another election if Bush were re-elected in 2004. So, Hillary decided not to run in 2004 and instead wait until 2008

In 2007, Illinois Senator Barack Obama was nominated as the Democratic candidate for US Senate. He asked Hillary Clinton to participate in several fund raisers and she agreed. She thought he was a great politician and admired his ability to connect with people. Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, looked at Obama as a threat to Hillary’s ambition of becoming president someday.

Obama came to the spotlight after he gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention. He was so good that people started talking about him running for president. Obama had little experience before 2007, but he felt confident enough to run against Hillary and John Edwards in the primary election and eventually win the presidency.

Obama and Hillary battled for the Democratic nomination in 2008. They fought through primary after primary, with Obama winning some and losing others. Their campaigns were bitter at times, with both sides slinging mud at each other. There was one event that changed everything: Super Tuesday on February 5th, when Obama won a number of states and Hillary lost many to him. That led to her decision not to continue campaigning.

One of the biggest game changers in this story was John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate. At that time, he was not doing well in the polls and had lost confidence. He told friends that he should have never run for president. His campaign team felt they needed to do something dramatic to change things up and get back on track. They chose Palin because she is a woman, which would hopefully draw female voters from Obama’s side. Although Palin did shake things up quite a bit, it wasn’t what McCain wanted—in fact, it led to his downfall even more than hers did because he didn’t properly vet her before choosing her as VP candidate.

Obama became president by a landslide. Although Hillary was his bitter opponent in the primaries, he admired her strength and decisiveness. He told her that she could help him with foreign affairs and domestic issues as Secretary of State. Hillary resisted since she was exhausted from campaigning for so long, but Obama wouldn’t take no for an answer, telling her that it’s what America needs right now to get back on its feet again.

Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime is a 2010 book on the 2008 United States presidential election by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. Developed from over 300 interviews with people from various roles in the campaign’s explorations, proceedings, and aftermath, the book endeavors to provide a comprehensive analysis of Barack Obama’s victory. The book touches on components of different salience, from sensationalist headlines (such as that of John Edwards’ extramarital relationship) to Sarah Palin’s suspect qualifications for the vice presidency. The authors also analyze candidates such as Rudy Giuliani who didn’t make it to the final round, suggesting possible reasons why. The book culminates in a dramatic account of the fall 2008 election.

Game Change is split into three sections. The first and longest part concerns the Democratic primaries, in which Hillary Clinton faced off against Barack Obama. The second section summarizes the Republican primaries. The final section hones in on the last months of the campaign itself. Halperin and Heilemann make several original claims, which, after the book’s publication, were corroborated by people familiar with the people and moments involved. For example, they claim that Chuck Schumer and Harry Reid, who were then respectively U.S. senator and Senate Majority Leader, asked Obama to run back in 2006. They suspected that his candidacy would refresh the Democratic Party and catalyze new interest in people across its platform and at different levels of government. The authors present a direct account of a meeting between Clinton and her head pollster, Mark Penn, when Clinton alleged that Obama indirectly inflated his Iowa caucus ratings. They also claim that Clinton intended to emphasize Obama’s past drug use in order to generate aversion to his candidacy, but was urged not to by her advisors.

The authors explore the roots of Clinton’s desire to run for president, which they believe emerged before the 2004, not 2008, presidential campaign. Bill Clinton urged her to run, and her advisors cited many polls suggesting she had a fair chance. The tipping vote may have been that of her daughter, Chelsea, who recommended that she honor her promise to serve the state of New York as senator until her term ended. The authors claim that Bill Clinton was likely in an ongoing romantic relationship with someone else at least in the year 2006. They cite substantiating reports from Hillary Clinton’s advisors who conducted preemptive damage control.

The book also turns to John Edwards’s affair with his mistress, Rielle Hunter. According to the author’s sources, Edwards refused to cut Hunter out of his personal life when he was told the affair would imminently become public. The same advisors viewed Edwards as shortsighted and ill-tempered. Sarah Palin’s campaign as part of John McCain’s bid for the presidency was also afflicted with errors. After her advisors grew worried that Palin was failing to recall basic facts while training for the vice-presidential debates, they flew her to Arizona to train in close proximity to her family. She continued to perform poorly while preparing for her infamous interviews on primetime television and did not seem to have even preliminary knowledge of geography and United States history. She even believed that Saddam Hussein orchestrated the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a claim disproven.

Halperin and Heilemann conclude their book by recounting Obama’s inauguration and the aftermath. While selecting his cabinet members, Obama phoned Clinton, offering her the role of Secretary of State. At first, Clinton declined, saying that her husband’s legacy would become too strongly associated with Obama’s term. Obama persisted, ultimately convincing her to take the job until his reelection. Game Change illuminates how much luck, individual will, and accident factor into society’s most historical political outcomes...............