Balz, Daniel J.
New York : Viking, [2013]
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- A James H. Silberman Book.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- On the cusp of history — Obama and Romney — Under siege — Message for the middle class — Fall offensive — Building the army — Mapping the race — The Apocalypse Party — The first primary — Chris Christie’s story — First casualty — Candidate Oops — Strange interlude — Mitt’s moment — The Gingrich resurrection — The empire strikes back — Santorum’s challenge — Etch a sketch — The new America — Defining battle — The running mate — Bill Clinton and the empty chair — The 47 percent solution — Debacle in Denver — Ohio and the path to 270 — The vote — Romney’s take — Into the future.
- Four years ago, a bright young presidential candidate named Barack Obama campaigned on a theme of hope and change and made history. Today he finds himself in another bitter, divisive presidential race but without the buzzwords. Instead, an embattled president struggles with a dysfunctionally divided Congress, the controversial healthcare bill, a decade-long war, and a stagnant economy.
- The 2012 election was unpredictable, entertaining, and ultimately decisive, a two-year drama with a sprawling cast of characters and plot twists that kept even expert observers dazed and confused. In the end, Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney by a relatively comfortable margin, but the story of how they got to the finish line is one of the most compelling in modern American politics. Collision 2012 tells the whole story in all its richness–Obama’s political reawakening after the debt ceiling debacle in the summer of 2011 the long and often bizarre battle Romney survived to win the Republican nomination the world of Big Data in Obama’s Chicago headquarters, which produced the most sophisticated campaign int he history of presidential politics and Romney’s travails as a candidate often at odds with his own part. Rarely has a presidential race involved two candidates who came from such divergent backgrounds and who had such different worldviews as Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. The book draws sharp portraits of the two nominees, as Obama sought to turn around his presidency after his party’s midterm shellacking in 2010 and Romney overcame initial doubts about his ability to win over true conservatives. Dan Balz, one of the country’s premier political reporters, takes readers inside both campaigns during the crucial moments of the general election, from the summer battle to define Romney to the fiasco of the Republican’s 47 percent comment and the president’s disastrous performance in the Denver debate, which breathed life into Romney’s struggling candidacy. Before all that, Romney faced serial challenges as he tried to prove that he was not a misfit in a party dominated by the Tea Party and other religious and social conservatives. Rick Perry seemed straight out of central casting for presidential candidates until he imploded join the debate stage. Newt Gingrich repeatedly rose form the dead to challenge Romney in a series of bitterly fought primaries. Rick Santorum managed to turn three meaningless victorie
Subjects:
- Presidents — United States — Election — 2012.
- Presidential candidates — United States.
- Obama, Barack.
- Romney, Mitt.
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