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15 Reddit comments about Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime:

u/favorite_person · 32 pointsr/PoliticalDiscussion

Books: Game Change and Double Down

Both amazing books about elections with behind the scenes information. I can't wait until this year's book comes out!

u/SravBlu · 8 pointsr/PoliticalDiscussion

I'm basing it on the story told in Game Change, wherein he asked her on November 13th, 2008. Up until that point, she was privately under consideration for either State or Defense (though she did not know it), but many in his circle thought she'd pursue her own agenda, bring her husband in, or undermine Obama. Daschle, Kerry, Richardson, and Clinton were all under consideration for State, but Obama wanted a "wow factor" selection and respected her greatly. Excerpt below:

The following week on November 13th, Hillary met with Obama in his transition office in Chicago. She had some theories about why she was there, but being offered Secretary of State was not among them. Two nights earlier at a dinner in New York with her and Bill, Terry McAuliffe had asked about the rumors swirling in Democratic circles that the gig might be tossed her way. "It's the craziest thing I've ever heard," Hillary replied. Not that she thought a job offer was out of the question, but she expected it to be a token unity gesture, something both sides knew she would almost certainly turn down - maybe Health and Human Services. When the chatter about State picked up, she assumed the Obamans were floating it and was suspicious about their motives. "Why are they putting my name out?" She asked her friends. "How does it help them? What game are they playing?" But now, here she was, sitting alone with her former nemesis, and Obama was talking about the job in earnest.

After that, the story goes that she initially turned the position down, but later accepted it after he more or less talked her into it.

Belated Edit: The above book relies very heavily on unattributed "insider" quotes, so there's no guarantee of the above story being true. Just wanted to provide some more background info on this version of events.

u/Calamity58 · 7 pointsr/worldnews

Yes, and for anyone interested, Game Change is a fantastic book about that election.

u/netizen539 · 6 pointsr/politics

Game Change was a book released in 2010 by insiders in the Obama, Clinton, and McCain campaigns during the 2008 president race.

I re-read some of the book in light of this years election. The similarities between the 2008 HRC campaign and 2016 campaign are striking. The book gives you a glimpse into what a panicked 2008 HRC looked like from the inside and how that correlated to her campaign strategy on the outside.

There is no doubt in my mind that HRC is in full panic mode again. The erratic and irrational behavior her campaign is engaged in looks all too familiar. If /u/redfiz reads Game Change and compares 2008 to 2016, I'm sure he/she would come to the same conclusion.

u/Peen_Envy · 5 pointsr/Ask_Politics

If you are interested in more the function of politics rather than its subject matter of policy, then here is a decent list of foundational texts to get you started:

On theory:

The Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers


Democracy in America


On Campaigning:

What it takes


Game Change


Campaigns and Elections- American Style


On Legislating/Governing:

Congress- The Electoral Connection


Party Politics in America


Political Polarization of American Politics


Interest Group Politics


Obviously this is quite a bit to read- but renting or using library resources will soften the blow to your wallet.

If I have misread your question, and you are interested in policy rather than politics, more recommendations can be provided depending on both your political persuasion and your specific interests.

PS: Assumed you meant American politics. If not- can provide other texts.

u/sickhippie · 4 pointsr/politics

It's a paraphrase from the book Game Change.

Here's the full quote:

> Bill Clinton’s main assignment was continuing to make phone calls to super delegates, in which he pressed the case for Hillary and against Obama aggressively – at times too aggressively. Clinton’s message, sometimes implicitly, sometimes explicitly, was that the country wasn’t ready to elect an African American president. Some recipients of the calls found them discomforting, others embarrassing; few found them effective.

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u/versusboredom · 2 pointsr/books

If he's interested at all in the 2008 election, then I highly recommend Game Change.

u/deargsi · 2 pointsr/politics

The docudrama was based on a book about all of the teams in the 2008 race, Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime. If you get a chance, I really recommend reading it. It's a real page-turner, which is remarkable considering that you know the ending. It's just that fascinating.

u/vote_for_peter · 1 pointr/suggestmeabook

For a comical take on the DC culture today, read "This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral-Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking!-in America's Gilded Capital" by Mark Leibovich. He's a NYTimes political correspondent and he gives you a look into the private world of the people in DC. You could also check out the book "Game Change" which covers the 2008 election of Obama, if you would like an in depth look at a presidential election.

These two are definitely not authoritative or comprehensive explanations of national politics, but they will probably make for much more interesting reading and may pique your interest in researching various topics, procedures etc. on wikipedia afterward.

u/mugrimm · 1 pointr/askhillarysupporters

Here is politifact, and you can also read the book Game Change which unlike the movie, focuses about 70% of it's time on Clinton v Obama. In game change multiple high ranking donors claim that Bill tried to sell them the "Is he christian? I don't know" shit.

If you're a diehard Clinton fan and you've never read Game Change you really need to. Then branch out and just start watching clips with people who used to work with Clinton (there's names in the book) on her 08 campaign, especially Patti Solis Doyle. (Doyle was probably one of the sources for the book)

u/bluefoot3 · 1 pointr/politics

> She also has way too much power in politics. She doesn't have to pander for the votes.

Hillary is in a dominant position in today's DNC, but I highly recommend you read Game Change. It's a blow-by-blow recap of the 2008 Presidential Election with all the seedy gossip and insider scoop from all the camps. It chronicles Hillary's torturous fall from power among Democrats with the rise of Obama. Main takeaway is: Influence and power in the Democratic party can never be taken for granted, and pandering is necessary for everybody.

> Why should I believe she's not going to put some corporate shill in there that supports gay marriage but is really there to reinforce and build corporations?

This scenario is possible but highly unlikely for a couple reasons. Judges nominated for the Supreme Court will have a public record of all their rulings open to public scrutiny. We'll be able to have 100s of pages of evidence to analyze the political leanings of each judge. If she's nominating a closet conservative, very likely all of DC will know, and I highly highly doubt liberals like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown, and Chris Murphy will let that slide. She'll need ALL the democrats (and some republicans) votes to be on board with her pick for them to be confirmed.

Finally, by the time she runs for reelection, her 2-3 SCOTUS picks will have had at least 3 or more years of rulings under their belt. If we then find that they were conservative, then there's no way she'll be able to win reelection (likely even the Democratic Primary).

If HRC was a secret republican, she'd be under great pressure to appoint liberal justice because she decided to run for POTUS as a democrat and needs those votes in the Senate to do so.

If HRC was a neoliberal (which is the label Bill Clinton and Obama now fall under according to r/politics), that pressure still remains, and all 4 liberal justices on today's supreme court were appointed by neoliberal presidents, which is a comforting thought.

If HRC is a democrat, then she's going to appoint the most liberal justice she can find that the Republicans will accept. If anything she'll try to appoint a hardcore liberal who appears more moderate.

u/circa26 · 1 pointr/politics

That was in 2008, talking about him as Obama's VP. 8 years ago and for a different candidate. Grasping at straws there. Here's the book btw, was not the one released this year: https://www.amazon.com/Game-Change-Clintons-McCain-Lifetime/dp/0061733644/