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A series of four instant eBooks on the 2012 presidential election, POLITICO’s Playbook 2012 provides an unprecedented real-time account of the race for the White House. The third edition, Obama’s Last Stand, follows the reelection campaign of President Barack Obama as it struggles to find the winning formula in a political landscape that has changed dramatically since his history-making victory in 2008.

Though battered and bruised after nearly four years in office, Barack Obama remains the most competitive player on the field in American politics today. In Obama’s Last Stand, POLITICO White House correspondent Glenn Thrush chronicles the efforts of the president and his team to secure a second term in the face of a determined opposition, unfavorable economic headwinds, and a series of missteps by his own team.

This is a revealing portrait of the president at the most precarious moment in his political life, with insights and anecdotes drawn straight from the notebook of one of the most perceptive reporters in America. The trash-talking schoolyard athlete in Obama is very much in evidence, especially when he speaks caustically about his Republican rivals, including the man he thinks is trying to steal his legacy, Mitt Romney.

Yet apart from Romney and the uncertain economy, Obama’s greatest obstacle on the road to reelection may be Obama 2008. He and his team of talented advisers must try to reconcile their nostalgia for that once-in-a-lifetime campaign with the realities of an election fundamentally altered by the advent of super PACs and the evaporation of Obama’s superstar popularity. That challenge has led a campaign operation that once prided itself on flawless execution of strategy to commit several of the most dangerous unforced errors of Obama’s political career.

Yet the game is far from over. If Obama is sometimes his own worst enemy, he also has the talent and drive to reclaim this race. Spurred on by the realistic prospect of losing, and growing ever more impatient with the foibles of his campaign staff, Obama the competitor is gearing up for the most critical fourth quarter of his career. This is the story of the last stand that will either cement his legacy forever—or consign him to a roster of once-promising one-term presidents.

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As Glenn Thrush fastidiously demonstrates in Obama's Last Stand, "competitiveness is a presidential trait," one the incumbent has in droves. Quite tellingly, a banner which hangs in Obama's campaign headquarters in Chicago reads: Respect. Empower. Include. Win. The banner had once omitted "Win" from its de facto list of objectives, but the addendum is a testament to the shifting gears of the 2012 political campaign, as the threat of a Republican victory looms ever larger. For the latest installment of POLITICO's Playbook 2012, Thrush, a veteran political reporter now covering the White House for POLITICO, chronicles Obama's second battle for the Oval Office in great detail. Through his extensive reporting, Thrush uncovers a side to Obama's character rarely seen by the public--a cold, calculating and competitive man, a President who "is willing to play fast and rough to stay in the Oval Office." From Super PACs to the fading veneer of his popularity, everything seems to be standing in the way of a second term. Will Obama's Last Stand ultimately yield a victory? Only time will tell. --Raya Jalabi

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ASIN : B008QLT0ZG
Publisher : Random House (August 20, 2012)
Publication date : August 20, 2012
Language : English
File size : 2640 KB
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MrBreeze9999

Inside Story of Obama Re-Election Campaign

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2012

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This book is essentially a long running set of excerpts from POLITICO coverage of the Obama presidency.
The POLITICO writing on current politics is usually of the highest order. These excerpts do not disappoint.

From this book you get a more inside view of the political "animal" that is Barack Obama: a very competitive, even trash talking (at times) savvy politician trying to achieve a second term as president of the United States...and, not coincidentally, trying to govern the same country. Mostly this is done by telling tales about the president's high level re-election staff and an equal leavening of oval office participating principals.

As in any campaign there is a fair amount of uncertainty, fumbling and improvisation while reacting to the current events of each passing day. What comes across very clearly is that politicians and their staffs are playing a very rough game indeed, and that government really cannot be separated from politics in even the smallest detail. This may add fuel to anyone who would be cynical about our political process, but I might ask such a person, what would you do in a similar situation? How can you take the sharp edges out of a blood sport that seeks to negotiate and allocate the power and resources of an entire nation?

This book is not an analysis of political process meant for the ages, rather it is a sharp focus snap shot of the inside players in a presidential administration and political re-election campaign. On those terms it is illuminating, and strikingly honest.

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Tenderfart

Good peek into the start of the 2012 Campaign

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2012

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As an e-book/Kindle single, this was a solid, interesting piece of investigative reporting. It's definitely set up for a deeper dive into the subject, regardless of the election's outcome, that can result in a great book. As a biographical sketch, they did a great job of outlining the key players and showing the tension points that have led to a less than stellar beginning to the campaign. I enjoyed the read very much and appreciated that the tone struck by the authors was more detached and journalistic than a lot of the slobbering, fawning pieces you see coming from people like Jodi Kantor and David Remnick.

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Kurt Joseph Pankau

Informative, But Not as Compelling as Previous Entries

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2012

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Well-written and informative, but it's not so compelling as the previous titles in this series. It can't be helped--those were describing the Republican primary and had a much more fun cast of characters. This book follows the Obama campaign in its uphill slog against Romney. Chronicling Obama's stumble out of the gate, some poor choices made early on, and the tremendous obstacle of the Citizens United decision, this campaign plays out like an underdog story and stops just as Obama is finding his stride.

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John T. Sostak

A bring me up to speed article - ebook on a developing campaign

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2012

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Obama's Last Stand by Politico's Glenn Thrush is an inside look into a campaign for 2012 Presidency which is far from over. The author reports Obama campaign activity, reaction and strategy primarily from the months of February 2012 through July 2012. The end of the coverage is the SCOTUS Affordable Health Care Act ruling. The entire ebook, Obama's Last Stand feels like Cliffs Notes. A snapshot of a greater story.

I can recommend Obama's Last Stand to anyone that feels they want to learn a little bit about Obama's 2012 campaign, if you have not been following the news daily. There are no grand revelations, details are sparse, the story is not over, until the Presidential election in November 2012. If you are an avid consumer of the news or a political junkie, Obama's Last Stand will only be a refresher of the first six months of the President's campaign.

Glenn Thrush assembled the ebook, Obama's Last Stand well, although it feels like a Vanity Fair article or a CNN special. It is a short piece that doesn't stop and dig it's journalistic teeth into any event or Obama team member. It is very timely, but this rush to deliver an ebook/article seems to leave a lot of details off the page and out of the readers reach. You will not finish this ebook and know any more about who Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Stephanie Cutter or David Axelrod really are and how they think or feel then when you started it. I don't want that to be critically nasty, I just think the approach and execution of Obama's Last Stand is fast and light, not thorough, revealing or detail oriented.

The ebook format that Politico is using for fast reports is very interesting, and I think it will improve. The price of $2.99 for a long article/short book that can be timely and downloaded instantly is a great value. I think with great reporting that offers new information these ebooks will be popular.

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West Coast Guy

Riveting "insiders" look behind Obama's road to reelection!

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2012

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"Obama's Last Stand" reminds me of the classic and not-since-imitated Theodore White's "The Making of the President" chronicling the road to JFK's election in the early 60s. This book is even more powerful given that the stakes are far higher. While reading "Obama's Last Stand" I was constantly on the edge of my seat, breathless and nervous yet full of hope that Obama might yet make it to the finish line for yet another term staving-off the most vicious, well-funded radical, right-wing super-pac campaigns waged against a sitting President in history.

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buster creek

material for consideration

Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2018

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what good can I say about the man who tried to destroy America??

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Peter M Beaumont

Great Political Update

Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2012

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Obama's Last Stand: Politico Playbook 2012 is a great way bring me up to speed on some of the issues facing the contenders for the White House. Written a little like a novel, it is easy to digest and provides great insights and thoughtful chronological developments within and outside the White House. Highly recommended!

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HMC

A good, basic, behind-the-scenes story

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2012

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Nothing earth-shaking here. But if you're curious about what went on behind the scenes in the spring and summer, this short book offers more than you'll find in the daily papers and broadcasts. It's pretty free of bias.

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