Obama: From Promise to Power
¥500.00 JPY • Used
David Mendell has covered Obama since the beginning of his campaign for the Senate and as a result enjoys far-reaching access to the new Senator--both his professional and personal life. He uses t...
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David Mendell has covered Obama since the beginning of his campaign for the Senate and as a result enjoys far-reaching access to the new Senator--both his professional and personal life. He uses this access to paint a very in timate portrait of Obama and his life pre and post Senate, including Obama' s new status as a sex symbol now that going into a crowd to shake hands wit h constituents carries the added concern of being groped by women, and the toll this has had on his marriage. Mendell also describes the dirty tactics sanctioned by Obama--who has steeped his image and reputation on the ideal s of clean politics and good government--to win his Senate seat by employin g David Axelrod, a Chicago-based political consultant (consultant to the Jo hn Edwards's campaign) with what the author describes as "an appetite for t he Big Kill." Mendell also positions Barack Obama as in fact the Savior of a fumbling Democratic party, who is potentially orchestrating a career in Senate to guarantee him at the very least a vice presidential nod, if not a nod for the top job in 2008. The dream ticket would be Hilary Clinton-Barack Obama given his reception at the Democratic National Convention in 2004. Because he enjoys popularity among Whites (particularly suburban White women) and Blacks, it might not be such a far-fetched idea.
Product Info
ISBN: 0060858214
ISBN-13: 9780060858216
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
Year: 2008
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
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Country: Japan
