| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
viii, 518 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-506) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The stranger -- A not-so-fresh start -- Getting rolled early -- Unplanned legacy -- Triage -- Reluctant warrior -- The re-election begins ... sort of -- The winter thaw -- The veep steps up -- Coming around on Clinton -- The hunt begins -- Trump, bin Laden, and the craziest week of the presidency -- The Chief Executive learns to manage -- A challenger emerges -- If he had a son -- They were first-graders -- The lost year -- A thick red line -- Control-alt-delete -- The legacy. |
| Summary |
Chuck Todd's gripping, fly-on-the-wall account of Barack Obama's tumultuous struggle to succeed in Washington. Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 partly because he was a Washington outsider. But if he'd come to the White House thinking he could change the political culture, he soon discovered just how difficult it was to swim against an upstream of insiders, partisans, and old guard networks allied to undermine his agenda--including members of his own party. He would pass some of the most significant legislation in American history, but his own weaknesses torpedoed some of his greatest hopes. In THE STRANGER, Chuck Todd draws upon his unprecedented inner-circle sources to create a gripping account of Obama's White House tenure, from the early days of drift and helplessness to a final stand against the GOP in which an Obama, at last liberated from his political future, finally triumphs.-- Publisher description. |
| Subject |
Obama, Barack.
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Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2012.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.
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Obama, Barack. (OCoLC)fst00348231
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Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Presidents -- Election.
(OCoLC)fst01075747
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
2009-2017
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| ISBN |
9780316079570 (hardcover) |
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031607957X (hardcover) |
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