The center holds : Obama and his enemies /

The center holds : Obama and his enemies /

A narrative thriller about the battle royale surrounding Barack Obama's quest for a second term amid widespread joblessness and one of the most poisonous political climates in American history.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alter, Jonathan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2013]
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Obama, Barack.
Obama, Barack > Friends and associates.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Presidents > United States > Election > 2012.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > United States > 21st Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017.
Table of Contents:
  • The shellacking
  • Tea Party tempest
  • Obama Derangement Syndrome
  • Strangled in the bathtub
  • Fox Nation
  • The Voter-Suppression Project
  • The new Chicago machine
  • The cave
  • Not so great communicator?
  • Missing the schmooze gene
  • The Keeper of the Essence
  • "We got him!"
  • Obama's low point
  • The clown car
  • Playground of the superrich
  • The Book of Mitt
  • Boston Mad Men
  • A message built to last?
  • Obamacare's close shave
  • The machine hums
  • Demography as destiny
  • In the scrum
  • Makers versus takers
  • The first debate
  • The homestretch
  • Shell-shocked.