The Center Holds: Obama And His Enemies
- Author: Jonathan Alter
- Narrator: Jonathan Alter
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Duration: 18:41:05
Synopsis
From the bestselling author of The Promise, the thrilling story of one of the most momentous contests in American history, the Battle Royale between Obama and his enemies from the 2010 midterms through the 2013 inauguration.
In The Center Holds, Jonathan Alter provides the first full account of America at the crossroads. With exclusive reporting and rare historical insight, he pierces the bubble of the White House and the presidential campaigns in a landmark election that marked the return of big money and the rise of big data. He tells the epic story of an embattled president fighting back with the first campaign of the Digital Age.
Alter relates the untold story behind Obama’s highs and lows, from the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound to the frustration of the debt ceiling fiasco to his unexpected run-ins with black and Latino activists. Alter takes us inside Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan’s Boston campaign as well as Obama’s disastrous preparation for the first debate. We meet Obama’s analytics geeks working out of “The Cave” and the man who secretly videotaped Romney’s infamous comments on the “47 percent.”
The Center Holds deepens our understanding of the Obama presidency and the future of the country.
Chapters
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CenterHolds 41 Chapter21a
Duration: 11min -
CenterHolds 42 Chapter22
Duration: 21min -
CenterHolds 43 Chapter22a
Duration: 21min -
CenterHolds 44 Chapter22b
Duration: 19min -
CenterHolds 45 Chapter23
Duration: 24min -
CenterHolds 46 Chapter23a
Duration: 25min -
CenterHolds 47 Chapter24
Duration: 14min -
CenterHolds 48 Chapter24a
Duration: 28min -
CenterHolds 49 Chapter25
Duration: 24min -
CenterHolds 50 Chapter25a
Duration: 29min -
CenterHolds 51 Chapter26
Duration: 24min -
CenterHolds 52 Chapter26a
Duration: 25min -
CenterHolds 53 Afterword
Duration: 18min -
CenterHolds 54 Afterword-a
Duration: 14min -
CenterHolds 55 EndMix
Duration: 01min