New Releases by John Heilemann

Over the past two years Mark Peterson has photographed American presidential candidates as they lead rallies, meet with voters and plead for votes. He started shortly before the government shutdown in 2013 at a Tea Party rally at the US Capitol, when politicians were railing against President Obama and the Affordable Care Act--a show to get a sound bite into the next news cycle. Since then Peterson has followed the political spin as it approaches the November 2016 election. Donald Trump's entrance into the race--taking control of TV talking heads and making the media his press agent--is true political theatre. In a similar gesture, Bernie Sanders raised an arm in a power salute to waiting photographers after giving a speech in New Hampshire. Peterson pulls back the curtain on such performances to show these politicians as they really are. Although they are in plain sight, they hide behind words and carefully arranged imagery to project their vision of America. Peterson cuts through such staging and reveals the cold, naked ambition for power.

As one of today's most influential political photographers, Christopher Anderson has enjoyed rare behind-the-scenes access to the inner workings of American political theater. Stump collects his color and black-and-white photographs from recent campaign trails--particularly from the 2012 Obama/Romney contest--that scrutinize the highly rehearsed rhetorical masks of, among others, Barack and Michelle Obama, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Newt Gingrich, Bill Clinton and others (including audience members at rallies). Removed from the context of reportage and sequenced here, these images accumulate a mesmerizing quality that is both frightening and hilarious. They are interspersed with other campaign-trail images, of fireworks, flags and other props of high pomp that attend such occasions. John Heilemann, author of the New York Times bestseller Game Change (on the 2008 presidential race), contributes an essay on Anderson's work.

An account of the 2012 presidential election draws on insider interviews to illuminate what the election meant to both parties, covering the dramatic Republican nomination fight, the rise and fall of Mitt Romney, and Barack Obama's Election Day triumph.

Como Barack Obama, senador iniciante com poucas realizações políticas tangíveis se convenceu de que deveria e poderia ser o primeiro presidente afro-americano dos Estados Unidos? Que papel Bill Clinton desempenhou efetivamente na campanha da esposa? Por que McCain escolheu a desconhecida governadora do Alasca, uma incógnita, como companheira de chapa? E quem é realmente Sarah Palin? Em Virada no jogo, John Heilemann e Mark Halperin se valem de um privilegiado acesso aos meios políticos para responder a essas e a outras perguntas, revelando o que de fato se passou nos bastidores da corrida presidencial norte-americana em 2008. Mesmo com a exaustiva cobertura da imprensa diária, para Heilemann, colunista da revista New York, e Halperin, da Time, boa parte da história por trás das manchetes não fora contada. Por isso, Virada no jogo se empenha em traçar um retrato íntimo dos candidatos e cônjuges que possuíam chances razoáveis de ocupar a Casa Branca: Barack e Michelle Obama, Hillary e Bill Clinton, John e Elizabeth Edwards e John e Cindy McCain. Com base em centenas de entrevistas, Virada no jogo é um tour de force jornalístico que pode ser lido como um romance de ritmo frenético. É a narrativa definitiva, às vezes chocante e não raro hilariante, de uma campanha presidencial que entrou para a história.

Forget everything you think you know about the making of the most powerful man on the planet. President Barack Obama's triumph was not inevitable: it was the end product of a brilliant, calculated, convention-defying political campaign. In a race that will be talked about for years to come, he faced down his rivals with ruthless focus and efficiency. Race of a Lifetime is the gripping inside story of those thrilling months: from the meteoric rise of Obama and the collapsing House of Clinton to the erratic John McCain and the bewildering Sarah Palin. Brimming with exclusive revelations, this compulsively readable book lays bare the characters of the candidates, warts and all; exposes the inner workings of their operations; and charts the true path to the White House. It's a tour de force: the sometimes shocking, often funny, and ultimately definitive account of the campaign of a lifetime.

«Esta mierda sería realmente interesante si no estuviéramos metidos en ella.» BARACK OBAMA, septiembre 2008 Las últimas elecciones presidenciales americanas fueron las más mediáticas de la historia; se trata de una campaña cubierta por todos los medios y sobre la que parecía que ya se había publicado todo. ¿Todo? Este libro demuestra que no; aún quedaban datos por relevar, sin duda los más interesantes, todo lo que se produjo entre bambalinas. Dos periodistas americanos, John Heilemann y Mark Halperin, ofrecen ahora al gran público dicha información, gracias a su acceso privilegiado a la misma.

"This shit would be really interesting if we weren't in the middle of it."—Barack Obama, September 2008 In 2008, the presidential election became blockbuster entertainment. Everyone was watching as the race for the White House unfolded like something from the realm of fiction. The meteoric rise and historic triumph of Barack Obama. The shocking fall of the House of Clinton—and the improbable resurrection of Hillary as Obama's partner and America's face to the world. The mercurial performance of John McCain and the mesmerizing emergence of Sarah Palin. Based on hundreds of interviews with the people who lived the story, Game Change is a reportorial tour de force that reads like a fast-paced novel. Character driven and dialogue rich, replete with extravagantly detailed scenes, this is the occasionally shocking, often hilarious, ultimately definitive account of the campaign of a lifetime.

In Game Change, John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, two of the country’s leading political reporters, use their unrivaled access to pull back the curtain on the Obama, Clinton, McCain, and Palin campaigns. Based on hundreds of interviews with the people who lived the story, Game Change is a reportorial tour de force that reads like a fast-paced novel. Character-driven and dialogue-rich, replete with extravagantly detailed scenes, it’s an intimate portrait of some of the most powerful and fascinating figures in American life—the occasionally shocking, often hilarious, ultimately definitive account of the campaign of a lifetime.

Hearing regarding Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac, both of whom had been the subject of study over the course of 2001 with a series of hearings & meetings with Representatives concerning the accuracy of current regulatory oversight & appropriate overview of their business operations, given the relationship between their business success & the U.S. taxpayers. Witnesses: Leland C. Brendsel, Chmn. & CEO, Freddie Mac; & J. Timothy Howard, Exec. V.P. & CFO, Fannie Mae. Additional material: Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae: Their Funding Advantage & benefits to Consumers; & GSE Creep into Subprime Could Hurt MarginÓ.