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Destiny Calling: How the People Elected Barack Obama
Author(s): Charles M. Madigan (Author)
- Publisher: Ivan R. Dee (UK)
- Publication Date: 16 Oct. 2009
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 1566637783
- ISBN-13: 9781566637787
Book Description
Emphasizing the revealing experiences of representative Americans from around the country, who tell how the previous eight years of failed policies shaped their personal fate and prompted them to vote for a newcomer blazing the banner of change,
Destiny Calling traces a political campaign that fulfilled Lincolns promise even as it illuminated for the world—anew —Americas commitment of hope and freedom. Charles Madigan avoids the inside politics tack and the redundancy of most contemporary political coverage. Instead he taps an unheard–from–until–now range of American voters—the most important sources of all, the people who made the decision to send Obama to the White House. Their frustration with the wars, with the response to Hurricane Katrina, with a flat–lining economy, and with the cynicism of politics as usual helped fuel the movement that set a new standard for national campaigns, made the impossible the real, and changed forever how the nation views the process of choosing its leader.For additional information, see http://www.destinycallingbo
Editorial Reviews
Review
A wonderful trip through the 2008 presidential race (and the country) with the best possible tour guide. Charlie Madigan has been on those campaign buses, so he knows politics from the inside, but now he stays off them for the broader perspective. Insightful, original, readable as hell. What more could one want?
Even Americans who can't stand politics were sorry to see Barrack Obama's victorious quest for the presidency come to an end in 2008. That man-whips-windmill saga provided a burst of positivism and energy in a bleak year of economic angst. The good news is that Charles M. Madigan has brought this story back to life-with value added in the form of color and insights honed by the author's more than four decades of covering presidential campaigns.
Destiny Calling not only illuminates the history Obama's precedent-shattering run in 2008, it should also help guide us through his White House years that lie ahead before he takes another shot at making history in 2012.In a refreshing change, Charles Madigan gives us a unique look at a historic election in a book that focuses on the people who voted and why they made their choices. In contrast to the usual 'back of the bus' political coverage, Madigan got off the bus and actually talked to people, giving us a rich, vivid portrait of an America and an election that too many political commentators ignored or barely covered. It is an arresting and captivating story delivered in a forceful narrative by a gifted writer.
