Really very good 
There is very little to say about Game Change that isn't immediately obvious to anyone who picks up the book. Game Change chronicles the 2008 (and leadup) primary and presidential elections.
Reasonably impartial and with a good balance between professionalism and relaxed prose the authors of Game change take us through the close contest between Clinton and Obama, the bizarre humiliation of Edwards and the shock choice of Sarah Palin as VP running mate for McCain.
The book is informative and... more info
Boy are we in trouble 
Here are three inescapable truths that one can learn from reading this book, Sarah Palin is a nut job who has no more right to expect to be electged president than dog catcher, Obama really had no idea what he was doing running as president other than it was "his time" (whatever that means), and the media is infantile, sex obsessed, and has all the perspective on the world on the world of the average sex crazed teenager In short, it confirmed my own particular world view precisely and had the election to be... more info
Hardly qualifies 
This insipid telling of the story apparently impresses some people as incisive and newsworthy. I am one of the unconvinced. Aside from snippets of imagined conversation, the book is a rehash of superficial background material and chit-chat. No effort to extend the campaign process into a meaningful match to stated political philosophy or to list the numerous violations of ethical standards that each candidate engaged in, or to highlight the outrageous examples of contradictions and hypocrisy by the... more info
Candid and Entertaining
The book provides an insight into the major 2008 presidential campaigns. It is not an expose on any one of the candidates, nor does it purport to be. It provides a candid look on, sometimes funny, antics of the various players. I found the John Edwards sections quite enlightening and entertaining.
The authors devoted many more sections on the Clintons and, later, Palin. This could be partly due to the fact that these two campaigns had more, for a lack of a better word, comical incidents than the... more info
