Newsweek's Secrets of The Election

Fighting Hellfish

anyone reading this? it's on newsstands now, and on the internet:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/167581

So far i have just read one piece (it's a 7 part series, 7 lengthy stories) and it's fascinating. they were granted complete access to both campaigns, on the condition that nothing be reported until after the election. I give it my highest recommendation

MrBrian

Interesting, Thanks!

Fighting Hellfish

no problem. I just printed out all 7 stories. I hate reading on the computer, and don't feel like shelling out the $6.

xavier mcdaniel

outstanding read, i finished it over two days on friday.

slightofjeff

I remember reading the one they did after the 04 election and it, too, was fascinating. I'll have to set aside some time to wade through this one. Although it's probably a quick read ...

Fighting Hellfish

I hope they have the 2004 story online. i'd love to read that

PJ_Saluki

It was good. Those must be fun stories to write: in-depth and with information nobody else has.

meme

Dammit, I have work to do!!!

I read the first page of the first installment. Absolutely fascinating!

decides2dream

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

anyone reading this? it's on newsstands now, and on the internet:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/167581

So far i have just read one piece (it's a 7 part series, 7 lengthy stories) and it's fascinating. they were granted complete access to both campaigns, on the condition that nothing be reported until after the election. I give it my highest recommendation

oooooooooo....cool! i am so going to read all this!
just the first page looks good.


this made me laugh:

And before word even got to McCain, Schmidt and Salter scuttled a "celebrity" ad of Obama dancing with talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres (the sight of a black man dancing with a lesbian was deemed too provocative).



too provacative? hahahaha. awesome.......



and this:

So when Brian Williams is asking me about what's a personal thing that you've done [that's green], and I say, you know, 'Well, I planted a bunch of trees.' And he says, 'I'm talking about personal.' What I'm thinking in my head is, 'Well, the truth is, Brian, we can't solve global warming because I f---ing changed light bulbs in my house. It's because of something collective'."



very true, but very funny.

decides2dream

i *just* finished reading this....whew! seriously, what a great read! definitely worth the time investment....fascinating and illuminating.

Fighting Hellfish

I'm only up to part 3, though i skipped ahead and read part 6 already

nothinghead

I'm about halfway through chapter four and go strong. It's a little tough to read on the computer and I'm not crazy about printing it all out, but for anyone who hasn't at least taken a look at this piece, get to it.

It's interesting, to say the least. Not necessarily balanced, and at times the descriptions tend to seem repetitive, but always interesting--at least up to this point.

EDIT: I will add, one of this pieces shortcomings is that while it fleshes out small moments with tons of quotes and anecdotes, it tends to go for big sweeping generalizations with little behind it. This doesn't make it any less of an "interesting" read, but rather, I mention it to clarify the tempered praise for it in the third line of this post.

yoke

thanks for this.. looks to be a good read

decides2dream

i read it start to finish, not all at once...online and at work .....and i thought it fairly balanced, i mean, it is based on actual observations and ancedotes, so how 'biased' could it really be? it doesn't reveal much in regards to policy, more about temprament and personality, and sure...the campaigns themselves. i think each candidate appears a lot more humanized, and sure...glimpses into what worked and what didn't and why. i thoroughly enjoyed reading it, sent the link on to many. it's not earth-shattering nor going to change a thing..i just like how it illuminates characters moreso than we would see by their more 'public' personas.

Commy

article wrote:

[Obama] was not well liked by reporters, many of whom found him chilly and guarded. He was more popular with editors, who regarded him as a phenomenon.

that scares me.

Anon

Well Was he or wasn't he? Make up your mind dammit...

He wasn't chilly, exactly, but for a politician he was astonishingly inner-directed, and that could make him seem remote. He felt a little overprotected by his handlers, who would signal from the back of the hall that he had time for only one or two questions from the public—and none from the press. Obama began ignoring the signal from Gibbs, his communications director, instead taking three or four more questions from the crowd, though he still kept his distance from reporters.