Obamanos!, Hendrik Hertzberg
Obamanos!, Hendrik Hertzberg
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Obamanos!
The Rise of a New Political Era

Author: Hendrik Hertzberg

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 11 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/16/2009


Synopsis

Hendrik Hertzberg, celebrated political analyst for the New Yorker, watches the long presidential campaign of 2007 and 2008 as it unfolds to reveal the transformation of the Democratic Party, the meteoric rise of Barack Obama, and other seismic shifts in our national political consciousness. Hertzberg wrote about the events that culminated in the victory of Barack Obama in two venues, one Olympian and one immediate: his "Comments" for "The Talk of the Town" and the informal blog he began keeping on the magazine's Web site fifteen months before the election. ¡Obámanos! is adapted from both and framed by a new introductory essay.

¡Obámanos! shares the context needed to truly understand the events of the general election—the first in more than half a century in which no incumbent president or vice president was on the ballot—by first examining Bush's second term and the primary campaign. Hertzberg follows the central political players and rising stars while also looking at the issues that emerged as critical during the debates, such as health care, the war in Iraq, and our economic crisis. Through his documentation and analysis of the campaign's defining moments, we come to understand the current political landscape in a whole new way.

Hertzberg's voice combines sharp observation, historical perspective, analytic power, and often funny polemic. He brings all these qualities to his chronicle of one of the most intense, exciting, and surprising campaigns in the nation's history, sharing how most Americans—including the New Yorker editors—came to identify a junior senator from Illinois as "a leader temperamentally, intellectually, and emotionally attuned to the complexities of our troubled globe." ¡Obámanos! heralds a new chapter in American politics.

About Hendrik Hertzberg

Hendrik Hertzberg has been a staff writer and editor at the New Yorker since 1992 and was a staff writer there in the early 1970s as well. He is the author of Politics: Observations and Arguments, 1966–2004. He has also been a naval officer, a Newsweek reporter, President Jimmy Carter's chief speechwriter, and editor of the New Republic. He lives in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Constance on March 21, 2018

Great nostalgia. Well written articles surrounding Barack Obama's rise to the presidency.......more

Goodreads review by Brenda on December 18, 2009

Kayso, I trained as a political scientist in the 70's. Much has changed, as these essays point out, but much remains the same. Can only hope that the politics of hope win out over the politics of greed and unregulated power. Obama lights the way...all should follow.......more

Goodreads review by Eric on October 07, 2010

would've been more interesting to read during 2008. still a hertzberg fan--definitely suggest his Politics book......more

Goodreads review by Chris on March 24, 2010

A great reminder of of Hertzberg's talent. Quite prescient.......more