Battle for the soul : inside the Democrats' campaigns to defeat Trump / Edward-Isaac Dovere.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dovere, Edward-Isaac, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents.

United States.

Democratic Party (U.S.).

Presidents--United States--Election--2020.

Political campaigns--United States.

Political campaigns.

Campaign management--United States.

Campaign management.

Presidents--Election.

Physical Description:

518 pages ; 24 cm

regular print

Place of Publication:

[New York, New York] : Viking, [2021]

Summary:

"An award-winning political journalist for The Atlantic tells the inside story of how the embattled Democratic party, seeking a direction for its future during the Trump years, successfully regained the White House. The 2020 presidential campaign was a defining moment for America. As Donald Trump and his nativist populism cowed the Republican Party into submission, many Democrats-haunted by Hillary Clinton's shocking loss in 2016, which led to a four-year-long identity crisis-were convinced he would be unbeatable. Their party and the country, it seemed, might never recover. How, then, did Democrats manage to win the presidency, especially after the longest primary race and the biggest field ever? How did they keep themselves united through an internal struggle between newly empowered progressives and establishment forces-playing out against a pandemic, an economic crisis, and a new racial reckoning? Edward-Isaac Dovere's Battle for the Soul is the searing, fly-on-the-wall account of the Democrats' journey through recalibration and rebirth. Dovere traces this process from the early days in the wilderness of the post-Obama era, though the jockeying of potential candidates, to the backroom battles and exhausting campaigns, to the unlikely triumph of the man few expected to win, and through the inauguration and insurrection at the Capitol. Dovere draws on years of on-the-ground reporting and contemporaneous conversations with the key players-whether in Pete Buttigieg's hotel suite in Des Moines an hour before he won the Iowa caucuses or Joe Biden's first-ever interview in the Oval Office-as well as aides, advisors, and voters. With unparalleled access and an insider's command of the campaign, Battle for the Soul offers a compelling look at the policies, politics, people and the often absurd process of running for president. This fresh and timely story brings you on the trail, into the private rooms and along to eavesdrop on critical conversations. You will never see campaigns or this turning point in our history the same way again"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Benign neglect

Breaking the glass

I hope __________

Fate, and planning

Not friends

The spark

Democrat X

Why not?

Launched into a void

"God knows how Rusty Joe is"

That little girl

How much fun

The line from Kyiv

Heart trouble

This system is crazy

What was the plan?

A billion dollars for Samoa

72 hours that changed history

Take him seriously

Tic toc

A knee on the neck

A horrible, horrible process

You have got to be kidding

White House petri dish

The other side of the desk

What if it wasn't?

The dog that caught the bus.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Dovere, Edward-Isaac. Battle for the soul

ISBN:

9781984878076

1984878077

OCLC:

1245956602

Publisher Number:

99987740836