This is about Hillary Clinton's failed campaign. It is sort of in line with the book Game Change, which was a terrific book about President Obama's 2008 campaign.

These guys are totally in Hillary's camp, but even they can't make the case for her competence and management skills. It is a totally honest and above board portrayal. I found it a bit too much inside baseball, though with a lot of names I don't care to know.

I don't have cable TV anymore since 2015 so I didn't get familiar with all the players last year. These people were so sure Hillary would win that they didn't bother having anyone get involved with the Trump campaign. That would have been an interesting contrast to make, but they didn't do it.

There is a lot of finger pointing, as there always is with a loss. Hillary actually came out more likeable (if not competent) in this book than I've ever seen her portrayed. The same goes for President Obama. He really stepped up with intervening with Hillary for the good of the country on election night.

I liked Joe Biden the best of all the political types. Oh, and Bill Clinton. I think the two of them have a lot of sense. These young campaign people really seem to focus too much on the numbers and not on getting a message out to people. They could have learned more from Bernie Saunders instead of treating him like an enemy all the time.

I found that the book was too much in the weeds for me to really enjoy it. If you were into the details of the campaign staff, you might like it more, I guess.

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