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''Double Down: Game Change 2012'' is a book written by political journalists John Heilemann and Mark Halperin about the 2012 United States presidential election, in which Barack Obama was re-elected as President of the United States, defeating Mitt Romney. The book, published by Penguin Press, is a behind-the-scenes narrative of the Obama and Romney campaigns. It is the sequel to ''Game Change'', which explored the 2008 United States presidential election. ''Double Down'' was released on November 5, 2013. ==Book== Following the success of ''Game Change'', and its film adaptation, Penguin Press gave Mark Halperin and John Heilemann a $5 million advance payment in 2010 to write a book on the 2012 presidential election. As they did for ''Game Change'', Halperin and Heilemann conducted in-depth interviews with the candidates, their aides, and members of the Washington, D.C. political establishment.〔 The book relies on over 400 sources, most of whom are anonymous. The authors treated their interview subjects with alcohol in a private suite or restaurant to get them to open up.〔 According to the authors, senior advisers to Obama advocated replacing Joe Biden as nominee for Vice President of the United States with Hillary Rodham Clinton.〔 William M. Daley, Obama's former White House Chief of Staff, acknowledged that the Obama team considered proposing to the President a plan to switch running mates, but opted not to do so when they determined it would not provide an advantage. The Obama campaign was also frustrated with former President Bill Clinton, for his compliments on Romney's business career,〔 and Newark mayor Cory Booker, who said that criticisms of Romney's business career were "nauseating". The book provides an in-depth chronicle of the 2012 Republican Presidential Primaries and the campaign woes for each candidate: Romney's awareness of his trouble connecting with voters because of his lifestyle, and his own puzzlement as to why his wealth would foster his disconnect with the electorate; Rep. Michele Bachmann's belief that as a "brainier" Sarah Palin she could win the nomination, only to suffer horrible stage fright and a series of gaffes; Herman Cain's initial appeal deflated by charges of sexual harassment and a poor understanding of U.S. foreign policy; Jon Huntsman, Jr.'s campaign collapse due to poor organization and attacks by both the Romney campaign and the Obama White House, each viewing the ambassador as a turncoat; and Gov. Rick Perry's gaffe-ridden campaign, apparently the result of painkiller use. Halpern and Heilmann also detail Karl Rove's role in the primaries, pushing Jeb Bush and Mike Huckabee to enter the race, only to have both decline over issues of finance. Romney's personal feuding with Perry, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum also occupies a large portion of the story, including allegations that the Romney campaign had fostered rumors regarding Gingrich's request for an "open marriage" with his second wife shortly before divorcing her for his mistress, and the revelation that Santorum had brought a stillborn son home for his family to see. The authors write that Romney decided not to choose Chris Christie as his running-mate, in part due unanswered questions through the vetting process about a defamation lawsuit and a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation, as well as his weight. Christie and the Romney campaign later quarreled with each other, including an argument with a Romney adviser at the 2012 Republican National Convention. During the campaign, Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader, stated that a Republican source who invested in Bain Capital, Romney's financial services company, informed him that Romney had not paid taxes in ten years. In the book, Heilemann and Halperin attribute this to Jon Huntsman, Sr., who had previously denied being Reid's source.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Double Down: Game Change 2012」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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