Book description
If the past is a foreign country, 2008 is another planet. Who imagined
the United States electing its first black president? Who imagined the
scale of the global economic crisis? Who imagined Sarah Palin? Guy
Rundle was on the ground throughout the momentous election, trailing its
unlikely cast of candidates from Washington to Wasilla - the steely
former First Lady and the backwater hockey mom, the maverick Republican
war veteran and the Southern Baptist bass player, and the youthful
greenhorn who was catapulted into the global spotlight. With caustic wit
and political nous, Rundle's celebrated Crikey reports told the
day-by-day story of the gruelling primaries, orgiastic conventions and
debates. HIllary's photogenic tears, Troopergate, the bailout, 'Walnuts'
McCain's countless houses, Tina Fey. . . Rundle counters the spin with
the homespun, talking to cab drivers, party volunteers and fellow bar
flies. The result is a compelling and irreverent record of the
history-making year, when America went down to the crossroads and chose
an inspirational new direction for the world. 'Far and away the best
coverage of the election' - Phillip Adams
