This book is the compelling story of President Obama’s domestic policy decisions made between September 2008 and his inauguration on January 20, 2009.

Unlike all other presidents except Abraham Lincoln - who decided not to allow slavery to expand westward before he was sworn in - Barack Obama determined the fate of his presidency before he took office. The results of these fateful decisions led to Donald Trump, the worst person Obama could have imagined, taking his place eight years later.

This book describes how and why these decisions were made, and discusses whether the outcomes could have been different. Based on dozens of interviews with actors in the Obama transition, as well as the author’s personal observations, this book provides unique commentary on those defining decisions of winter 2008-2009.

A decade later, the ramifications of the Great Recession and the role of government in addressing the crisis are the reasons behind the ideological battle between progressivism and neoliberalism in the Democratic Party and the continuing struggle for direction in the Republican Party. As many seek the presidency in the November 2020 election, all candidates and of course the eventual winner will face decisions that may be as critical and difficult as those confronted by Barack Obama. This book aims to provide them guidance from history.

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Listening Length	12 hours and 3 minutes
Author	Reed Hundt
Narrator	Jason Culp
Audible.com.au Release Date	02 April 2019
Publisher	Brilliance Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07KWD7W37
Best Sellers Rank	180,010 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 1,115 in United States Politics & Government 1,231 in 21st Century U.S. History 1,393 in Political Science (Audible Books & Originals)

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Wonder where Obama went wrong? This book has answers.

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This is an outstanding book. If you want the inside story of the failure to handle the 2008 — 2009 financial crisis and the impact of that failure on the election of 2016, this is it.

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