{"id":2445,"date":"2013-12-05T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=2445"},"modified":"2013-12-04T21:16:41","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T03:16:41","slug":"double-2012-authors-speak-union-league-club-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/double-2012-authors-speak-union-league-club-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Down 2012 Authors Speak at Union League Club of Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Nov. 21, 2013, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulcc.org\/\">Union League of Chicago<\/a> hosted political analysts and co-authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, who wrote\u00a0the newly released book,\u00a0<em>Double Down 2012<\/em>. \u00a0The program, featuring Halperin and Heilemann, centered on the authors&#8217; discussion about their book, which covers the Republican primary battle through election night Nov. 6, 2012 when President Barack Obama was re-elected to his second term.<\/p>\n<p>The book is revealing about many of the political actors leading up to and concluding with that election. It focuses on primary candidates on the Republican side and features the aftermath of the first presidential debate when Obama appeared so listless. The book also reports on the sense of how things were going from advisers and consultants closest to the candidates. Halperin and Heilemann look at the behind-the-scenes puzzlement that produced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3DGl-4gByV4\">Clint Eastwood &#8220;chair speech&#8221; <\/a>during the Republican National Convention&#8217;s final evening and how a Neil Diamond song may have inspired that weird event.<\/p>\n<p>Halperin and Heilemann also co-authored their bestseller and\u00a0<em>New York Times\u00a0<\/em>No. 1 best-selling book recounting the 2008 presidential campaign and election,\u00a0<em>Game Change: \u00a0Obama and the Clinton, Palin and McCain, and the Race of a Lifetime.<\/em>\u00a0In 2012,\u00a0<em>Game Change\u00a0<\/em>was made into an HBO film, which also was well-received and won accolades from reviewers.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/double-2012-authors-speak-union-league-club-chicago\/#more-2445\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Nov. 21, 2013, the Union League of Chicago hosted political analysts and co-authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, who wrote\u00a0the newly released book,\u00a0Double Down 2012. \u00a0The program, featuring Halperin and Heilemann, centered on the authors&#8217; 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