Showdown: The Inside Story of How Obama Fought Back Against Boehner, Cantor, and the Tea Party

By David Corn

Veteran journalist David Corn—Washington Bureau Chief for Mother Jones magazine and New York Times bestselling author of Hubris (with Michael Isikoff) and The Lies of George W. Bush—now brings us  Showdown, the dramatic inside story of Barack Obama’s fight to save his presidency. With Bob Woodward-esque insight and narrative flair, Corn takes readers into the White House and behind the political scenes during the beleaguered president’s pivotal third year, and explores the most earth-shaking events of the Obama presidency—from the game changing 2010 elections to the Arab Spring, the debt ceiling battle with Congressional Republicans, the killing of Osama bin Laden and beyond.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Mar 20, 2012
• ISBN: 9780062108012

David Corn

David Corn is the Washington editor of The Nation magazine and has contributed articles to The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and others. Corn is frequently a guest on television and radio talk shows, including CNN, C-SPAN, MSNBC, and Fox News Cable. He is the author of Blond Ghost: Ted Shackley and the CIA's Crusades. His short story "My Murder" was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe award in 1997.

Reviews for Showdown

[froxgirl · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Pretty standard rehash of Obama vs Boehner and Cantor, only dealing with years 2010 - 2012.