The Audacity to Win - David Plouffe

I was not kind to myself, was I? All these books for the month of January speak to an innately geeky side of me. I don't remember how I heard about this book -- probably the same election class. But I got geeked that Obama's campaign manager was writing a book about how they won the election. It was a momentous election season, so I was really excited about this book. Then I heard what he wanted to call it - The Audacity to Win. A BRILLIANT title! I laughed openly when I read the title. A real hit to those who thought this election was a joke.

I really enjoyed this book. It was interesting to read the i
inside thoughts of a winning election, let alone one that had to defy so many obstacles. It wasn't like the Race to 270 book where they looked at it from a strategic nature. But it did explain a few of the ways in which Obama's staff ran a different campaign.

It doesn't air a lot of dirty laundry, which is nice. But I also get the feeling that it is similar to a history book - the winner gets to write it. Maybe it is a sense of cynicism, or what I hope is a sense of realism, is that it wasn't all fine and dandy as it was written in the book. The decisions I doubt were as clean as they were, or that the team was as confident/sure of themselves/or at times as humble. I take this book with a grain of salt, but it still is an excellent book.

Final Score: 5 out of 5 stars