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    'Double Down' Author Mark Halperin

    The presidential campaign of 2008 was one of the most dramatic in decades. The best-seller Game Change took readers behind the scenes with Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin and the candidates of both parties. It was turned into an HBO movie. Now the same authors have followed up with Double Down , an account of last year's campaign.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The presidential campaign of 2008 was one of the most dramatic in decades. The best-seller

    Game Change

    took readers behind the scenes with Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin and the candidates of both parties. It was turned into an HBO movie. Now the same authors have followed up with

    Double Down

    , an account of last year's campaign.

    Mark Halperin of Time magazine is a co-author along with John Heilemann of New York magazine and MSNBC.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Sonya Geis

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Gideon Brower

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      Mark Halperin

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Sizing Up Obama's Second Term
    1. 0:00Iran Nuclear Negotiations Resume in Geneva
    2. 8:20Sizing Up Obama's Second Term
    3. 44:15'Double Down' Author Mark HalperinYou’re reading this
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