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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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    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Mark Halperin

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