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Forget "Double Down." Here's The Real Story Of The 2012 Election

Here's The Real Story Of The 2012 Election
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Politics Editor, The Huffington Post

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FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama walks past each other on stage at the end of the last debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. Obama and Romney courted the Hispanic community during the campaign, but only spent $ 22.8 million on advertising on Spanish language television, from a total cost of $ 355 million on television advertizing in 10 states, according to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of the United States on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

It fueled a couple days’ worth of chatter on “Morning Joe,” and it no doubt lined the pockets of its authors quite handsomely. But all in all, “Double Down: Game Change 2012” didn’t leave much of a mark. To be fair, with Sarah Palin on the sidelines and a presidential antagonist as dull as Mitt Romney front-and-center, the drop-off from the first “Game Change” to the second was probably inevitable. But let’s not be too fair — Halperin and Heilemann’s book also just kind of sucked.

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