As the 2012 Presidential gets under way, reading about a political race just seemed natural for me. This book sounded interested in that it seemed to sorta kinda be based on Obama but not really. A few similarities but enough differences to matter.

Luke Cooper is a star in the democratic party. A Black and Jewish male he represents a unique con durum in American identity. Raised by his adopted white family and married to Black woman he is a busy husband and father. When he decides to entire the contested primary against a well known female democratic challenger, his family and friends are thrust into the spotlight.

This book is almost apolitical. While Luke is a democrat, no talking points or political stances are ever mentioned making this book that a Dem, Repub and Librartarian could potentially enjoy. Filled with juicy tidbits about campaign life and campaign fiances it its an interesting look into to what goes on on behind the scenes.

My chief issue with this book was the almost excessive narration. At times it felt like non-fiction that way everything was set-up. Also there were lots of character's and hard to keep some of them straight ( brook and Brooke). I think it would have been easier on the reader if it only focused on a few key main character's and not such an extended crew. I also would have liked to read more from Laura's point of view, but I guess books about political wives are not that hard to come by.

Overall, the narration bogged me down a little toward the later half of the book and I was just interested to know the final outcome. The scandals seemed to keep coming and the end was a nice surprise ending. ( )