Through the bestselling writer of The Promise, the thrilling story of 1 of the very most momentous contests in American history, the Battle Royale between Obama and his opponents in the 2010 midterms through the 2013 inauguration.

In The Center Keeps, Jonathan Alter supplies the initial full account of America on the crossroads. With exclusive reporting and uncommon historical insight, he pierces the bubble from the White colored House as well as the presidential campaigns inside a landmark election that marked the come back of about THE GUTS Holds: Obama and His Enemies big money and the rise of big data. He tells the epic story of an embattled president fighting back with the 1st campaign from the Digital Age.

Alter relates the untold tale behind Obama’s highs and lows, in the raid on Osama bin Laden’s substance to the disappointment of your debt roof fiasco to his unexpected run-ins with dark and Latino activists. Alter takes us inside Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan’s Boston campaign aswell as Obama’s devastating preparation for the initial debate. We satisfy Obama’s analytics geeks training of “The Cave” and the man who secretly videotaped Romney’s infamous remarks on the “47 percent.”

The Center Holds deepens our understanding of the Obama presidency and the future of the country.