Chuck Todd (Get this book)Todd, the newly minted "Meet the Press"host and former NBC chief White House correspondent, provides an even-handed, concise, and thorough account of President Obama's first six years in the Oval Office. Todd frames his perspective with his choice of title President Obama "came to Washington on the strength of being a stranger to the city and to the political elites, but it hasn't always served him well." He covers in great detail the die-hard obstructionism, exemplified in Sen. Mitch McConnell's proclamation that his priority was to deny Obama a second term, that has characterized the Republican response to the president's agenda. There isn't a lot here that will be news to readers who follow politics closely no Bob Woodward type revelations but the thoughtful organization of material make this as good a summation of Obama's successes and failures, and the reasons for them, as anything else out there.--Publisher's Weekly
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