New book exposes 2008 US presidential campaign secrets

(...) The book pulls back the curtain on the battles not just between campaigns but also between running mates.

"How many times is Biden going to say something stupid?" Obama reportedly said after his vice presidential candidate's famous comment at a fundraiser:

"Mark my words," Biden said. "It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy."

Obama's staffers say it "was as angry as they had ever seen" him.

About the campaign, former president Bill Clinton reportedly said, "Give me a break. This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen."

Clinton was even more dismissive of Obama in private with Sen. Ted Kennedy, according to the book.

"A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee," Clinton reportedly said.

Worried about her husband, Hillary Clinton created a war room, the book claims, with staffers poised to deal with "a serious extramarital affair" by the former president.


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