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'By the People' Watch Party: On '09 Election Night, Dems Liked '08 Ending Better
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyAt a Tuesday night watch party for HBO's "By the People," the Amy Rice and Alicia Sams documentary about the Obama presidential campaign, my BlackBerry starting receiving breaking news alerts about the GOP victory in New Jersey's governor race at about the time the movie peaked with Barack Obama winning the White House a year ago today. Ironic? Of course. ...
HBO Obama Documentary: Backstage at the Campaign
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyIf the Obama team needs a shot in the arm -- as it faces a tough patch ahead with health care legislation and a still-struggling economy -- HBO's new documentary, "By the People: The Election of Barack Obama," will remind the president and his top aides how and why they got to the White House in the first place. Filmmakers Amy Rice and Alicia Sams were fixtures on the Obama campaign trail. I met them when they started filming Obama on his August 2006 Africa trip, though they had starting following Sen. Obama in May 2006, when it was far from obvious that he would even run for president in ...
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