Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House Hardcover – November 7, 2017

If you enjoyed "Shattered"... you'll Love HACKS

I've NEVER been a fan of Donna Brazile... but after reading what feels like a sincere account of what happened behind the scenes, I can't help but feel bad for her... and what those "Political Hacks" did (and are doing) to her.

Here Donna shares a couple of pretty believable points of view about her leaking questions to HRC during the Primary Debates against Bernie... Points of view I only believe after she shared so many other embarrassing and humiliating accounts of what it was like dealing with "Brooklyn"... Instead of constantly having to say Hillary Clinton, or Clinton Campaign, she uses "Brooklyn" as the catch-all word for all things Hillary. Granted, she apologizes way too many times in the final chapters, which makes me question the sincerity of her initial explanation.

If you, like me, also enjoy a good book narration... I must say Donna hits it out of the park. My conservative friends are going to question the sanity of this next statement, but I kind of feel sorry for her and all she had to put up with from her people... Only time will tell, but I think a little part of me now likes Donna.

Even though one may be from the way opposite side of Donna's political aisle... I think you'll enjoy reading about Donna's alter-ego, her potty mouth, and her no-holds barred attitude to "making it happen".

Good view from the inside painted by Mrs Brazille. Her account is far more believable than Hillary Clinton’s “What Happened” Book. The DNC and the Clinton Campaign owe this lady an apology and then some.

Whenever a nation stands at a crossroads, it is easy to believe that this one is somehow more meaningful or challenging than those we stood at before. Seldom in our history, however, have we stood at so many crossroads all at one time. Globalism, immigration, economic inequity, the threat of nuclear war, racial injustice, the treatment of women, sexual identity rights, gun control, and, of course, the recent horrors rained down on innocent people just going about their lives, all seem to have come together in a perfect storm of fear, agony, and disillusionment.

There is little that our national leaders can say at this juncture that will not be both praised and pilloried by the opposing camps. And this book, one can assume, will suffer a similar fate. It will be extolled by some and vilified by others. It is no wonder, as a result, that those authors of the familiarity and prominence of Donna Brazile might be inclined to parse their words, hedge their opinions for maximum effectiveness among their core supporters, and generally posture their prose to burnish their own image.

That is not, however, what Donna Brazile has done here. This is a candid, no-punch-pulled eyewitness account of the 2016 election and the events surrounding it from one of the main players in the drama. Brazile shares stories that only she could share and she does so in a refreshingly matter of fact way that seems to suggest, to her credit, that her driving and overriding objective is to help the Democratic Party and the country move on.

This is by far the most detailed account of the election that I have found. And that, in part, is the book’s only limitation. It reads, at times, more like a transcript than a thoughtful review. That is undoubtedly by design and does give the book a raw authenticity. I for one, however, would like to know more about Brazile’s take on what it all means at the conceptual level. There is some of that, but not enough.

Brazile does give the reader a much more thorough understanding of the hacking of the DNC. And her account is alarming, to say the least. In the end, moreover, she provides the most concise assessment of what the Russians did that I have seen or heard: “The Russians may not have changed the totals in the voting machines, but they confused us, inflamed our doubts and our worst impulses, and destabilized the Democratic Party, making it an unfair fight.” Thoughtfully stated and frightening, indeed.

She also exposes the horrifying degree to which she and others quite understandably feared for their personal safety. It is indeed hard to imagine that any among us are capable of such moral and ethical bankruptcy. Hard to fathom, of course, until we open today’s newspaper.

I was anxiously looking for Brazile to cast her lot between the competing theories that the Democrats need to re-capture the center or electrify the emerging progressive wing of the party. I, for one, believe when standing at the entrance to so many crossroads, now is not the time to get stuck in the intersection. And, I suspect, that Brazil would agree. There are whiffs of the sentiment but in the end this really is a book about the 2016 election.

Whichever course we pursue as a country going forward, we will need leaders of courage, candor, and a sense of our common humanity. And I think Brazile, however inclined you are to be offended or excited by her courageous and candid revelations here, has certainly shown herself to be worthy of a seat at the table of change.

Very good book; more evidence that the Clintons and their surrogates were expecting a "coronation"

I use to watch Donna on CNN and listen to her excuses and lies and thought she was a sellout but now I realize I was so wrong. Donna has redeemed herself with this book and her tell all over the entire election process. Donna must have hit her breaking point with the democratic lies and Clinton Cartel that she finally decided to expose some of the lies. I now admire Donna for writing this great read and having the guts to publish these scandals. Donna please get protection because people are now on a mission to destroy your credibility.

If you followed the 2016 election and the news cycle you won't be able to pause this because it revels what was really happening behind the scenes and behind all of the media propaganda.

Donna stay strong and keep telling your story, all your haters can "go to hell!"

Highly enlightening! Donna Brazile doesn't have to show her Democrat credentials, she had always and continues to be a loyal party members, but she could hold her tongue no longer. As the head of the DNC after Debbie Wasserman Schultz's ignominy, Donna saw first hand what Hillary was doing. This insightful story reveals the theft of the Democrat primary that cheated Bernie Sanders out of thousands of votes. Brazil's also shines the light of truth on the character of HRC

As a life-long Republican, I have come to respect the service that Donna has given to the American political process as a Democratic operative and leader. She's a "pro, no matter the party. But the one word that kept coming to mind as I read the book was "brave." Sure the partisanship was there - there was never a doubt who see was rooting for - but her opening the door and the window of their campaign processes was a revelation and a lesson. Both parties can learn from this and new play books on how to run a Presidential process have to be written. At the end of the book Donna gives a commencement address and she wants to leave the students with the message of "hope." That message needs to apply to all of us as well.