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Behind the scenes of the 2012 election

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The 2012 campaign was anything but a relaxed, care-free affair, though it may have seemed that way to the casual viewer. A debate meltdown, a hurricane that redefined the last few weeks of the campaign, and all the rest of the ups and downs of the last big election are documented in the new book by Jonathan Alter "The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies."