Author's Note vii
Preface xiii
Prologue 1(2)
1 Obama Takes Charge
3(12)
2 White House-in-Waiting
15(19)
3 Grant Park
34(11)
4 The Cabinet Maker
45(22)
5 Picking Hillary
67(10)
6 Instant President
77(23)
7 Historic Inauguration
100(10)
8 Sea Legs
110(28)
9 Zen Temperament
138(21)
10 Rahmbo
159(14)
11 The Shovel Brigade
173(16)
12 Larry and Tim
189(20)
13 The Un-Bubba
209(15)
14 Global Reset
224(20)
15 Tyrannosaurus Rx
244(23)
16 Professor-in-Chief
267(24)
17 Off-hours
291(18)
18 The Skinny Guy and the Fat Cats
309(16)
19 Modus Obama
325(22)
20 "Don't Blow It!"
347(16)
21 Chaos-istan
363(32)
22 The Perfect and the Good
395(28)
Epilogue 423(12)
Acknowledgments 435(4)
Note on Sources 439(2)
Notes 441(6)
Index 447