Roll Call’s Book Club With Mark Halperin in 3 Minutes

By Jason Dick, Christina Bellantoni and JM Rieger

Posted April 7, 2014 at 12:26pm

Roll Call editors Christina Bellantoni and Jason Dick sit down with Mark Halperin, co-author of “Double Down: Game Change 2012,” to discuss the 2014 midterm elections, the 2016 presidential election and the political climate in Washington.

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