Romney: A Reckoning
by McKay Coppins
View on GoodreadsJournals, emails, text messages and about 45 interviews over two years: Mitt Romney handed McKay Coppins all of it. What you get is a life weighted toward his Senate years, when a Republican from Utah found himself increasingly at odds with his party and with Donald Trump.
Core ideas
- The private record: Romney's own writing, shared without editorial restrictions according to the book's description, carries the story alongside weekly interviews from spring 2021.
- Before the Senate: Business, the 2002 Winter Olympics, the Massachusetts governorship and the 2008 and 2012 presidential runs come first, but the weight falls on what came after.
- Principle or compromise: The Senate years, through the 2020 election, January 6 and his impeachment votes, test that tension, with his faith shaping his ethics throughout.
Published2023
Pages416
ISBN9781982196233
ReadNov 2023
