Interesting perspective on politics and many things to think about. ( )

Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World by Jennifer Palmieri is an empowering voice for women. It's written as a letter to the future female President of the United States (if you couldn't figure that out from the title). To give some background, Palmieri served as the White House Director of Communications under President Obama and then afterwards as the Director of Communications for the Clinton presidential campaign in 2016. Therefore, the reader will not be surprised that a large chunk of this book is devoted to behind the scenes of that campaign and its aftermath on herself and the country (from her point-of-view). From this standpoint alone, the book is interesting as we are seeing an event through the eyes of someone who actually experienced it from the inside. The overarching purpose of this book is to give advice and encouragement to women in any and every type of environment. Palmieri seeks to embolden women to allow for vulnerability and use the strengths that have historically been seen as weaknesses to launch yourself to the top. She emphasizes the importance of sticking up for yourself so that your voice is heard especially when yours is the only female voice in the room. (Did I mention this is quite a pro-female book? It is and I love that.) Remember: We cannot play by the same rules as men and we shouldn't have to. Personally, despite its shortness I think this is a necessary book for all peoples to read regardless of gender (but ladies ya'll should really try to seek this one out). I especially liked the book recommendations scattered throughout. :-D A solid 8/10 for me. ( )

Dear Madam President is smart, sincere, and very readable. Palmieri shows the human side of politics; the physical and emotional demands - long hours, the angst when despite all out efforts people just don't get the candidate's message, the hurt when the candidate is disparaged for all the wrong reasons. And the ludicrous issues, mostly misconceptions, many men have with female candidates.

She wrote this book so that future women candidates for president will know how to prepare, and learn from her experience in The White House and on campaign trails. She benefitted from strong women she met while working that to get your voice heard women need to speak and participate with confidence. Being tentative, coy or shy will just make you invisiible.

This is a must read handbook for all women, not just those in politics as it teaches us how to step up our game whether we need to get a new job, a promotion, a pay raise, increase ability to influence outcomes at our current jobs, and even at home with our families. Being confident and hopeful helps with all aspects of life.

This is an "open letter to the women who will run the world" by Hillary Clinton's former director of communication during the 2016 presidential campaign. She draws upon this experience, as well as the many years prior to this working in other government positions, to share all she learned with future female candidates for high office. It was a quick read, but very insightful. I really enjoyed it! ( )

Jennifer Palmieri was the Director of Communications for the Obama White House, but resigned her job to take the same post for Hillary Clinton's campaign.

She fully expected Hillary to be elected and that she herself would continue a similar position in the new White House. As the campaign wore on, doubts crept in as Trump's campaign antics continued.

This is written as a letter to the future first US woman president – how she can learn from the Clinton campaign and become stronger for it.

Each chapter details the Clinton campaign, with only a short paragraph or two at the end addressing the new Madam President to be.

Palmieri has several interesting points including her analysis of TJSAHIDL (There's just something about her I don't like).

I was also intrigued by her explanation of why many people were most impressed by Hillary's concession speech rather than her earlier campaign speeches. Palmieri believes that this is partly due to people liking women who are accepting and gracious losers instead of powerful women putting forth their agenda.

I had seen Ms Palmieri interviewed about this book on the Rachel Madow show. I wasn't exactly disappointed by the book, but somehow it didn't live up to what I had imagined. It's a short book and a quick read; not earth shattering but worth the look into the Clinton campaign by one of it's primary players. ( )