Lousy Pundits Paid $5 Million to Write Book About Election of the Future 1.63K John Cook 03/26/10 12:08PM Filed to: time travel time travel Mark Halperin John Heilemann Game Change Books Politics Barack Obama John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, the despicable duo behind Game Change, the Politico-porn version of the 2008 campaign, have landed a $5 million deal to tell the story of the 2012 election, which is still in the future.