The film revolves around the politics of race in 2008. In this experience, Steve Schmidt, a famous strategist, faces a different experience as he wants to find a 'game changer' in order to deal with different paths.
The constant use of actual news footage adds a bit of verisimilitude but also constantly raises the question of why this lightly fictionalized version of the election actually needs to exist.
It's a comedy, for at least 30% of its running time, leaving the rest a condensed, perplexing vision of Washington ambition and insistent ego, leaving the movie somewhere between a cartoon and a mean-spirited prank.