Nix the Publishing Conspiracy
The life cycle of Scott McClellan’s book is going longer than I expected. Bob Dole launching a few artillery shells keeps pundits talking about it even longer. I’d say that would bother the White House, but they seem like it’s their job to do nothing to improve their boss’ poll numbers.
And please no nonsense about McClellan’s book being part of a vast Left-wing publishing conspiracy. PublicAffairs Books has published Jonathan Rauch, Lou Cannon, Leon Kass, Eric Burns, and Brian Doherty. None are flaming Lefties. Publishers want to sell as much of their product as any other businesses. It does explain McClellan’s sexed up accusation about a conspiracy between Karl Rove and Scooter Libby, but it doesn’t have anything to do with George Soros pulling the strings in the background. That’s not how the book business works.
Check out McClellan’s Washington Post online chat.
