I guess we will be watching "Barbara Wa Wa" on Sunday. "The Note" on Hillary's book.
"Political and industry insiders say the book is surprisingly revealing. Clinton tackles tough topics like her failed health proposal, the independent counsels who investigated her and her husband for six years, and yes, White House intern Monica Lewinsky." LINK
"That would give the public a rare glimpse into the carefully guarded feelings of one of the most powerful women in American politics ? and one of the most polarizing. Clinton was the first working mom to live in the White House and the first presidential spouse ever to win elective office. She was also the first to be called before a grand jury and the first to have her marital difficulties aired in Congress ? ."
"Republicans are convinced that Clinton's book will provide fresh fodder for the conservative talk-show circuit and energize Republican fundraising. Senator George Allen of Virginia, who heads the Republican Senate campaign committee, has plans to make Living History a money-maker for GOP candidates as well as for Clinton. He already has a 'Stop Hillary' fundraising campaign under way and plans to ratchet it up during the book tour. "
"Prospective readers say they'll be looking for:"
"oA presidential platform: Clinton's fans are hoping that the book will be, at least in part, a blueprint for a national campaign. 'It should lay out her platform, her values,' [Donna] Brazile says. Clinton opponents will be combing the book for ammunition to use against her. 'It just seems very clear that she's laying the ground for a presidential campaign,' says Sandy Rios, president of the conservative Concerned Women For America. "
"oMea culpas: Clinton's major foray into policy-making as first lady, her national health care plan, turned into a political disaster that contributed to the Democrats' loss of their majority in Congress in 1994. Her attack on her husband's accusers as members of a 'vast right-wing conspiracy' was substantially undercut when the former president had to admit that charges of an intimate relationship with Lewinsky were true. Clinton 'will hurt her credibility' if she doesn't admit some of her mistakes, says Republican strategist Bill Dal Col.'"
""oMonica: 'Is she going to do the National Enquirer stuff? I doubt it,' says Pat Schroeder, a former Colorado congresswoman who now heads the Association of American Publishers. Clinton managed to deflect questions about her marriage during her Senate campaign on the grounds that it was a private matter. Those who know her suspect that Clinton will only go so far in satisfying readers' curiosity. 'She's going to have to dish just enough to satisfy people," says Mike McCurry, press secretary in the Clinton White House. 'But a little will go a long way.'" |
