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Paulson: In '08 Crisis, John McCain Had No Plan

Ex-Treasury sec says Mac risked putting US economy in freefall for 'political gambit'

(Newser) - With the US economy in utter freefall, John McCain suspended his presidential campaign, jetted to Washington, called a meeting to fix the crisis—then did nothing, according the Henry Paulson's new book, On the Brink . In an excerpt in the Wall Street Journal, the former Treasury secretary recounts McCain's odd...

5 Things Conan Could Do Next

 5 Things Conan 
 Could Do Next 
maybe 'snl' wants him back
Jan 11, 2010 5:57 PM CST

5 Things Conan Could Do Next

Launch a Fox rival? Return to SNL ? Reality TV?

(Newser) - NBC's shabby treatment of Conan O'Brien has been a recurring theme of the Jay Leno-centric late-night shuffle, but "he-who-rocks-the-dopest-pompadour-on-TV" has more options than you might think. MTV ponders his options.
  • Defect to Fox: The network is apparently interested, and it would be a great way to tick off NBC.
...

Palin Turns Tables on Shatner
 Palin Turns Tables on Shatner 
Dec 11, 2009 10:35 PM CST

Palin Turns Tables on Shatner

After he mockingly reads from her book, she returns favor

(Newser) - Sarah Palin made a surprise appearance on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien tonight—and turned the tables on actor William Shatner. Shatner mockingly read passages from Palin's blockbuster Going Rogue—including ones about rapper Kid Rock and stalking sheep. Afterward, it was Palin's turn to read from Shatner's Up ...

Writers Pick Best Books of '09
 Writers Pick Best Books of '09 
Year in Review
Dec 11, 2009 3:40 PM CST

Writers Pick Best Books of '09

Nick Hornby, Judy Blume, and more weigh in

(Newser) - What was the best book of the year? Salon asked Nick Hornby, Junot Diaz, Curtis Sittenfeld, and other people with better literary credentials than ours what they enjoyed in 2009. Their responses are in the photo gallery.

Sarah Palin's $25.6M Week



 Sarah Palin's 
 $25.6M Week 



Nov 20, 2009 7:11 AM CST

Sarah Palin's $25.6M Week

Think of it as a 1-woman stimulus package for herself, publishing, media

(Newser) - Estimates that Sarah Palin's Going Rogue sold 300,000 copies its first day out prompt Duff McDonald to calculate how much this week of wall-to-wall Palin exposure will net not just for her, but for her publisher, and the media outlets that love and hate her. Total take, he guesses...

America's Best Political Memoirs

Sarah Palin hasn't got anything on Ulysses S. Grant

(Newser) - With Going Rogue flying off the shelves, Time looks back on the best political memoirs ever, including:
  • Ulysses S. Grant—The first presidential memoir to take the nation by storm, Grant finished his book just days before he died, and loaded it with thoughtful reflections and Civil War action.

Unofficial Index to Going Rogue
 Unofficial Index to Going Rogue 
wardrobe: price of, page 314
Nov 18, 2009 11:20 AM CST

Unofficial Index to Going Rogue

Palin memoir doesn't have one, so...

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's memoir, Going Rogue, doesn't have an index. So Slate has generously provided one. Some key references:
  • Alaska: "robin's egg sky of," page 2.
  • Books: cookbooks and the Bible, page 15; Animal Farm, page 27
  • Cap and trade: an "environmentalist Ponzi scheme," page 391

Going Rogue: What Reviewers Are Saying

Same old Sarah: 'ever optimistic, weirdly ungrammatical'

(Newser) - Most reviewers agree Sarah Palin's Going Rogue is intriguing—mostly for the swipes at the McCain campaign and what Palin writes about her life off the political stage. Some takes:
  • The book is "a crackling read of grudges recalled, and settled, in her favor, a rewriting of the 2008
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A Guide to Going Rogue
 A Guide to Going Rogue 
Her friends, foes, frenemies
Nov 17, 2009 10:09 AM CST

A Guide to Going Rogue

Find out who gets bloodied in Palin's book

(Newser) - It's the read all of Washington has been waiting for, but, alas, it has no index. Lest Sarah Palin's friends, foes, and frenemies be forced to read it all the way through to see how they made out, Politico's Jonathan Martin and Andy Barr offer a guide: Friends
  • John McCain:
...

'Sarah's Not Retreating, She's Reloading'
'Sarah's Not Retreating, She's Reloading'
BOOK REVIEW
Nov 16, 2009 5:37 AM CST

'Sarah's Not Retreating, She's Reloading'

Going Rogue shows Palin as smart feminist with eye on presidency

(Newser) - The Sarah Palin who emerges on the pages of Going Rogue is a far cry from the "prejudiced, dim-witted ideologue of the popular liberal imagination," Melanie Kirkpatrick writes in the Wall Street Journal . Kirkpatrick finds a "nuanced" politician "capable of mastering complicated issues," and a...

5 Goals for Sarah Palin's Book Tour

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's book is already a sensation, and she hasn't even appeared on Oprah's couch yet. No question it will sell, but what other purposes might it serve for the self-styled rogue Republican, Andy Barr wonders in Politico . Herewith, his benchmarks to measure the book tour and media frenzy:
  • Build
...

Limbaugh Loves Palin Memoir

 Limbaugh Loves 
 Palin Memoir 
meeting of the minds
Nov 13, 2009 5:40 PM CST

Limbaugh Loves Palin Memoir

Right wing's leading light heaps praise on new book

(Newser) - Introducing into the public discourse the possibility that he has never read a book about policy, Rush Limbaugh today described Sarah Palin's forthcoming memoir, Going Rogue, as "truly one of the most substantive policy books I've read." He continued, "This woman, Gov. Palin, clearly is jazzed by...

Truth-Twisting Palin Just Gets More Dangerous
Truth-Twisting Palin Just Gets More Dangerous
OPINION
Nov 13, 2009 4:07 PM CST

Truth-Twisting Palin Just Gets More Dangerous

New 'author' irresistible to both right and left: parody editors

(Newser) - Sarah Palin remains a major player on the national stage because "neither the left nor the right can get enough of her," write Richard Kim and Betsy Reed, the editors of Going Rouge, the parody that comes out the same day as the former Alaska governor's memoir, Going ...

10 Juiciest Going Rogue Tidbits
 10 Juiciest Going Rogue Tidbits 
book preview
Nov 13, 2009 11:37 AM CST

10 Juiciest Going Rogue Tidbits

From what she left in (Couric sniping) to what she left out (an index)

(Newser) - The moment America has been waiting for is almost here—the release of Sarah Palin’s memoir Going Rogue is just days away! For those who can't wait, Azaria Jagger of Gawker details the 10 juiciest tidbits that have leaked so far:
  • John McCain: Palin claims his campaign charged her
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Palin Slams Katie Couric in Book

Calls her 'badgering' and biased in her memoir

(Newser) - The Sarah Palin details are rolling in fast and furious. Some nuggets gleaned from the AP 's advance look at her new book and her taped interview with Oprah today:
  • She writes that Katie Couric was "badgering" and used only "gotcha" moments in their campaign interviews because of
...

Palin's Book Will Settle Scores With McCain Aides

Details dribbling out; 5 'very long' chapters

(Newser) - Can't wait to find out what's in Sarah Palin's Going Rogue? It's not out until next Tuesday, but Mark Halperin has some info at his political blog at Time. The book has:
  • The names of McCain aides she believes undermined her candidacy.
  • Lots of scorn for the media.
  • A testimonial
...

Andre Agassi's Autobiography 'Lively but Narrow'
Andre Agassi's Autobiography 'Lively but Narrow'
BOOK REVIEW
Nov 9, 2009 8:30 AM CST

Andre Agassi's Autobiography 'Lively but Narrow'

Open has griping, conceit, lots of tennis

(Newser) - Andre Agassi’s autobiography has gotten a lot of hype, thanks to his admission of using both crystal meth and a toupee—but most of Open deals with “tennis, more tennis, the misery of tennis,” writes Janet Maslin in the New York Times. Still, even minutely detailed descriptions...

Hey, Barack: Yes, You Still Can
 Hey, Barack: Yes, You Still Can 
Arianna Huffington
Nov 3, 2009 10:24 AM CST

Hey, Barack: Yes, You Still Can

Plouffe book recalls a historic campaign that got lost in transition

(Newser) - 'Yes, we can" was the rallying cry of a game-changing campaign that swept Obama to victory on the shoulders of a grass-roots tidal wave one year ago—and President Obama would do well to remember Candidate Obama, writes Arianna Huffington in a lengthy look at David Plouffe's new campaign memoir....

Hitler's Last Aide Dies
 Hitler's Last Aide Dies 
Oct 30, 2009 6:46 AM CDT

Hitler's Last Aide Dies

Fritz Darges still thought Fuhrer 'greatest man who ever lived'

(Newser) - The last surviving member of Adolf Hitler's inner circle died this week, at 96, and historians hope his soon-to-be released memoirs will silence once and for all claims from revisionists that Hitler wasn't aware of the Holocaust. Fritz Darges was present at most of Hitler's conferences until 1944, when he...

Bill Sank Hillary's VP Chances: Plouffe
 Bill Sank Hillary's 
 VP Chances: Plouffe 
CAMPAIGN MEMOIR
Oct 29, 2009 12:43 PM CDT

Bill Sank Hillary's VP Chances: Plouffe

Clinton was still in contention in June: new memoir

(Newser) - The Obama campaign seriously considered Hillary Clinton for vice president, but ultimately the perception that her husband was "too big a complication" combined with bad memories from the primary campaign to sink her chances. Barack Obama “said if his central criterion measured who could be the best VP,...

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