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...Hope are on both the New York Times' hardcover and paperback best-seller lists, no mean authorial feat. (Dreams is No. 1 on the paperback list after a staggering 133 weeks.) Books by more than a dozen other authors on the Times lists retell the tale of the Obama campaign, evaluate the man or set out his life story. There's no mystery as to why new Obama books keep popping up in the nation's bookstores; at this time of declining book sales, that is one brand that's virtually guaranteed to sell...
...Michelle Obama's lack of participation. Mundy had interviewed the future First Lady in 2007 for the Washington Post, but by the time the author was writing her book in 2008, the wife of the then candidate had become "controversial and somewhat polarizing," Mundy says. Mrs. Obama's campaign staff "had just become much more careful about her, and made the decision not to cooperate." (See pictures of Michelle Obama's fashion looks...
...Coffey, can take the place of a book by the woman herself. "The real goal is going to be a book that either is authorized or by Michelle, or ghostwritten with her," he says. A wonkish book about public education or women in the workplace, a tell-all campaign memoir, a heartwarming tale of raising two girls - no matter. Says Coffey: "In this situation, which is still in the early morning of what might be a long historic journey for the Obama family, I think publishers would be really eager to win the rights to whatever book Michelle wants...
...fourth annual Crimson & Black Banquet in Kirkland House, honoring CNN political correspondent Soledad M. O’Brien ’88. Entitled “The Good Fight: Champions and Political Change,” the banquet celebrated student public service initiatives and political efforts surrounding the campaign and inauguration of president Barack Obama. “This time we were history. This time we changed history,” said George J. J. Hayward ’11, the BSA’s political action chair, who is also a Crimson editorial editor, speaking of the Obama presidency...
Early polls appeared to show that Netanyahu, 59, would be a sure winner. His hammering on about the many military threats to Israel made his lead look insurmountable. "There is no choice but to uproot the Iranian-backed regime in Gaza," he told a Wednesday campaign rally. But by the weekend, Netanyahu's lead in the polls was slipping. Livni was right behind him, and gaining...