Following the precedent set earlier by Ted Kennedy, Sarah Palin’s publishers have chosen to release her 400 page memoir early. However, unlike Kennedy, Palin’s autobiography will surely not be filled with introspection and reflection. Her career on the national stage has been short–definitely shorter than 400 pages worth–and Palin has not proven to be an effective communicator.
Andrew Sullivan says:
She wrote that book as thoroughly as she wrote her speech in Hong Kong. The book was written by a hardcore Christianist; the speech by a hardcore neocon. She remains the hood ornament for a marketing campaign that now passes for the conservative movement.