C&Lers will decide on their own who they will support in '08, but I thought this was important to behold. The Washington Post reviews both boo
May 24, 2007

C&Lers will decide on their own who they will support in '08, but I thought this was important to behold. The Washington Post reviews both books:

The authors report that the Clintons updated their plan after the 1992 election, determining that Hillary would run when Bill left office. They cite two people, Ann Crittenden and John Henry, who said Taylor Branch, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and close Clinton friend, told them that the Clintons "still planned two terms in the White House for Bill and, later, two for Hillary." Contacted last night, Branch said that "the story is preposterous" and that "I never heard either Clinton talk about a 'plan' for them both to become president."

Media Matters takes a look at Jeff Gerth's history of Clinton hit jobs...

Garance Franke-Ruta has a good post up and writes:

WhiskeyFire has more on Gerth's history with the Clintons, Yglesias mocks the book with appropriate vigor, and non-partisan Marc Ambinder concludes: "It's hard to imagine we'll be talking about these books in August...read on

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