Hillaryland
Famed reporter Carl Bernstein stopped by the Politics & Prose bookstore Thursday to sign copies of his new
| Carl Bernstein |
biography of Sen. Hillary Clinton, titled, “A Woman in Charge.”
Bernstein spent almost a decade working on his book, so we had to ask: Knowing what he knows about her, would he ever vote for the 2008 presidential candidate? “I’m not sure I would,” he told Yeas & Nays. “It’s possible that I’d vote for her, depending on whom she’s running against and what transpires between now and Election Day. But it’s also possible that I wouldn’t vote for her.” (Note to Carl: It’s the politician’s job to be flimsy, not yours, buddy …).
Another Hillary book — “Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton,” by Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta Jr. — was put out within a week of Bernstein’s, causing some fierce competition for publicity buzz.
“I’m flattered that they put it on the same day,” Bernstein said, “but I think it was a mistake because, as the reviews have shown, I think that my book is preferable.”
