WHY IS THE NEW OBAMA BOOK POLICY COMING OUT THIS FALL ?”
Strategically, Obama would want to release his policy book in the fall, right before the elections, to show voters that he has a concrete plan that diverges from the policies of the Bush administration. Many people are frustrated at the economic troubles and the policies set forth by the Bush administration, and the book is, in the Democratic hopes, a way to convince the “on-the-fence” voters that Obama has a concrete plan while the Republicans are struggling to keep their credibility.
New Obama Book On Policy Coming Out This Fall NEW YORK — Whether they like him or oppose him, readers want to hear more about Barack Obama. “The Obama Nation,” an anti-Obama book written by Jerome V. Corsi, will debut at No. 1 come Sunday on The New York Times’ hardcover nonfiction best-seller list. Corsi was co-author of “Unfit for Command,” an influential 2004 best-seller that condemned the Vietnam War record of then Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. Obama, the Democrats’ presumptive nominee in 2008, is himself the author of the million-selling “Dreams From My Father” and “The Audacity of Hope.” Interest in him is so strong that even an upcoming policy book, usually the toughest of sells, is catching on. A compilation of speeches and policy statements by Obama and his campaign staff, “Change We Can Believe In,” had reached the top 75 on Amazon.com by Monday evening, less than a day after The Associated Press reported the book
