Richard Wolffe Plans New Book on Obama White House

[babylonsister]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/08/05/wolffe_plans_new_book_on_obama_white_house.html

Wolffe Plans New Book on Obama White House


Richard Wolffe, the former Newsweek correspondent and author of the best-selling book Renegade: The Making of a President, is shopping a new book about President Obama, reports the New Republic.

"Wolffe's new book is seeking to go deep inside the White House. According to a source with knowledge of the proposal, Wolffe would write chapters about the following topics: the President, the Inner Circle, National Security, the Economy, the East Wing, the Executive Mansion, the Communications Shop, Domestic Policy, the Travel Office, and the Vice President's office. Without mentioning Bob Woodward by name, Wolffe hints in his proposal that the style of an all-knowing omniscient narrative account is dead, and that he would reinvent the genre with in-the-room access to the top players. The reporting would take place at the beginning of 2010."

The proposed title is 30 Days: A Portrait of the White House at Work.

[Clio the Leo]

1. Good, I'm enjoying "Renegade" NT

[babylonsister]

2. Per this, could be problematic...

Wolffe at the Door by Gabriel Sherman

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News of Wolffe's Obama book is problematic for the White House. Of course, Washington is populated with journalists who have worked in politics, but granting deep access to a writer whose day job is to advise corporations is far less orthodox. Further complicating any decision to cooperate with Wolffe is Obama's signature campaign pledge to curtail the influence of special interests in Washington.

"Mr. Wolffe has not formally presented the White House with a book proposal," a White House spokesperson wrote in a statement to TNR this afternoon. "When and if he does we will evaluate it as we evaluate numerous others, taking account of all relevant factors."

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http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=55f2382d-a3a8-4516-a7e1-e2c4b8b25af8

[Becky72]

3. Wow. This man has good connections

If I were him, I wouldn't criticize the White House on TV, lest I lose my chances of access to White House sources for the book.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

4. All corporate lobbyists have good connections n/t