For once, I'm with Hillary:
Books, in fact, were a bit of a Clinton campaign specialty, and as I wrote last summer, the campaign was devastatingly effective in burying a pair of critical biographies of Clinton by authors far, far more credible than Corsi (with claims, of course, far less sensational).
Notably, the Clinton campaign even took control of the books' media roll-out, perhaps even leaking a copy of one to the Washington Post just before a holiday weekend. The dual aim: To define the books and the authors, and time the story for minimum impact.
Here, the Obama campaign took a different tack, really going after the book only after it seemed to catch on. While the campaign hasn't been able to keep Corsi out of the spotlight -- he appeared on the front page of the New York Times and on CNN, among others -- they have ensured that few of his appearances have gone without vigorous challenge.






