"We did receive one or two at the White House late yesterday evening, and they are working through it." As The Common Ills pointed out yesterday, that's White House spokesperson Dana Perino addressing the press Friday about Bob Woodward's latest book -- supposedly blowing the lid off the White House -- due out on Monday. A book that somehow was shopped to the White House before it was officially released.
No, that is not how it's supposed to work.
So the question is whose vanity got in the way? The publishing house or Bob Woodward's?
Our money's on Woody.
