Α)Hillary Clinton And Elizabeth Warren Are Totally Crushing The Right In Book Sales
It's been two weeks since former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Hard Choiceshit the shelves, and she's already getting hit for a "disappointing" rollout. Critics say her book is "bombing" and sales are "tanking," news outlets and conservative blogs report.
But sales figures for Hard Choices, compared with sales of books penned by potential Republican presidential hopefuls, tell a different story. According to Nielsen BookScan data, Clinton has sold almost 135,000 copies of her new memoir.
Meanwhile, Republicans who have similarly aimed to boost their profile with a book -- Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Rep. Paul Ryan (Wis.), Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee -- have paled in comparison. In fact, Clinton's two weeks of sales top the total sales to date of books by Paul, Rubio, Bush, Ryan, Walker and Huckabee -- combined.
Clinton isn't the only one putting conservative book sales to shame. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a liberal sweetheart to whom many have dished the big 2016 question, has sold more than 65,000 copies of A Fighting Chance since its April release, almost doubling the leading seller of the Republican bunch.
Huckabee leads the GOP authors with 35,503 copies sold. Rubio is right behind him with just over 35,000 sales. None of the others has hit 20,000. Bush has sold fewer than 5,000 copies of his book, Immigration Wars.
It's no surprise Clinton's books aren't hitting the same numbers as bestseller The Fault in Our Stars, but conservatives may want to consider the success of their own book sales before describing Clinton's as "horrendous."
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Β)Elizabeth Warren Has An Interesting Way Of Dodging 2016 Speculation
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) isn't campaigning for president — but she apparently isn't willing to state whether or not that could change.
In a Washington Post article published last Friday, columnist Ruth Marcus repeatedly asked Warren, a darling of the populist left, why she won't declare she will not run for president in 2016.
"I am not running for president in 2016," Warren replied.
"Yes," Marcus said she pressed, "but why not say, I am not running and I will not run?"
But Warren wouldn't commit to the second phrasing.
"Because we can’t get so deeply involved in the politics of 2016 that we miss the importance of the issues in front of us today in July of 2014 and the 2014 election," Warren said. "It is absolutely crucial to stay focused right now on this set of issues and that’s what I’m doing."
Warren further claimed she was being "definitive" despite her careful word choice.
"The point is not to try to create any ambiguity," she added. "I am not running. I think I am being definitive."
Warren has previously urged former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to run for president, and Clinton is by far the front-runner in the Democratic side of the contest. However, some have speculated that Warren could run to Clinton's left, especially on economic issues.
Warren also deployed cautious phrasing when asked about Clinton's expected bid.
"[U]nlike some colleagues, 'bless their hearts,'" Marcus wrote, "Warren has not endorsed the former secretary of state, arguing that since Clinton has not announced there is no endorsement to be made."
When Marcus also asked Warren what she made of Clinton's recent "dead broke" gaffe — when the wealthy former First Lady claimed to have "struggled" to buy "houses" after leaving the White House — Warren reportedly paused for a full 19 seconds before answering.
"Um, I was surprised," Warren finally said. "But, families across this country are working so hard to hold together.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-2016-presidential-speculation-2014-6#ixzz35p2i4YcC
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