Anti-Hillary book with almost no media coverage tops Hillary's book in sales

Now when I say almost no media coverage, understand that I mean that in contrast to the coverage enjoyed by Hillary herself, who was in the top spot on the New York Times bestseller list before Edward Klein knocked her off. Sure, there's been some coverage of Klein's book on hyperpolitical sites, but it's received hardly any attention from the MSM, which is where you reach the massive audiences capable of catapulting you to the top of the Times list.

With all the coverage Hillary got, you'd think she'd be able to sell enough books to stay at #1 for an entire year. A problem for Hillary, though: Her book is horrible by just about every account. It reveals no interesting information, no intriguing perspectives, nothing valuable of any kind. Klein's book, on the other hand, is is apparently juicy from the first page to the last:

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According to the latest rankings in The New York Times bestseller list, Edward Klein's "Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas" has catapulted to the top of the charts, nudging his subject's memoir down to the second slot. "Blood Feud," as the title suggests, is a journey of sensational anecdotes about tensions between Bill and Hillary Clinton, and the current occupants of the White House. The 300-page book is replete with ugly name-calling (Michelle Obama, according to the book, refers to Hillary Clinton as "Hildebeest," while Clinton supposedly calls President Obama a "joke") and gossipy anecdotes befitting Bravo television. But while the contents have been called into question by Clinton allies and others, Klein has defended his reporting -- and the book sales suggest that, at the least, "Blood Feud" is a page-turner. By contrast, Clinton's memoir "Hard Choices" has been criticized as dry and not incredibly revealing. (The Economist, for instance described it as a "stodgy memoir" meant for surrogates.)

I guess in one sense you could say it's a shame people are more interested in a gossip book than whatever Hillary's book is supposed to be. But here's the problem with that: Hillary is nothing more than a personality trading on her name recognition. She is a celebrity, and she's hoping to parlay her noteriety into the presidency. She is not a serious policy person and has no governance chops whatsoever. So when you're banking everything on your celebrity, you can hardly be surprised when people are interested in gossip about you. What else is there? All Hillary's intriguing policy ideas? All the important bills she sponsored as a senator? All her foreign policy achievements as Secretary of State? The only reason this woman is in the national consciousness at all is because of who she used to be married to. That's it. She is the kind of person gossip was made for. Maybe all those media interviews Hillary did were of some use to Klein, who apparently has some ability to actually write a book people want to read. So she didn't totally waste her time. She just didn't do herself any good. Oh wait. That's all she lives for.