#6 on the NYT bestseller list !

[jillan]

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/25/poli-book-best-sellers-for-august/

August 25, 2007, 10:39 am

By Orville Buddo

With this month coming to a close, a few new titles have quickly moved onto the political best seller list of The Caucus, including books by two senators in the 2008 presidential race.
Senator Joe Biden’s “Promises To Keep” moves onto the list at No. 6. The Delaware Democrat offers up life lessons through his political career and through personal tragedies.
:bounce:

[Adelante]

1. Hey, that's great

:D

[jillan]

2. Very insightful book into Biden's life, the way he thinks

He has had a lot of tragedy in his life,
but it also discusses in detail the election of '88;
his many accomplishments in foreign relations and
the hell that was going on behind the scenes before the IWR - the most interesting was about Powell.

Easy reading even if Biden is not your #1.

[Adelante]

3. I'm going to order it

I am really happy for him :)

[PatSeg]

4. Whoopee!

I just bought it a couple days ago, but haven't had a chance to read it yet. I checked Amazon and it is #19 in political books.

[jillan]

5. Great news!

I am pleasantly surprised.

It's really well written, you'll enjoy it, especially as a Biden supporter.
I just have a couple of chapters left. Not much time for reading with what's going on
in my personal life....frustrating too because I'm into the part surrounding the IWR vote.
Ugh - If you think Bsh and Cheney are a couple of felons now...just wait.

[draft_mario_cuomo]

6. Great news! K and R

:bounce:

[snowbear]

7. Congratulations Senator Biden !

Very good news! ~~~

[murbley40]

8. Way to Go Joe!

It is a great book and just like sitting down with him and having a chat.

[PATRICK]

9. I hope he credits

Robert Frost.

[The Count]

10. Heh, heh! I was wondering if THAT lesson of his life was included: do not copy

other people's work - especially if they are famous! Or his speech to the Council for Foreign relations in 2004(re: Iraq war):
However, Biden also had blunt advice for European critics: "I have one
simple message: Get over it. Get over it. President Bush is our
president for the next four years. So get over it and start to act in
your interest, Europe.''..........

[murbley40]

11. Why don't you read it and find out?

[The Count]

14. because after the quote I posted, I heard all I needed to ever hear from Biden

I find it interesting that no supporter of his - EVER - addresses that quote.

[PatSeg]

15. They don't have to

You'll keep throwing it out there, which is fine. I don't want anything suppressed. I will look at the whole picture and make my judgment accordingly.

[karynnj]

12. This should be interesting to read - I don't think I've seen reviews of it

It does seem like an interesting book.

It is interesting to see that the NYT now has created a list that seperates political (which seems to range from Sierre Leone, to political commentary to political books) - the non-fiction list always had too many "self help" books that stayed for ever. (The new list - will be much for fun to monitor)
The non-fiction NYT list - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/books/bestseller/0902besthardnonfiction.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[demommom]

13. It is a really good book.

[jillan]

16. CSM gave it a great review today

Joe Biden in his own words
A cut above the average campaign bio, Biden's book tackles personal tragedy, politics, and those plagiarism charges.
By Gail Russell Chaddock
from the August 28, 2007 edition


Joe Biden's Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics is the most unlikely of campaign biographies: It's a ripping good read.

Forget all you've heard about Delaware's six-term US senator – that he's a policy wonk (apparently that's a bad thing), or that he doesn't know when to stop talking, or that he has just been around too long.

None of that explains why a first book with no sex scandals – and whose author/candidate has poll ratings in the single digits – quickly hit The New York Times Bestseller list. Here's why: Biden is a master storyteller and has stories worth telling. From conversations with President Bush and world leaders to overcoming personal tragedies and a childhood stutter, the book is paced to keep the pages turning.

Take the story that's a highlight of his current book tour: the cuff-link gambit. Biden is getting ready for an eighth-grade dance, but he's wearing his father's dress shirt and can't find cuff links. No problem: His mother, Jean, runs down to the basement and comes up with two pairs of nuts and bolts and fastens them to the borrowed French cuffs. Biden balks. "The kids will make fun of me," he says.

"Now look, Joey," his mom says, "if anybody says anything to you about these nuts and bolts you look them right in the eye and say, 'Don't you have a pair of these?' "So, is any kid mean enough to make fun of the new kid with nuts and bolts for cuff links? Duh. Recalling his mother's advice, Biden looks his tormenter in the eye. "You don't have a pair of these?" There's a silence, then the bully replies, "Yeah, yeah. I got a pair of these."

When he told this story at the National Press Club this month, he ended by holding up his own French cuffs to show a pair of nut-and-bolt cuff links. But this time, they were sterling silver from Tiffany's – a gift from his sister and longtime campaign manager, Val. Call it the "oooaaaah" moment of the speech.

If you felt as if you just saw that scene in a movie, it's because the book is framed like a documentary film. It's not a political science thesis with a few stories thrown in for color. The stories tell the story.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0828/p15s01-bogn.html

[murbley40]

17. Nuts and bolts cuff links...

One of my favorite stories in the book. It is a book you will not want to put down.

[PatSeg]

18. I just read that story

and it was priceless.