Just-resigned presidential advisor Karl Rove told reporters yesterday that his future plans include working on a book. He has already talked to Robert Barnett, the Washington-based Williams & Connolly lawyer who has brokered high-powered book deals for everyone from Bill and Hillary Clinton to Alan Greenspan to Jenna Bush, though no further details on the book are forthcoming as of yet. When reached for comment, Barnett referred all questions, including whether the book would be a memoir or something broader, and how quickly Rove might be preparing a proposal, to Rove’s office.
There have been numerous books to come out of the Bush White House, until now mostly negative, such as the Times bestseller The Price of Loyalty, Ron Suskind’s account of former treasury secretary Paul O’Neill’s unhappiness with the administration. More recently, in late June former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld reportedly met with several publishers to gauge interest in a book, though no deal has been announced yet.
