Palin would like Clinton to exert more independence

November 28, 11:15 AMSarah Palin ExaminerLori Calabrese

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Sarah Palin interacts with a customer during a book-signing event
in Henrietta, N.Y., Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. Henrietta is a suburb
of Rochester, N.Y. (AP Photo/ Don Heupel)

Sarah Palin's popularity is gaining speed like a snowmachine trekking across the Alaskan ice. Palin's memoir, Going Rogue, sold 469,000 copies in its first week, but have you wondered how these sales compare to others originating from the political world?

Going Rogue trampled the sales of President Barack Obama's 2007 The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Vintage) which sold 67,000 copies a week after publication, Nielsen figures show. Also, four books by McCain in the last five years and one by former president George W. Bush sold only in the low thousands in their first week after publication.

Even though Going Rogue has sold less than former president Bill Clinton's 2004 memoir, My Life, at the beginning period of sales, Going Rogue is just ahead of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's 2003 Living History.

On Fox and Friends last Wednesday, co-anchor Clayton Morris noted, however, that Hillary Clinton had received a larger advance than Palin, receiving $8 million for her book while Palin received $5 million.

Palin and Hillary Clinton do have a lot in common, both facing sexism when each ran for office. In Going Rogue, Palin states how at one point in her career, she complained about Clinton's whining about her treatment from the media. Later on, Palin realized she had yet to walk in her shoes.

When recently asked by Gretchen Carlson about the Secretary of State, and whether she would like to have coffee with Clinton, Palin said, "I would love to hear from her about the national security issues. I sure would like to give her some of my info, too. I know she has a boss. The President is her boss and yet I like Hilary Clinton even to be able to exert some more independence, and some more decision-making...(to) make sure we're not just relying on one sole person,our president, to make these decisions that are so important globally. I want to make sure that Hilary Clinton knows we want to hear from her, too."