joining me now, ken walsh, chief white house correspondent. good to see you. >> good morning.omplain this phenomenon. any surprise that the palin book is so popular in the initial availability? >> no. well, you know, she does still have a very strong core of support among conservatives around the country. that is what you are seeing now in the early sales. these are really preorders. million and a half copies is an extraordinary number of books to be put out in a first printing. and that's the number that we're hearing the number is for going rogue. but i think what's happening here is this is the intersection of politics and celebrity and curiosity. and i think that on the politics part, the conservatives i think clearly are buying this book. i think when we get to the point of celebrity and curiosity, that's where i think we'll see whether it has some staying power. it's coming out november 17th. that's a ways away. but so far, i think the publisher has to be very happy with how this is going. >> you wrote a recent article of sarah palin, her independence described at the ti