That Ifill Book

Matt Drudge is making a whole bunch of hay about the recently revealed fact that VP debate moderator Gwen Ifill of PBS is releasing a book in January entitled, "Age of Obama".

I read the headline late last evening and thought the concept was a tad inappropriate for the circumstances, considering Gwen's role as moderator.

But guess what-- like most Drudge sludge, that is not the whole story.

First, the book is entitled, "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama" and not "Age of Obama."

Second, Drudge quotes the publisher's notes to say the book sheds "new light on the impact of Barack Obama’s stunning presidential campaign."

However, the full publisher's notes reveal the following:

"In THE BREAKTHROUGH, veteran journalist Gwen Ifill surveys the American political landscape, shedding new light on the impact of Barack Obama’s stunning presidential campaign and introducing the emerging young African American politicians forging a bold new path to political power. Ifill argues that the Black political structure formed during the Civil Rights movement is giving way to a generation of men and women who are the direct beneficiaries of the struggles of the 1960s. She offers incisive, detailed profiles of such prominent leaders as Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, and U.S. Congressman Artur Davis of Alabama, and also covers up-and-coming figures from across the nation. Drawing on interviews with power brokers like Senator Obama, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Vernon Jordan, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, and many others, as well as her own razor-sharp observations and analysis of such issues as generational conflict and the "black enough" conundrum, Ifill shows why this is a pivotal moment in American history."

So truly this book is not a love letter to Obama. It is a historical examination of politics and race and recent developments.

If you want to know why blogs and CW-loving websites are ignoring the "story" on Drudge, that is why. There is no story. The McCain camp wants a reason to pull Palin out of the debate.

They don't have one.