I’m slightly embarrassed to admit that my second thought after hearing McCain’s choice for VP (after WHO???) was, “I wonder if she has a book deal.” (I have a one track mind.) As far as I know, Sarah Palin hasn’t started shopping the rights to her autobiography (yet), but there is a new-ish biography available that is sure to make a killing for its small publisher.

Epicenter Press couldn’t have known Sarah Palin was on her way to the highest rankings of political stardom when they signed up this biography. Just like the editor who signed up Dreams from My Father in 1995 couldn’t have possibly foreseen Obama’s prescient keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and his subsequent path to the current presidential race.

And yet, these books were published anyway, on their own merits, probably not intending to make millions. They were publishing leaps of faith – unlike Bill Clinton’s bestselling autobiography “My Life”, which made millions, but also cost millions to make.

While I have yet to read the Sarah Palin biography, I’m starting to wonder if we should be looking at other young Governors, Mayors, and upstart politicians to be the next big poli-celeb…and bestselling author. After all, the next president, whether it’s Obama or McCain, can’t last longer than 8 years…if he can even last that long.

Sarah