The Drudge headline news earlier this week on the upcoming Edward Klein book on Hillary Clinton probably (understandably) turned off a lot of conservatives to the book (what an awful thing to read about someone’s parents).

You see, contrary to popular (Hillary’s & the New York Times) belief, we’re not all foaming-at-the-mouth Clinton haters, desperately hunting for anything that’ll make either one of them look bad (from anyone).

But still I was curious. A liberal writer (former editor in chief of The New York Times Magazine, no less) teams up with a conservative imprint (Penguin’s Sentinel) for a book on the likely Democratic nominee for president in 2008. Of course, selling books is a huge part of it, but Sentinel is about peddling ideas, not character destruction. So, is there more to the book than salaciousness?

I mention this all because on Monday NRO will be running the first interview anywhere with Klein about the book. I’ll be giving him a hard time, and bringing out, I hope, some worthwhile insights on the woman who could be president. We report, you decide, as they say.

Memo to NYTimes: Richard Mellon Scaife actually wrote this post for me. (Actually, whenever I read about him in the MSM, that is my reminder that he’s still around—i.e. there’s no well-oiled, coordinating vast-right-wing conspiracy I’ve ever been aware of, never mind part of—even if Dick Durbin and Harry Reid think I just got that talking point as the message of the day from VRWC headquarters this morning.)

Anyway, check in Monday for the Klein exclusive.