Here's why no one takes Matt Drudge seriously. The other night, he posted this report (that link will expire soon but should be good for a while) bashing Sidney Blumenthal's new book. Blumenthal is an old nemesis of Drudge, and the new book is supposed to give a pro-Clinton insider's look at the Clinton Administration.
Naturally, Drudge is eager to declare the book a failure. He says that print outlets have "taken a pass" on printing excerpts, and that as of Sunday night, the book (which is not even out yet) was only at #23,588 on the Amazon Best Seller list.
I think he typoed and meant Saturday. When I checked on Sunday evening, The Clinton Wars was at #500 or so. As I write this, it's at #17. Wish I could get Matt Drudge to say that my books aren't doing well.
In the meantime, despite the claim that print outlets are declining to excerpt Blumenthal's book, a chapter of it is in the current Washington Monthly. Here's a link to that.