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marmar

(78,786 posts)
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:13 PM Jul 2024

Whitmer says she's staying in Michigan, but her new book is a hit nationwide


(Detroit Free Press) LANSING —She says she is not leaving Michigan, but Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's new memoir is flying off the shelves around the country.

Whitmer's July 9 release of "True Gretch" was opportunely timed, just 12 days before President Joe Biden announced he was abandoning his campaign for re-election, amid concerns about his age and cognitive abilities, and national attention turned to Whitmer and a handful of other politicos as possible replacements on the ticket.

Democrats quickly rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris as their new presumptive presidential candidate and Whitmer has said she is not interested in running for vice president, if offered a place on the new Democratic ticket.

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As of Tuesday, "True Gretch" was listed third on the New York Times best seller list for combined print and e-book non-fiction and fourth on the hardcover nonfiction list. ...........................(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2024/07/23/whitmer-book-true-gretch-best-seller/74518036007/




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Whitmer says she's staying in Michigan, but her new book is a hit nationwide (Original Post) marmar Jul 2024 OP
I think the idea was setting the tone for 2028. TwilightZone Jul 2024 #1
She's a blast BeyondGeography Jul 2024 #2

TwilightZone

(28,835 posts)
1. I think the idea was setting the tone for 2028.
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:20 PM
Jul 2024

But Biden's withdrawal might bump that to 2032.

BeyondGeography

(40,608 posts)
2. She's a blast
Wed Jul 24, 2024, 06:50 AM
Jul 2024

She totally charmed the Breakfast Club guys recently. If you’ve got the time this is really worth it:

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