Will Obama read Sarah Palin’s book? Probably not

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As people line up around the block in Grand Rapids, Mich., for the debut of Sarah Palin’s national book tour, the popular author will probably have to count one reader out: President Obama.

‘She is going to do very well with this book,’’ the president said in an interview with CNN’s Ed Henry, conducted in China and aired today. ‘She obviously has a big constituency in the Republican Party; there are a lot of people excited about her.’’

But, citing a load of policy briefing books that he has been reading lately, the president said he ‘probably won’t’’ be reading Palin’s memoir, ‘Going Rogue.’

‘I probably will not’’ read the book, the president said in an interview with Fox News’ Major Garrett.

‘But I wish her well, you know,’’ Obama said. ‘It looks like she’s going to do very well without my readership.’

Read more on what Obama had to say about Palin and 2012 in the Swamp.

-- Mark Silva