>>You want fast? One day, nobody'd ever heard of Sarah Palin. the next day, she was named as McCain's running mate. The next day (slight, but only slight, exaggeration) there are at least 10 books on the market about her life (not counting reprints of speeches). Now that's fast - research and writing.
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>Or somebody in publishing with a whole lot of Palin books in the hopper got to McCain ...

I hadn't though of that, but yes, it was probably some proofreader who had noticed a lot of Palin manuscripts coming across his desk and figured they could make a killing if only...