irritated, and has trouble synthesizing information? those who have read the book say it's a lot of anecdotes, it sort of reinforces what people know. what do you make of it? >> yeah, i think that's the problem with the rollout of this book. fundamentally it's not advancing and filling in more detailed a picture than what we know of this president. me, as a reporter who covered both his campaign and the white house, i hear these anecdotes every day from people who work inside the white house. they're reported in "the new york times," "the washington post," and elsewhere. this book doesn't actually advance the ball. and people are waiting that. especially the fact that the author is anonymous, usually journalists extend confidentiality to sources when the only way they can get that information to the public is by protecting their identity. now the author has done that and says he doesn't want to make the story about himself. but you have to deliver the goods. and unfortunately, i say this as someone who wants to know the full inner workings of the white