VP Moderator To Release Book Touting Obama

Item: PBS’ Ifill dismisses questions of partisanship: Moderator plans to release a book on inaugaration day touting Obama /AP

More Info: Ifill said Wednesday that she hasn’t even written her chapter on Obama for the book “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama,” which is to be published by Doubleday on Jan. 20, 2009, the day a new president is inaugurated.

John McCain: “Does this help that she has written a book that is favorable to Sen. Obama? Probably not.” More here .

Question: Does VP debate moderator Gwen Ifill have a significant conflict of interest?