Friday, January 28, 2011

Is McCain strategist Mark Salter the "Anonymous" behind "O"? Do you even care?

Mark Salter on the McCain campaign trail, 2008. (Melina Mara/TWP) All of Washington has been abuzz over who might be "Anonymous," author of the new White House novel "O." Well, no, scratch that. Let's be honest: The buzz has been scant. After a wave of hype, "O" was released Tuesday to tepid reviews and early Amazon rankings (it trails a four-month-old Vince Flynn thriller in the "political novels" niche) that suggest we're not looking at a "Primary Colors"-level hit.So does anyone care who Anonymous is? Halperin (William B. Plowman/NBC/AP) On Thursday, Time's Mark Halperin fingered John McCain strategist Mark Salter, citing "sources" who he said confirmed it and some circumstantial evidence: Salter's longtime editor is Simon & Schuster's "O" shepherd Jonathan Karp; Salter's been lying low in Maine since leaving McCain's staff.True? Salter gave a standard non-denial to our colleague Rachel Weiner ("I've been asked not to comment, and


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