Hilary McGann

I wasn't surprised, but I will say that it seems to fall, it's not down party lines.

Actually, when you look at some of the Democrats that are speaking out the most heavily, they tend to be lawmakers from swing states.

And so a lot of this actually, to understand the reactions of politicians, you kind of have to understand where in the country they're coming from.

So it tends to be almost the case that if you're a Democrat in a blue state, that's always one Democrat, you're not worried about your future in these upcoming midterms.

They kind of haven't been as critical, whereas it tends to be more where somebody's seat is up for grabs.

They're saying, why are we relitigating this?

At the same time, I will play devil's advocate here and say there have been so many books written, including a book by former Vice President Kamala Harris.

talking about this presidential election.

And I can understand and appreciate that for a historical record, the former First Lady wants to get her words out there.

I wouldn't be surprised if President Biden also released a book.

And when it comes to the timing, it's one of those things where

I don't think the book would have been written by last year.

Yes, of course, we're now in a midterm year, but we are five months away.

Politics is moving so fast here in the US at the moment.

And if it was post midterms, the same critics will come out and say, why are you doing this ahead of another presidential election?

So I can appreciate the delicacy here.

how delicate it is when it comes to the timing.

Well, I should caveat that now, Clare, and say that I'm absolutely a fanatic when it comes to US politics.

So I was always going to listen to it straight away.

But it just is a very interesting read.