Jim Webb on parade

Look for Virginia Sen. Jim Webb to blanket your television starting Sunday as he launches a tour to promote his new book, ``A Time to Fight."

The release of the book comes just as the Democratic presidential primaries come to an end and pundits talk about Webb as a possible vice-presidential pick.

Webb, a freshman Democrat and former Navy secretary, begins the book tour Sunday on NBC's ``Meet the Press."

On Monday, he does the CBS early morning news and the Late Show with David Letterman, along with an interview for National Public Radio's ``Fresh Air'' talk show.

He hits the cable news circuit Tuesday, with interviews scheduled on MSNBC's ``Countdown with Keith Olbermann" and CNN's ``Lou Dobbs Tonight."

Webb, a prolific novelist who has spent at least a year writing the book, has promised it will be ``a little more personal than anything I've ever written."

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[Scott VW]

Jim Webb was literally on Parade this morning -- writing an article for the Sunday morning magazine Parade included in many dailies. I liked the article, but I liked the book excerpt on their website even better. The excerpt covers Jim Webb's time in Vietnam, and it explains some of his positions, I think. It is a personal story of how his time in Vietnam shaped his ideas of leadership. I think that chapter is a testimony to the power of war to shape a generation of leaders, and Jim Webb is an example of how to take a terrible war experience and become a true leader. I don't know if I should buy into this idea so completely, but it sounds better than the type of leadership we've had for the past 8 years.