is the zeitgeist shifting on Hillary Clinton. It’s not just the laugh, either. Today both Frank Rich and Maureen Dowd weigh in or, er, on. And you can just feel it coming: a major media style-assault on the Senator. Whether you like it or not, style is an important question in presidential politics, if asked [...]

A few weeks back, as part of our cover package on candidates spouses, we asked Bill Clinton, what don’t we know about your spouse? His answer: She has the world’s best laugh. In today’s New York Times, it seems that laugh is being dissected everywhere I look. First, there’s Patrick Healy’s story, in which he [...]

Hillary Clinton makes a stir by telling a Congressional Black Caucus forum that every child born in the country should receive a $5,000 baby bond to help pay the costs of college or buying a home. However, it is not the first time she has made this proposal. It was also part of the American [...]

Speaking of (perceptions of) the inevitability of Sen. Clinton winning the Democratic nomination for president, Republicans are behaving as if the votes have already been cast. The Hill newspaper has a piece today about Stop Her Now and other efforts to tarnish Clinton’s image in anticipation of her winning the nomination. And Mike Duncan, the [...]

I know this is a blog about politics, but I encourage anyone out there who hasn’t already done so to read Amanda Ripley’s Time.com piece about Tania Head, the 9/11 “survivor” featured on yesterday’s front page of the New York Times. Ripley interviewed Head for a story about 9/11 survivors several years ago. She looks [...]

Via Ana, who is not able to post it herself at the moment, comes this reaction to Rush from John McCain: Any American who risks his or her life to defend us has earned the respect and gratitude of every American citizen, irrespective of their views on this war. If Mr. Limbaugh made the remark [...]

Here’s my podcast on, yes, those McCain ads. BECAUSE SWAMPLAND COMMENTERS CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF JOHN MCCAIN. Re: “Phony soldiers.” I’ve emailed Romney and McCain camps for comment. Perhaps one of my colleagues can get in touch with Rudy. Maybe they’ll demand for Rush to be deported! BORING ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENT: We’re in the process of [...]

Where to begin on Rush Limbaugh’s latest depravity? Well, you can say that he’s got the authority, given his long illustrious combat record, to criticize the courage and patriotism of U.S. troops in the field…except, well, wait a minute. He doesn’t have a combat record. Or you could remind that specious windbag that two of [...]

Note: I wrote this yesterday, but idiotically didn’t hit “publish.” Perhaps a thought still worth reflecting on… Just to judge by the chatter in the mediasphere about last night’s debate, it sounds like Hillary “won” (insofar as these things are winnable): she got off a few good lines (mostly having to do with Bill), she [...]