Last night, on Conan O’Brien’s Tonight Show, the man-who-was-Kirk brought a poetic interpretation to the Alaskan Governor’s farewell speech. For the O’Brien set up, click here. To read Palin’s full remarks, click here. To see the Palin poem in its proper glory, with line breaks and all, follow me to the jump. ALSO: Salon’s Alex [...]
Astute observers will note that there’s a new face over there to the left of this post. We are thrilled to announce that TIME’s supremely talented photographer Brooks Kraft has just joined the Swampland gang. Among other things, Brooks will be sharing videos that he shoots as he covers the White House, giving all of [...]
Here’s the headline from today’s Republican National Committee Press Release: WHAT 2 WATCH 4: OBAMA VS. SENIORS Obama’s Government-Run Health Care Experiment Will Be Devastating For Seniors And Medicare is run by…whom? Walmart?
The news tends to go small in the dog days of summer. At the White House today, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs fielded a half dozen questions (of various formulations) about the kind of beer President Obama would drink when he meets with Skip Gates and the embattled Cambridge Police Officer. (No clear answer. POTUS, who [...]
So, Sarah Palin, as planned, is no longer a public official. She went out with a few fireworks yesterday: And first, some straight talk for some, just some in the media because another right protected for all of us is freedom of the press, and you all have such important jobs reporting facts and informing [...]
Washington, it is well known, was built on a swamp. In summer, it seems especially swampy. And it seems swampiest of all when it is locked in a major legislative struggle–and all of the above is going on right now. The amount of foolish, noxious complicated and misleading statements being tossed around right now (on [...]
Vice President Joe Biden was in Ukraine and Georgia last week to reassure the former U.S.S.R. counties that President Obama’s emphasis on rebuilding relations with Moscow doesn’t mean that U.S. has forgotten about their sovereignty. On the way home, Biden had some colorful comments for the Wall Street Journal: “Russia has to make some very [...]
Another round of negotiations on the Hill. There are a lot of hurdles blocking reform — here are the 5 biggest – and this week all eyes will be on the House to see if Speaker Pelosi can produce a bill before adjourning Aug. 1. She has said she’d be willing to keep the House [...]
It appears that the final act of the Henry Louis Gates Jr. imbroglio will take place at the White House, with the police officer, the professor and the President having a drink together. The President made a surprise appearance in the White House press room this afternoon to apologize for his remarks about the case–he said that [...]
