cfaller96 asks:
Ana do you (and others at Time) feel that the Libby “story” is generally over? Do you have any sense as to what Time reporters are doing on this story?
What I’m asking here is, doesn’t the conviction of a top Administration official beg MORE questions, not less? Shouldn’t the Administration be forced by media outlets
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Actually, I think most of us are working on stories. But I’ll do my best to keep this real estate from going too long without being turned.
I’m fascinated by Edwards’ decision to turn down the Nevada/Fox News debate, and will be watching closely to see if it winds up helping or hurting him. Some think that it was an honorable move but …
I got the verdict wrong — but I think I got the jury right. As I’ve said, they were an earnest bunch, wearing matching heart-printed shirts on Valentine’s Day and, during deliberations, seeking a dictionary to help guide them through a thicket of jargon. They were so attentive and careful, I assumed that they’d take the idea of …
I want to thank Karen for picking up the slack (and my piece) yesterday, now I’ll try to remind people that we’re more than a comment board, we actually sometimes give people something to comment on… which is sometimes something about a comment. I am, for instance, happy to have an excuse to repeat my thoughts on Ann Coulter — or, as …
So, I read the fact that the jury was asking a lot of questions completely wrong: They’ve reached a decision and it will be read at noon today.
I still think he’ll get off but I’ll be happy to be wrong about that, too.
Walter Reed, the Libby trial, the war, and now, the escalating malfeasance apparent in the dismissal of eight US attorneys:
The telephone calls to Iglesias by Domenici and Wilson appear to put them in conflict with congressional ethics rules that bar contacts with federal agency officials during most active investigations.
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We’ve just been alerted that “The parties have been asked to meet in Court at 4:05 p.m. today Monday March 5 to review a note with questions that the Court has received from the jury.”
This is the third note that the jury has written asking for clarification of some kind — a punctiliousness that I feel bad for not finding more …
“Half-Hour News Hour” creator Joel Surnow attempts to convince National Review readers to watch his “conservative comedy” show:
Why did you decide to create this show?
Two reasons: One, I felt that in the interest of equal time there was a real need for sharp, intelligent political satire on TV from a conservative perspective to
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I just got back from the Aspen Comedy Festival, where Colbert received their “Person of the Year” award, a copyright infringement that I’m sure Time’s lawyers are pouring poring (Thank you, commenters!) over as I type. (The Aspen folks had a better coverline for their mock magazine, though: “Not You. Me.”)
Most of the times I’ve run …
The Politico’s John Harris explains how soundbites are born:
“Even as the House begins debate on a resolution opposing President Bush’s plan to send 21,500 more U.S. combat troops to Iraq, leading anti-war groups are preparing a multi-million dollar TV ad campaign and grassroots lobbying blitz designed to pressure vulnerable incumbent
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Remember all that hand-wringing about how Obama wasn’t “black enough” to win black voters’ support? Well, a couple of weeks later: notsomuch.
Cheney’s trip around the world this week has produced some of the more memorable dispatches to press.release@whitehouse.gov in this administration. First, the “unreportable” actions of the leg out. Then the long search for a bunk (“After we nearly had a collision on the tarmac with a fuel tanker, our bus wandered around the base in …
Look, I like a good Cheney-drinks-the-blood-of-the-living joke as much as the next person, but it’s also true that sometimes folks go over the line, as appears to have happened at the Huffington Post in reaction to the suicide bombing outside Cheney’s camp in Afghanistan [they appear to have been taken down]:
“To (sic) bad they
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