In the old way of doing things, people who were thinking seriously about running for President–from FDR, to JFK, to Paul Tsongas–kept their health problems secret. But these days, candidates know that bad news rarely stays secret, and that it’s best to get it out themselves. That’s why everyone I’ve talked to in Republican circles is …
John McCain, one of Don Imus’s favorite guests, is hoping to break through the wall-to-wall Imus coverage today with the first in a series of policy speeches aimed at bringing his campaign out of its death spiral. Lately, the media have not been the friend they once were. In his appearance Sunday night on “60 Minutes,” McCain came off as …
Gwen Ifill nails him in her op-ed in the NYT this morning.
UPDATE: A number of commenters wonder whether Imus actually called Ifill a “cleaning lady” when she was covering the White House for the New York Times. Imus’ own recollection on the Today Show this morning was:
“That happened back during the Reagan Administration.”
First of …
Our friends over at CNN report that AG Gonzales remains in seclusion preparing for his Senate testimony which is more than a week away. :
One of the Justice officials remarked that Gonzales “is getting there” as he continues his preparation for the Senate session. Gonzales has no public appearances scheduled prior to his April 17
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Just back from Spring Break and catching up with what I missed, including this story in yesterday’s Washington Post recounting how the White House failed to see the warning signs when it nominated Bernard Kerik to be head of Homeland Security. One of the main reasons, it turns out, was that Rudy Giuliani was vouching for him. Will this …
Wow. That was fast. Hillary Clinton’s campaign reports she raised $36 million. Important number here is the new money–$26 million–which is about triple the first-quarter record set by Al Gore, but just a tad under the figures her competitors were speculating:
CLINTON REPORTS $36 MILLION IN TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR FIRST QUARTER
Total
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Every presidential campaign will be going full tilt until the last minute before midnight Saturday. That’s the deadline for first-quarter fundraising–and the first objective measure of how well they are doing at building the financial infrastructure to compete in a 2008 election where many experts say it will take $75 million or more …
After so many commenters last week smacked me and professed what is apparently an insatiable demand for coverage of health care policy (you know who you are, Jake Gittes and Brad DeLong), I thought I should provide a link to my story in this week’s dead-tree TIME. There will be a quiz.
P.S. There’s plenty more in the mag this week to …
Well, not debate exactly, but definitely prep, which I can always use…
Commenter Terrapin writes:
Karen – I am thrilled to see that you are scheduled to appear on the Diane Rehm Show tomorrow morning at 10am EST. Although conservative voices consistently outweigh progressive voices on her panel it is still one of the best shows on
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
DAILY PRESS BRIEFING
DPB # 54
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2007
(ON THE RECORD UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)
12:44 p.m. EST
MR. CASEY: Afternoon, everybody. I don’t have anything to start you out with, so go right to your questions.
QUESTION: I don’t have anything to start with either.
I was intrigued by John McCain’s assertion on Bill Bennett’s “Morning in America” show that “there are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods today.”
As it happens, Brian Bennett, the TIME correspondent who normally sits in the office next to mine, is in Baghdad at the moment. In my continuing …
I defer, once again, to the legal expertise of my colleague Reynolds Holding.
I’m not going to the cocktail weenie roast, either. I’m staying here in the office this evening and writing about … health care.
UPDATE:
To commenter POed Lib: I not only read Bob Somerby faithfully (even when it ouches), I have taken him to lunch to pump him on a story I was doing about Al Gore. (Did you know he was a college …
