–Texas holds its primaries today, and most national attention is directed at the Republican gubernatorial contest. Current Governor Rick Perry is expected to come away with a win after having successfully defined his opponent, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, as too Washington for the Lonestar crowd. The real question is whether he can …
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Joe Biden Stays Classy
The Vice President on Sarah Palin:
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Did Palin Have a Crib Sheet?
The Q&A portion of Sarah Palin’s appearance before the National Tea Party Convention was supposed to be a casual give and take of a few pre-submitted and pre-screened questions. We don’t know if Palin got those questions in advance but at one point during the session she seems to be reading something off of her hand and then, later on, …
Will the Real Tea Party Please Stand Up?
A group of disgruntled Tennessee Tea Partiers held a guerilla press conference in an adjacent lobby to the National Tea Party Convention here in Nashville this afternoon. Their message was about as organized as the movement itself – proudly “grassroots,” meaning verging on chaos.
“We wanted the average citizen – not …
Bring on the Tea
In what will be one of the biggest thematic swings in my reporting career, a week after getting back from Haiti I’m heading to Nashville, Tennessee to cover the first ever National Tea Party convention.
As with any kind of grassroots movement, holding a national convention is somewhat of an oxymoron. Before dispatching me, my boss, …
Sarah Palin To Join Fox News, Moving Her Even Further From White House Bid
If you needed any more evidence that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is far less concerned with winning the White House than she is with making money and building a brand, the New York Times reports:
Former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska has signed on as a contributor to the Fox News Channel. The network confirmed that Ms. Palin will appear
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Palin Drone
The Washington Post devotes valuable op-ed space today to Sarah Palin, who uses it to denounce “politicized science”:
I’ve always believed that policy should be based on sound science, not politics.
Okay. But she’s not denouncing the politicized, oil-drenched policies of the Bush Administration. She’s joining the right-wing hysteria …
Sarah Palin, Barney Frank and the Gridiron Club
Sarah Palin and Barney Frank were the featured speakers at last night’s winter dinner of the Gridiron Club. The event also marked what could be the beginning of a new era for the 124-year-old club, which is an institution where traditions die hard. (It was only five years ago that they decided to open up membership to journalists from …
Palin=W.?
We are in the middle of Palinmania and it’s going to last a while between Oprah, Barbara Walters, the book tour and the sniping between Palin and McCain worlds. Chris Matthews on MSNBC’s Hardball last night was astounded that America – or at least the Republican base – seems to love the aw shucks candidates, berating Rep. Judy …
ATTN: Sarah Palin
If you are out there somewhere reading the Congressional Budget Office’s preliminary analysis of the Senate Finance Committee’s health care bill (and, really, aren’t we all?), I am sure you have already noticed an intriguing line-item under SUBTITLE I-MATERNAL, INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD VISITATION.
It says “Assisted Suicide.”
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What Presidents Say In Private: Bush and Obama Unplugged
ABC’s Terry Moran looks kinda like a, um, donkey this morning, after reporting via Twitter that President Obama had called Kanye West a “jackass” yesterday, after West disrupted the MTV music awards in a typical fit of self-absorption. Obama’s “jackass” utterance came during an off the record exchange with CNBC. ABC News has apologized …
The Afghanistan Paradox
This war has come to be inexorably linked to this President. He likes to say that he’s “taking the fight” to the terrorists because it’s “fundamental to the defense of our people.” His strong supporters include Karl Rove, John McCain and Sarah Palin. In Congress, Democratic leaders grate at the idea of granting him more …
Protests
From TIME’s Sophia Yan:
Ripples of protesters, thousands of them of all ages, lined Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to the Capitol Saturday. Deafening chants could be heard, from “You lie, you lie!” echoing South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson’s outburst during President Obama’s Wednesday speech to plaintive
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