When the history of the 2008 presidential campaign is written, it probably won't name TIME Magazine reporter Mark Halperin as the nation's most egregious hack. Because unfortunately this history will...
Hackery Hall of Fame Inductee
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Author - Bob Cesca
Viva La Ron Paul Revolution!
also by Stranahan My newest Huffington Post piece - Hey, Ron Paul Republicans!?! It's Time For A GOP Palace Coup! - is up and at 'em. Please forward it to William Weld.
The New Infrastructure
from ace reporter Lee Stranahan at a San Francisco Starbucks Those 2.5 million jobs Obama wants to create - that's going to be a lot of infrastructure jobs. And I'll be honest, my first thought is a...
2012
Bobby Jindal is in Iowa today. Iowa. UPDATE: And Huckabee is running robocalls there, too.
'The Pursuit of Peace'
I speak of peace, therefore, as the necessary, rational end of rational men. I realize the pursuit of peace is not as dramatic as the pursuit of war, and frequently the words of the pursuers fall on...
SNL Presidents
The mistake that SNL often makes -- and it's always less funny this way -- is to try too hard to nail a character. In other words, they sometimes slip into the trap of doing imitations rather than...
The Creator of the "O"
Interview with the designer of the "O" logo. I'd love to see a survey comparing the brand ID of the "O" logo versus the McDonald's "M" and the Apple apple. My bet is that the "O" logo is almost as...
Obama's Weekly YouTube Address
2.5 million new jobs in two years? Wow. If they do it, we're looking at more pickups in Congress in 2010, and, barring any major mistakes, easy reelection in 2012.
In Defense Of Lieberman
From the e-mail. Oh my: You wrote a terrible piece on Joe Lieberman in your “open letter”. Joe Lieberman is nothing but the most respectable guy I’ve ever met. You Democrats are soooo mad at him...
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday! "Last Clear Chance"
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for documenting your Friday night cable news hackery, and whatever else is on your mind. Tonight! Drama!
Bill Richardson, The Film Industry And Commerce
by Lee Stranahan I'll speak about something I know something about - New Mexico has the best film industry incentives in the United States. They have two programs - one a loan program and one that...
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner
Exceptional choice. But I'm sure we'll find something weird to gripe about. UPDATE: The Dow is up almost 500 points on this news. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rallied late on Friday after multiple...
I Crush Your Head
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Who's Obama's Base?
by Lee Stranahan When I see people like my old pal Markos on MSNBC and elsewhere talking about Obama needing to remember who brung him to the dance or David Sirota's column about The Team Of Rivals...
Brennan for CIA? Seriously?
Okay, if this is accurate, then it'd be my first serious objection to a post-election Team Obama decision. Democratic and national security sources say that former National Counterrorism Center head...
Commenting
Yeah, so TypeKey is now called TypePad and they actually managed to make their process more ridiculous. For now, it's impossible to sign in and comment using IE. But Firefox appears to work...
I've Inspired A New Lieberman Website
Check it out. I had nothing to do with this. But I dig it.
So How Will She Steal Christmas?
Senator Clinton is expected to be officially announced for State shortly after Thanksgiving. Just in time for a media narrative about how the Clintons are plotting to cancel Christmas and replace it...
Super Stupid
Mitt Romney and Sean Hannity think that fuel-efficiency (CAFE) standards made the Big Three go boom. Think Progress: – MITT ROMNEY: Well, government did [cause a lot of this]. There’s no question but...