“I’m doing something completely different… My passion for technology actually predates my passion for politics.” – Mark Penn THERE is a lengthy piece in the Washington Post about the veteran Hillary campaign people who are unlikely to join her in 2016, if she decides to run. One of my favorite sections is onHoward Wolfson, who [...]
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Maureen Dowd’s “Hillsteria” Derangement
The real question about Hillary is this: When people take a new look at her in the coming years, will they see the past or the future — Mrs. Clinton or Madam President? – Maureen Dowd IT’S A classic front page from Huffington Post, coupled with a post by Jason Linkins, which details what’s been [...]
Hillary’s Mark Penn Question Answers Itself
The question for someone considering whether or not to support Clinton in 2016 is, will a Clinton 2016 campaign pass the Mark Penn Test? The Mark Penn Test, which I just invented, determines whether or not a person should be trusted with the presidency, based solely on one criterion: Whether or not they pay Mark [...]
Cate Edwards Interviewed about Parents, Rielle Hunter
“I guess he and my mom decided that that was, you know, how it needed to be done. So yeah, I was devastated. And I was disappointed. I mean, these are my parents. I had grown up with a lot of love in my family. And it was hard to see them go through this.” [...]
Obama is Suddenly the “Puppet Master” of the Press
The results are transformational. With more technology, and fewer resources at many media companies, the balance of power between the White House and press has tipped unmistakably toward the government. This is an arguably dangerous development, and one that the Obama White House — fluent in digital media and no fan of the mainstream press [...]
Fox & Friends on Hillary: “Facelift Perhaps?” So What If She Had?
Is this the face of presidential ambition? Days after retiring as Secretary of State, somebody has launched a website for her, showing off this glamorous new face. Face lift, perhaps? Well, that’s fueling rumors about a run for president in 2016, but her aides say it’s simply a way for fans and the media to [...]
Hillary Clinton’s Office, The Website
HILLARYCLINTON.COM now directs people to “Click here to reach the office of Hillary Clinton.” The second run to become the first female president in U.S. history… awaits. At least many of us hope so. It’s not a coronation, as is charged. As I’ve written before, many a Democratic man I have voted for had fewer [...]
Sarah Palin and Fox News Channel Split
“It’s my understanding that Gov. Palin was offered a contract by FOX, and she decided not to renew the arrangement,” the source close to Palin told RCP. “She remains focused on broadening her message of common-sense conservatism across the country and will be expanding her voice in the national discussion.” [Real Clear Politics] PERHAPS Mrs. [...]
Hillary Clinton 2008 Campaign Out of Debt
THANKS TO former President Bill Clinton, Hillary’s 2008 presidential campaign is now debt-free, even with over 200,000 to spare. Her president husband just kept working the emails, as well as previous donors, until it was done. From The Hill: According to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission, Clinton paid the remainder of her debt [...]
Senator Elizabeth Warren Eviscerates A.I.G.’s Hank Greenberg Over Possible Lawsuit Against Taxpayers Who Bailed them Out
AFTER WRECKING the U.S. economy, the numbskull who helped cause it, former AIG CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, is trying to get A.I.G. to join his lawsuit against the New York Fed and the federal government, which was reported in a widely read story in the New York Times on Monday. The reaction in Washington and [...]
“Game Change” and “Homeland” Take Emmys
“Wow, I feel so vindicated, because Sarah Palin gave me a big thumbs down!” – Julianne Moore THE 2012 Emmy Awards were Sunday night and two political hits owned the night. Showtime’s “Homeland,” which is a fave of mine, won several nods, including the two leading actors Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, who was amazing [...]
Top Story: Bill Clinton to Set Economic Message Obama Never Could
“President Obama’s problem is that the truth about his abysmal record hurts,” said Romney spokesperson Ryan Williams in a statement Sunday. “Americans aren’t better off today than they were four years ago.” [The Hill] LET THERE BE no doubt about where we are today, compared to what has come before. This is an all hands [...]
Jake Tapper Questions Whether U.S. Haste to Exit Afghanistan is Cause for Green-on-Blue Killings
IN A CONVERSATION that cites the biased coverage of 2008, as well as what it might mean for 2012, the interview ABC News’s Jake Tapper did with Laura Ingraham is not something you’ll hear every day. Tapper said he thought the “media helped tip the scales” in ’08, which I prove conclusively in my book, [...]
DoD Inspector General Report on Interrogations Released After Truth-Out FOIA Request
A DECLASSIFIED DoD Inspector General’s report obtained by Truth-Out titled “Investigation of Allegations of the Use of Mind-Altering Drugs to Facilitate Interrogations of Detainees” reveals information for the first time about interrogations at Guantanamo. The impetus of the investigations and Truth-Out’s FOIA request was a
A Personal Note
I met my husband Mark ten years ago today. When you do the work I’ve done over my life having a solid relationship is at best difficult, in reality impossible. Then I met him. I’d just moved to Las Vegas to launch my radio show under what we all knew were impossible odds. It was [...]
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