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 [...]
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Michelle Obama, the Vogue Cover
ONE PHOTO of First Lady Michelle Obama in a long black gown is exquisite. Of course, the photos are by Annie Leibovitz. It’s the April issue. An excerpt: The president and First Lady both seem to be in ebullient moods, and deservedly so. His surprisingly decisive reelection is now history; the tonally precise inauguration is [...]
Oscar for Best Picture, ARGO, Evidently Directed Itself *Updated*
IT WAS a long night for Ben Affleck, waiting to see if his film, which garnered the Oscar for adapted screenplay, beating out Tony Kushner’s lush crafting of Lincoln, would win. But Affleck was rewarded in the end with the most coveted Oscar of all, Best Picture, with First Lady Michelle Obama making a surprise [...]
Celebrating Movies with Oscar, and Seth McFarlane
THE HOSTING gig for the 85th Oscars, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science [yes, they take themselves very seriously], this year jumped around until Seth McFarlane showed up on SNL and rocked the house. Tonight’s as big as it gets for someone who’s either going to lodge into everyone’s mind as [...]
Hillary Clinton and 2016, the Waiting Begins [Video]
“Nobody interacts with Hillary Clinton like she’s fading off into the sunset.” – Philippe Reines, Clinton’s State Department spokesman DO YOU care what’s being said about Secretary Clinton and 2016? I wonder how many people want to read analysis and the obligatory compulsory coverage about the never ending speculation of what can’t possibly known today. [...]
Jim Moran’s Son and the Case of the Assaulted High Heels
THE WOMAN who suffered a broken nose and a fractured face when Patrick Moran was seen to “grab the back of her head with his hand and slam her head into a metal trash can cage,” a verbatim description from eye witnesses in the report, has released a statement through daddy Moran’s office and it’s [...]
Cure for the Monday Blahs
WELL, IT might not cure them, but it can’t hurt. Compliments of ModaMob, which teased David Beckham’s news photo for his H&M Bodywear line.
Vogue Gets Chelsea Clinton
IT’S NOT the Kennedy legacy, but the history of William Jefferson Clinton matters a lot to Democrats and Chelsea Clinton will be in charge of it all some day. You can see the power of Clintonism this election cycle, which will become even more apparent in September, when former Pres. Bill Clinton speaks at the [...]
Ryan Lochte, Unprepared Sex Symbol
His style has already set him apart. Like his idol Lil Wayne, he has a hip-hop and skater-inflected look, with flashy jewelry and swaggy high-tops. He has worn diamond grillz over his teeth on the winner’s podium, and designed a pair of emerald rhinestone-encrusted sneakers with Speedo. “He wanted green, he wanted bling,” said Ms. [...]
Ann Romney Fashion – Style Moment and My Two Cents in the New York Times
EACH CANDIDATE’S wife has a certain style. Mrs. Obama’s style has caused dresses she’s worn to sell out. Mrs. Romney’s fashion sense was most recently noticed when she wore the Reed Audubon silk shirt on CBS “This Morning.” I wrote about it and recently talked to Ruth La Ferma from the New York Times on [...]
A White House Exchange, and Anna’s Ad
CAMPAIGNER IN CHIEF, via ABC News: CARNEY: Jake, the president is focused far less on his job than on the jobs of the American people. That’s what he works on every day. That is what drives all of the economic proposals that he has put forward. TAPPER: Well not today, right? Today he has fundraisers [...]
Rick Perry’s Latest Oops
With Newt Gingrich now capturing the wild imaginings of the rabid right primary voter, it’s no wonder Rick Perry’s been reduced to this latest stunt. The ad is titled “Strong.” It divided the Perry campaign, according to a report by Sam Stein. But not everyone was comfortable with the script. When the ad was being [...]
Breaking: Hillary Clinton has Cleavage
MEDIA ALERT: Women have cleavage! What’s next? A leg alert is Hillary chose to wear a skirt? What to make of the Post’s Robin Givhan’s voyeurism? There was cleavage on display Wednesday afternoon on C-SPAN2. It belonged to Sen. Hillary Clinton.She was talking on the Senate floor about the burdensome cost of higher education. She [...]
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Condi’s Dressed to Die For Diplomacy
Condi looks great, but what good is she? I'll get to that in a minute. Under George W. Bush and the Republican Congress, we have lost our honest broker status in the Middle East. This is important, which we've been discussing for days and days. Ian just emailed me a surreal photo that accompanies the [...]
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