“Absolutely not,” Carney told reporters at Thursday’s daily briefing when asked whether there’s any chance the Hagel nomination will be withdrawn. “Any suggestion to the contrary might have been found in the minutes of the meetings of the Friends of Hamas.” [Washington Post] FROM THE “Friends of Hamas” joke that had Republicans and other extremists [...]
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Dueling Reports on Hagel, Republicans Suddenly Concerned About “Sexual Harassment” *Updated – Vote Postponed*
UPDATE: Senate committee postpones vote on Hagel confirmation From Steve Clemons, who rightly calls out senators for asking Chuck Hagel for things they themselves can’t provide. They also want financial information about donations received by and business done in the private and public firms Hagel was associated with but did not actually control. Ted Cruz’s [...]
Romney Under Siege
The adviser added: “We aren’t reacting to what the Obama campaign does. … We aren’t reacting to what Republican strategists do. We’ve got a plan to win. We know what it takes and that’s what we’re going to do. All of this hew and cry, you know, from the bedwetters who get to sit on [...]
Edward Klein’s Jeremiah Wright Interview Goes Wide with Swift-boating Proposal, and Sean Hannity’s Help
“The world is about to see Jeremiah Wright and understand his influence on Barack Obama for the first time in a big, attention-arresting way,” says the proposal, which was overseen by Fred Davis and commissioned by Joe Ricketts, the founder of the brokerage firm TD Ameritrade. Mr. Ricketts is increasingly putting his fortune to work [...]
Enter the Swift Boat Narrative on Obama’s OBL Decision
MICHAEL HASTINGS KNOWS the meaning of being swift-boated, as does Buzzfeed boss Ben Smith. The swift boat headline is a winner, even if the usage and examples are incorrect, with the most important element of this story a buried lede that has nothing to do with swift-boating and could be a blockbuster if Pres. Obama’s [...]
Pat Buchanan Fires Back After Being Sacked at MSNBC
On a recent political show Bay Buchanan made a comment that the host might be getting a call from her brother soon. There was something in the conversation that teased something was about to drop and yesterday it did. Pat Buchanan let loose about it on his American Conservative website in “Blacklisted but not Beaten”. [...]
Susan G. Komen Puts Romney’s ‘Not Concerned About the Poor’ In Perfect Context
The decision, made in December, caused an uproar inside Komen. Three sources told me that the organization’s top public health official, Mollie Williams, resigned in protest immediately following the Komen board’s decision to cut off Planned Parenthood. ..Three sources told me the organization’s top public health official, Mollie Williams, resigned in protest immediately following the [...]
Jacksonville is Mittville
A Palestinian Republican? Check. A question about the candidate’s wives, none of whom actually work, which is a much different circumstance than 99% of the families in this country. The words “manufacturing” and “blue collar” weren’t uttered until Rick Santorum said them at the end of the debate. Mitt Romney has a new debate coach [...]
Ryan Lizza and The Hillary Effect, Case Proved Beyond Any Doubt
The reason I wrote my book was to tell a piece of history. It was to set the record of events out for people to read and connect. The Hillary Effect gets another big boost from recent reporting that bolsters the case I make, which is backed up by the facts I offer. A memo [...]
Romney Takes Big Lead in South Carolina
**UPDATED** video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Mitt Romney’s opened a whopper of a lead in South Carolina. Who says negative attacks can’t work, this time in reverse, especially when they shoot as wildly as When Mitt Romney Came To Town, and go well wide of the mark. The poll showed 37 percent of South Carolina [...]
BARNES & NOBLE Chooses THE HILLARY EFFECT in ‘NOOK First’ Featured Authors Campaign
It’s incredibly exciting to announce that The Hillary Effect has been selected as one of two non-fiction e-books in the Barnes and Noble “NOOK First” featured authors campaign, just launched. Being selected as part of this “NOOK First” Barnes and Noble project was an incredible honor and opportunity. Now you know why we waited until [...]
Update on the The Hillary Effect
Today’s not going to be the day we publish, but I promise we’ll have a big send off for the publication next week! It will be worth the wait. Some book PR to give you a little more on what it’s all about. Spanning nearly two decades of American politics, The Hillary Effect is the [...]
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Taylor Marsh Authors The Hillary Effect – Politics, Sexism and the Destiny of Loss
Due out in November. Available on Amazon.com, on your Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Nook, and iPad. Spanning nearly two decades of American politics, The Hillary Effect is the provocative and insightful story of the first viable female presidential candidate in history to win a primary and do so in spite of her campaign team’s mistakes. [...]
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