Marc Ambinder:
When I reached Jonathan Gruber on Thursday, he was working his way, page by laborious page, through the mammoth health care bill Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had unveiled just a few hours earlier. Gruber is a leading health economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who is consulted by politicians in both p (Read More)
Politics As Usual:
Sen. McCain has takes unusual step of personally targeting a fellow senator in an attempted grassroots campaign against the Dem bill.
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Marc Ambinder:
Pretty interesting polling numbers for Sen. Blanche Lincoln and John McCain. Throw in the trouble brewing in SC for Lindsay Graham, and that poll after poll, and Tim Geinther's pounding on The Hill, shows people think government is helping Wall Street and big corporations and not them, and you have wonder when the Democrat (Read More)
Marc Ambinder:
The New York Daily News suggested Thursday that, according to one source, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani might use a run for Senate--if he wins--as a launching pad for taking another stab at the White House in 2012.Giuliani's 2008 presidential campaign went down in flames, more or less, but he remains a nationally reco (Read More)
Political Punch:
In his new book The Audacity to Win, Obama for America campaign manager David Plouffe recalls that Sen. John McCain's selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate was a fundraising boon -- for the Obama campaign. (Read More)
Huffington Post:
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — When the U.S. House admonished Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a health care speech to Congress, it not only lit up talk show lines, but also sent many people scurrying to the Internet in search of a definition.Admonish, a verb dating to the 14th century meaning (Read More)
Marc Ambinder:
Karl Rove is out touting his forthcoming memoir. He was on Fox News Channel today--naturally--showing off the cover, and he's promoting the volume to his million-plus Twitter followers.I'm not unbiased about Rove. My conversation with him was a major part of the CIA leak case, and he came close to a perjury charge over his (Read More)
ABC News Video: Nightline:
Sarah Palin talks about President Obama, Sen. John McCain and the media.
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Marc Ambinder:
In her new book, former Alaska Gov.. Sarah Palin describes the push-and-pull between John McCain's campaign headquarters and her plucky "B" team on the road. As Palin recounts it, her natural instincts to reach real voters and reach out to the press were frequently foiled by an overprotective senior staff, led by strategist (Read More)
feeds.latimes.com:
Connecticut's Joe Lieberman is a unique figure in Washington. He's an independent who caucuses with the Democrats but campaigns for Republicans like Arizona's John McCain.He's also an observant Jew who honors the Sabbath. The senator makes an exception for work when the Senate is in session on Saturdays.Now, an interfaith (Read More)
ABC News:
George Stephanopoulos examines Palin's book and the McCain camp's reaction.
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Huffington Post:
News Corp Executive VP of Global marketing and Corporate Affairs Gary Ginsberg will be leaving News Corp at the end of the year, the company announced Monday."Gary has been one of my most trusted and effective executives over the past decade," Rupert Murdoch said in a statement. "He developed and expertly managed our corpo (Read More)
Washington Post:
Sarah Palin harbored no doubts about her readiness to run for vice president when Sen. John McCain called her last summer, saying in her new book that her selection was a "natural progression" and that "it was only a matter of time before others saw Alaska's potential to contribute to America's f...
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feeds.latimes.com:
Arizona Sen. John McCain has been a gentleman abut the whole thing, artfully dodging questions, urging his staffers to hold their tongues too.But for many of the top political names who worked on McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, "Going Rogue," by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is just too much to take quietly.In the b (Read More)