Ezra Klein: Voters Will ‘Eventually Punish’ Obamacare Opponents
“The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.” That proverb sums up Vox editor-in-chief Ezra Klein’s Friday analysis of the policy and politics of Obamacare.
In this metaphor, the dogs are ideologues on both sides who, heedless of evidence, have been barking (and snarling and growling) at each other about the Affordable Care Act. As Klein noted, “Social scientists have [determined that] the more…
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Ana Marie Cox Calls Sidney Blumenthal 'Kind of a Scumbag'
Ana Marie Cox remains a committed liberal, her Christian coming out, as she described it, notwithstanding. Even so, she had a raw truth-telling moment this morning that will not please Hillary fans.
On Steve Kornacki's MSNBC show, Cox declared that close Hillary associate and informal foreign policy adviser Sidney Blumenthal is "kind of a scumbag." A scandalized Kornacki quickly interjected "…
Ted Cruz Shows How to Tackle Media Bias Head-On
The setting: An interview with Texas Senator Ted Cruz and KMBT-TV’s Kevin Steele in Beaumont, Texas. Steele repeatedly asked Cruz if he had a “personal animosity against gay Americans?" Cruz would have none of it.
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Rendell: 'Tough Cookie' Hillary Will Put Republicans In 'Short Pants'
On Al Sharpton's MSNBC show today, former DNC Chairman Ed Rendell dared congressional Republicans to recall Hillary Clinton to testify about Benghazi. Calling Clinton a "tough cookie," Rendell vowed that "Hillary will put them in short pants."
Paging Camille Paglia . . . Rendell surely thought he was paying Hillary a compliment. But is this really the Hillary persona that Dems want to project:…
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Doble rasero de Univisión para Jeb Bush y Marco Rubio
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Aunque ambos candidatos mantienen posiciones muy similares en el tema migratorio, el contraste de la cobertura al senador Marco Rubio y el exgobernador Jeb Bush es tan marcado como la diferencia del día a la noche.
Cuando se trata de inmigración, desde el inicio Univisión ha pintado a Rubio como el malo de la película. La primera entrevista como candidato presidencial con el conductor Jorge…
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CNN: New Clinton E-Mails 'Dispute' GOP's Benghazi 'Narrative'
Friday's New Day on CNN played up that the Hillary Clinton e-mails revealed by the New York Times "dispute the narrative that has been around for two years that she was trying to cover something up" about the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, as Alisyn Camerota put it. The CNN anchor also wondered, "Isn't this the opposite of what the GOP has been saying about her – that she...tried to keep it…
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PBS Ombudsman: Judy Woodruff Clinton Donation ‘Doesn’t Look Good'
In a Thursday column, PBS ombudsman Michael Getler took NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff to task for failing to disclose a 2010 donation to the Clinton Foundation: “It is always a bad idea for a journalist to give money to a political campaign or anything even remotely connected to the activities of a politician or party, or an organization that they might cover. You just shouldn’t do it.”
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NBC Skips $26 Million in Undisclosed Money to Clintons
NBC's Today show on Friday completely ignored the revelation that the Clinton Foundation failed to report over $26 million dollars in donations. ABC's Good Morning America allowed a scant 20 seconds on the topic. CBS This Morning focused on the unfolding Clinton scandal in general, but didn't specifically report on the latest news.
Did Hillary Give State Paper Emails to Hide Damning Digital Info?
In a complete non-surprise given her career track record, Hillary Clinton's definition of "cooperation" with requests to turn over whatever emails she unilaterally deigned could be seen meant giving them to the State Despartment on paper.
That's lots and lots of paper, 55,000 pages in all, some of them double-sided, all seemingly part of a conscious strategy to deliberately slow down the process…
Kos: Hillary’s Attitude Toward MSM Should Be ‘F**k Them’
When it comes to taking questions from representatives of the legacy media, Hillary Clinton has been making herself rather scarce, and Daily Kos founder and publisher Markos Moulitsas thinks that’s just peachy.
“The day when the political media was instrumental in getting a candidate's message out is over,” wrote Kos in a Thursday post. “Candidates now have myriad vehicles to communicate their…
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CBS, NBC Punt on News First Part of Hillary's E-Mails Will Be Released
On Thursday, the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley and NBC Nightly News showed no interest in informing their viewers that the State Department will soon be releasing the first batch of e-mails that Hillary Clinton turned over following the uncovering of her private e-mail server. While CBS and NBC punted on this revelation, ABC’s World News Tonight covered Clinton’s e-mails and surprisingly…
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Matthews Defending Hillary: FDR Was 'Secretive' and Turned Out Great
Wrapping up a segment dealing with fresh revelations from newly-released Hillary Clinton emails, MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews on Thursday night dutifully spun that Hillary's "secretive" nature was not a drawback but may in fact be a net positive: "Franklin Roosevelt, probably the best president we ever had, certainly in the 20th century, was very secretive and manipulative."
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Dem McMahon: Rubio Melts My Heart, Will Be Nominee
Dem strategist Steve McMahon prefaced his remarks with the standard tongue-in-cheek disclaimer about not intending to hurt, by praising him, the prospects of someone from the other party. On this evening's With All Due Respect, McMahon then proceeded to gush over Marco Rubio, saying that listening to him recount his life story as the son of immigrants "melts my heart." McMahon predicted that…
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Jeb Gets Thumbs Up, Rubio Thumbs Down on Univision
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Although they hold very similar positions on the issue of immigration, the contrast in the coverage Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush have received so far on Univision is like the difference between night and day.
When it comes to immigration, from the get-go Rubio has been depicted to Univision viewers as the bad guy. Rubio’s initial interview as a presidential candidate on the subject…
