Politico Sees 'Jobs-centric' Obama Opposed by Ideological Republicans

Ken Shepherd
January 26th, 2011 3:02 PM
"[F]or all the surface civility [of the State of the Union], Obama wants to pick a fight, or at least draw a stark contrast, between his jobs-centric philosophy and the GOP’s determination to cut government first and ask questions later." That's how Politico's Glenn Thrush and Carrie Budoff Brown described the main difference between the president and his Republican congressional opposition…
 

Politico: Conservatives Ousted Scozzafava Because She's A Woman

Noel Sheppard
November 9th, 2009 3:16 PM
"Conservatives say they pushed Dede Scozzafava out of the House race in New York's 23rd District a week ago because of her left-of-Republican social views - and not because she is a woman. But the growing schism between the Republican Party's ascendant right wing and its shrinking moderate core has clear gender undertones..." So wrote Politico's Meredith Shiner and Glenn Thrush Monday in another…
 

AP, Politico Overly Sensitive to Perceived Racial Slight of Sotomayor

Ken Shepherd
July 15th, 2009 5:28 PM
Might Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) have some "'splainin' to do" about racial insensitivity? Both Associated Press editor Michael Giarrusso and Politico's Glenn Thrush raised the question in blog posts filed this morning. Shortly before noon, Giarrusso noted that "Sen. Tom Coburn evoked a 1950s TV show in a quip responding to Sonia Sotomayor’s scenario about what he might do if she -- hypothetically…