David Zurawik , the media critic for the Baltimore Sun, has published a post at Daily Download, in which he declares that MSNBC is now worse than Fox News in ideology. The reason? Well he says it in the first paragraph: MSNBC has long been as bad as Fox News when it comes to ideological […]
Again – mixed messages! The White House is sharply denying the Huffington Post story I noted below claiming that David Axelrod signaled a willingness to accept a temporary extension of all the Bush tax cuts, claiming that their position remains unchanged. Axelrod emails: There is not one bit of news here. I simply re-stated what […]
Not a big shock, but disappointing none the less: President Barack Obama’s top adviser suggested to The Huffington Post late Wednesday that the administration is ready to accept an across-the-board, temporary continuation of steep Bush-era tax cuts, including those for the wealthiest taxpayers. That appears to be the only way, said David Axelrod, that middle-class […]
CBS is reporting that David Axelrod will leave the White House in the Spring to take up his old mantle of campaign manager for the President’s 2012 run. The news doesn’t stop there though: The dominoes don’t stop there. Rahm Emanuel, the president’s Chief of Staff, may leave the White House as soon as next […]
This one from Reuters really got my blood pressure boiling: US will “push” out BP if spill response falls short The U.S. government will move aside BP (BP.L) from the operation to try to halt the Gulf of Mexico oil spill if it decides the company is not performing as required in its response to […]
Last week news broke that the Obama administration had struck a deal with big pharma to spend up to $150 million in advertising in support of President Obama’s health care reform. This got a lot of people wondering what deals were struck, and some of the rumors even included prevention of Congress from negotiating for […]
Here it is: ABC’s “This Week” – Howard Wolfson, campaign adviser for Hillary Rodham Clinton, and David Axelrod, campaign adviser for Barack Obama. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” – Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M.; Sens. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Evan Bayh, D-Ind. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” – Republican strategists Mary Matalin and Mike Murphy; Democratic […]
ABC’s “This Week” – Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. CBS’ “Face the Nation” – Former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C.; David Axelrod, strategist for Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign; Howard Wolfson, communications director for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign. NBC’s “Meet the Press” – Doris Kearns Goodwin, presidential historian. […]