Sarah Palin opens mouth and creates another shit storm: Seeking to channel the sign-bearing, flag-waving enthusiasm of the “tea party” movement into ballot-box victories, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told hundreds of supporters Monday they couldn’t “party like it’s 1773” until Washington was flooded with like-minded conservatives. The led to Gwen Ifill to tweet the […]
Not big shock here: David Gregory will take the reins as moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the Huffington Post has learned. Gregory has been a leading contender for the permanent spot since Tom Brokaw stepped in as interim moderator following Tim Russert’s death in June. In recent weeks, a short list including Gregory, Andrea […]
The answer is simple – no followups. This was something the McCain campaign pushed to get changed. Gwen Ifill was not allowed to ask any followups to any questions. This gave Palin an excuse to dodge questions, which she did really well. So while the pundits are trying to spin this as being some “great […]
My God could Gwen Ifill have been any more slanted towards Biden? Ok – had to get that little joke out of my system. Despite having one hell of a cold, I managed to watch the whole thing. Honestly, it was exactly what I expected it to be. No massive screw ups from either candidate. […]
I turned on Morning Joe and heard him going off about Gwen Ifill moderating the debate tomorrow night. His complaint is that she has authored a book; The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama . I hadn’t heard about this book, so I started Googleing it. One of the first links I […]
The McCain campaign is threatening Gwen Ifill if she asks to many/hard foreign policy questions Thursday night: Of course the moron Steve Doocey now says people are more concerned about “domestic issues”. Funny that when they talk about John McCain they say the voters are more concerned about foreign policy. So this should be chalked […]
The schedule for debates has been released, along with the moderators: First presidential debate Friday, September 26 The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss. Jim Lehrer Executive Editor and Anchor, The NewsHour, PBS Vice presidential debate Thursday, October 2 Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. Gwen Ifill Senior Correspondent, The NewsHour, and Moderator and Managing Editor, […]
After two straight weeks of Russert pandering to the right, we finally get a week with a Democrat on Meet the Press: Joe Biden Hans Blix Round Table: John Harwood & Gwen Ifill Then on Stephanopoulos we get a special treat when Al Gore joins him for his first sit-down in over three years. Then […]