Game Change

Both Sides: Caro on LBJ-BHO, Huff/Matalin on a Gay Week

HuffPost Radio | Posted 05.13.2012

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Huffington/Matalin discuss how the shunned VP found his voice "in the crack of a gunshot." What can Obama learn from a "political genius" who unified the country on rights but divided it over war?

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Why Nikki Haley Won't Be the Republican VP Pick

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 04.03.2012

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Haley has been seen as a new Republican star for many years and many political observers believed she would be right at the top of the VP short-list in 2012. But that's never going to happen. Why? One reason -- Sarah Palin.

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I've Never Dated Anyone without Dating Their Politics, Too

Tamara Shayne Kagel | Posted 05.26.2012

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I never thought I would date a Republican. Not because I really contemplated it, but because as long as I didn't drive to Orange County, my chances of actually running into one felt slim to none.

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The Real Game Change: Palinism's Rise, Moderate Republicanism's Eclipse

William Bradley | Posted 05.23.2012

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The term "game change," like so many sports-oriented terms in politics, is decidedly over-used. But the events depicted in the Game Change film really do constitute just that, though not in the way that my friend Steve Schmidt intended it.

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Sarah Palin and the Republican Identity Crisis

Bob Burnett | Posted 05.16.2012

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The GOP has a fundamental flaw -- an identity crisis -- and the only way they can cover it up is to have an actor be their presidential candidate. Consider the Republican candidates of the last thirty years.

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Game On for 'Game Change'

Olga Bonfiglio | Posted 05.16.2012

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My great hope is that this film calls attention to the fatal flaw in our political system where we focus on horse races and winning at any cost all the while ignoring the problems that beg to be addressed.

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The Bob & Chez Show 3/15/12

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.16.2012

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This week we discuss the Dow's closing above 13,000; why the stock market is good for everyone; the Pennsylvania governor's misogyny; the crazy new Arizona anti-choice law; free states and anti-woman states, and other topics.

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Why Some Women Are Sexists

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 05.13.2012

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Every day people, like me, are banging their heads on their desks, asking "What is wrong with that woman?" "Why is she doing that?" "Doesn't she realize she's being used by a system that denigrates her?" Women in these positions clearly don't see it that way.

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Obama's Plummeting Poll Numbers Reveal Larger Trends

Arthur Bruzzone | Posted 05.13.2012

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Unlike four years ago, it's the American voter, not a candidate, who now wants change, real change. They're going to continue to vote down every politician until they find a generation of elected officials that will face political realities. That's what the recent gyrating polls show.

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'Game Change' Has Convinced Richard Cohen That Democrats Will Soon Succumb To Palinism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.13.2012

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Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen evidently felt compelled to write something about the movie "Game Change" because that was the big shiny thing...

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What Game Change Really Tells Us

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.13.2012

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The HBO film Game Change certainly portrays former vice presidential candidate and conservative firebrand Sarah Palin as ignorant, arrogant, erratic, impetuous and narcissistic. But the real villain in this saga is Sen. John McCain.

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'Game Change' Movie Reminds Media Of Neat Stuff That Happened That Time: The Mediagasm

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.13.2012

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I have no working knowledge of whether the movie Game Change is any good. I suspect that it's probably significantly better than the book for a couple...

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Ex-McCain Strategist: Palin Presidency 'Frightens Me'

Posted 03.12.2012

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Steve Schmidt, a former campaign strategist for John McCain, discussed HBO's "Game Change" on Monday, stating that the film was a "very accurate" depi...

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Former McCain-Palin Aide: 'Game Change' Was 'True Enough To Make Me Squirm'

Posted 03.12.2012

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Sarah Palin has dismissed "Game Change" as unimportant, but a top aide says the HBO film about her 2008 vice-presidential bid was "true enough to make...

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Sarah Palin Goes Rogue In 'Game Change'

Posted 05.11.2012

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"Game Change" (Sat., 9 p.m. EST on HBO) offered a dramatized look at Sarah Palin's role in the 2008 presidential campaign. The story followed her from...

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Both Sides: Obama's GOP SmackDown and Mitt's Mutt

HuffPost Radio | Posted 03.11.2012

Spitzer and Matalin debate the serious and silly: Was Obama's "get-off-my-plane" presser against Iran 'bluster' effective? Does comedy of Maher/Stewart = Limbaugh's smears? And: is GOP race down to 'man-on-dog' vs. dog-on-car?

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'Game Change' Reactions: What Did You Think?

Posted 03.11.2012

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HBO's highly-anticipated film "Game Change" premiered Saturday night, and it sparked many reactions from viewers from both ends of the political spect...

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McCain Blasts 'Game Change,' Defends Palin

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.11.2012

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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) had harsh words for the HBO film "Game Change" as well the book it was based on, saying Sunday that he had no plans to watc...

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My Live Blog of Game Change

Lauren Brown Jarvis | Posted 05.11.2012

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With bated breath I anticipated the premiere of HBO's Game Change. Game Change provided numerous surprises considering I know how this story ends.

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Palin Dismisses 'Game Change' As Unimportant

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 03.10.2012

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Sarah Palin dismissed the HBO film "Game Change" -- airing publicly for the first time on Saturday night -- as unimportant. In an email to ABC News...

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Game Change in Real-Time (Part IV): Palin Appears on 'SNL' and More!

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.10.2012

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After months of promotion HBO's film on Sarah Palin and the 2008 campaign, Game Change, will air (finally) tonight.

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Game Change

Elizabeth Nicholas | Posted 05.09.2012

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The narrative of Game Change is one as old as government itself -- the corrupting influence of proximity to power on even the best of men.

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Sarah Palin's Sexy Surge

Lauren Ashburn | Posted 05.09.2012

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The politics of celebrity -- the sexy candidate phenomenon -- leapt from the big screen to the campaign trail. Many seem to presume that a charismatic candidate is automatically capable of being a great leader. That's a formula for success in Hollywood, but is it right for American politics?

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The Lies of Sarah Palin: "Words Straight Out of the Confederacy" (Excerpt)

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 05.09.2012

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Contrary to what she has promulgated afterwards about believing in victory until the end in 2008, Sarah Palin, according to John McCain advisors, had long believed the loss was inevitable -- she had clearly set her sights on 2012.

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Game Change as It Happened: Palin Booed at Hockey Game, David Brooks' Disgrace, More

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.09.2012

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The only thing surprising to me is that anyone at this late date would be surprised by any embarrassing facts about Palin. The truth has been known almost within hours of McCain lifting her out of obscurity back at the end of August 2008.

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