Roger Simon

Occupying the GOP

Peter Dreier | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Roger Simon, Bain Capital, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Occupy Wall Street, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Center for American Progress, Jon Huntsman, Alan Krueger, Pew Research Center, Rick Perry, Glenn Beck, Club for Growth, Republican Party, Republican Presidential Candidates, Elections 2012, Occupy Protests, Republican Primary, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Republicans, Politics News
Peter Dreier

Nowhere can the impact of the Occupy insurgency be better seen than in the fumbling efforts of Romney's GOP rivals to capture the new anti-corporate sentiment.

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Ron Paul Has Not Been 'Shafted' by the Media

Asher Smith | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Roger Simon, Michele Bachmann, Ames Straw Poll, Jon Stewart, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Iowa Caucuses, 2012 Republican Primary, Elections 2012, Politics News
Asher Smith

The exclusion of Ron Paul from discussions of Republican front-runners is not a sign of the mainstream media's blindness, but rather of their competence in serving, finally, as an adequate filtering mechanism.

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Jason Linkins

Politico Writer Whines About 'Class Warfare' That Top One Percent Decisively Won Years Ago

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roger Simon, Politico, Income Inequality, Media Criticism, Tax Cuts, Eat the Press, Obama Tax Cut Compromise, Idiots, Media News

People who live outside the Beltway may not be aware of the fact that in Washington, DC, we have a local competition to see who can write the most sha...

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Top Politico Columnist Returns - Minus Some Body Parts

Politico | ROGER SIMON | | Posted 05.25.2011

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A: The doctors had to cut off my right leg below the knee and almost all of my left foot. After a long stint in intensive care, then seven weeks at th...

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Jason Linkins

Chuck Todd: I'm Mad About Journolist... And Breitbart

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roger Simon, Politico, Chuck Todd, Journolist, Media Criticism, Eat the Press, Politics News

Chuck Todd has been "kept...up nights" by thoughts of Journolist -- and how it destroyed journalism because it allowed people who were liberal to have private discussions on the Internet about their liberal opinions.

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Aggravating the Base into Action

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Roger Simon, Public Option, Howard Dean, Keith Olbermann, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Obama Public Option, Msnbc, Politico, Jon Stewart, Rachel Maddow, Politics News
Charles D. Ellison

Obama creates the appearance of a White House in crisis, allowing legislative turmoil and spastic town halls. Why not galvanize the left by threatening to pull the plug on any serious reform?

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CNN, Others Using "Fig Leaf" to Justify Whack-Job Coverage

Bill Mann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politico, Lou Dobbs, Birthers, Cnn, Roger Simon, Kurtz, Barack-Obama-Birth-Certificate-Controversy, Obama Birth Certificate, Cnn Birthers, Fox News Birthers, Media News
Bill Mann

Cable news, it's been noted, is the beast that must be constantly fed. And lately, with the coverage of the Birthers, it's been on a junk-food diet.

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Jason Linkins

Chris Matthews Reacts To Obama's Answers On Torture

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ed Schultz, Video, Roger Simon, Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, Torture Memos, Torture, Eat the Press, Politics News

One of our Media Monitors, Andy L. flags this section of last night's Obama presser post-game, where MSNBC's Chris Matthews takes up the discussion of...

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GOP Senator: "We Haven't Learned "

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senate, Roger Simon, GOP Tactics, Bobby Jindal, Sarah Palin, Gop, Newt Gingrich, Politics News

The Republican U.S. senator sits glumly across the restaurant table. "I don't think we have learned much from the election in terms of what people ...

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Palin: Sancho Pander

William Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: poitico.com, Roger Simon, Joe Biden Vp, Vice Presidential Debates, Sarah Palin Debate, Sarah Palin, Media News
William Fisher

During this seemingly endless presidential campaign, there's been a ton of criticism of the so-called mainstream media and its alleged fawning love af...

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Pundits Pontificate Pre-Debate

Matthew and Peter Slutsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Les Kinsolving, Jeff Greenfield, Roger Simon, ABC News, Primary, Facebook, New Hampshire, Debate, Offthebus NH a/V, Home News
Matthew and Peter Slutsky

We are here in the press filing center at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH. The room itself is a large gymnasium that has roughly 15 rows of tabl...

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