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Obama Has Off-The-Record Lunch With Journalists At White House

Politico | Posted by Michael Calderone 03:13 PM | Posted 11.06.2009 | Media

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The attendees for Friday's lunch were as follows: CNN's David Gergen, Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, Newsweek's Jon Meacham and Howard Fineman, the...

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The Myth of Fox News' Ratings Spike

Eric Boehlert | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media

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The breathless claim that Fox News' ratings recently spiked thanks to the White House's public critique is bogus hype.

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David Gergen Writing Book On Presidential Transitions

The New York Observer | Leon Neyfakh | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media

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Mr. Gergen's book will not deal with the Obama administration specifically, but will explore in general terms what happens when a new administration t...

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Obama Backtracks Calling Police Action Stupid: Was It Moderation or Is Obama Becoming the First Wimp?

Michael Russnow | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics

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The fact that our president won't stand behind his words when they become controversial makes me quite concerned about his future.

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Anderson Cooper: "It's Hard to Talk When You're Teabagging" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.16.2009 | Comedy

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(SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO) Anderson Cooper had David Gergen, the director of the Center for Public Leadership, on his show last night to talk about th...

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Brit Hume Calls Out Obama's Media Defectors: Brooks, Gergen, Cramer

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 04.05.2009 | Media

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Brit Hume returned to "Special Report" Wednesday night to provide a commentary on what Bret Baier described as the "daylight emerging between Presiden...

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David Gergen Is Wrong About Early Voting Being Light

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 11.24.2008 | Media

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On a late show on CNN Thursday, David Gergen casually suggests that early voting has been light and hearts sink. Is he right?

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David Gergen's Not-So-Secret Admirer, Blowing Him A Kiss On National Television

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.17.2008 | Media

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"I'm In Love With David Gergen" professed a headline on yesterday's Daily Beast. The fetching, demure young woman in the photo beside the headline: co...

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John McCain1 and John McCain2: Why We Can't Afford Either As President

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

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None of us is the same all of the time. But the presidency does require a "steady hand at the tiller" and John McCain doesn't possess that capacity.

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Barack Obama is Gray

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

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Obama graduated #1 in his Harvard Law class; McCain was 894th out of 899 at the Naval Academy. If you were rating heart surgeons to operate on you, which medical equivalent would you choose?

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I'd Post About David Gergen Calling The House Bailout Vote "Shockingly Irresponsible," But It's Probably Not A Good Idea To Offend Anyone Right Now

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.01.2008 | Media

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Our National Sue Simmons Moment

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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I am a liberal, and damn it, I want the government to act. I'm not opposed to a huge, sweeping bill, but the way this went down on Monday was bullshit.

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Halperin On Palin: "Stop The Madness"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

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Halperin went on AC360 and straight-up bare-knuckled it -- accusing the press of indulging McCain's "crocodile tears," calling the media's unwillingness to hold Palin to account "embarrassing," and dismissing and deflecting the McCain camp's attempt to change the conversation by making a mountain out of Obama's "lipstick on a pig" molehill.

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The Game-Changer Scenario

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

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So, over the past week, national polls have tightened, along with the alimentary canals of Obama supporters, who find themselves full of worry with Mc...

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Sunday Watch, 8-3-08: In Which David Gergen Collides with the Straight Talk Express and Walks Away from the Wreck

Todd Gitlin | Posted 08.12.2008 | Media

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Washington fights sound petty even when they are deeply consequential, and neither journalists nor politicians have discovered how to make them sound as dramatic and consequential as they deserve to sound.

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Mike Murphy: Playing the Race Card for McCain

Morgan Warners | Posted 08.11.2008 | Media

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Murphy, as a professional political operative, could not possibly be unaware of the racial implications of what he said, could he? He might as well have said, "stay in your place."

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Gergen: McCain Using Code Words To Attack Obama As "Uppity"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics

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On Sunday, longtime Washington hand David Gergen took umbrage with John McCain's recent attack ads, charging that the Senator was using coded messagin...

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Fact-Finding Missions

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

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Does Maliki have to serve Bush with an eviction notice to make it any more obvious that the country we've occupied for the past six years no longer wants us there?

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It's Over! Mostly! La Fin Du Primary Season

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 06.12.2008 | Media

Expect to hear a lot about Charlie Crist, Katherine Sebellius, Jim Webb, Bobby Jindal, Chuck Hagel, Joe Biden, Wes Clark, Tim Kaine, and, thanks to precedent, Jim Johnson -- but for now this is what we noticed from last night's coverage, in no particular order.

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Superdelegates Caved in to Obama: Why Do We Need Them? They Served No Purpose At All

Michael Russnow | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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If the superdelegates had any cajones they'd be calling each other tonight and say, What have we done? There's still time to set this thing right.

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The Daily Show's Marathon Take On A Marathon Primary Night

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.16.2008 | Media

Eight minutes and counting! The Daily Show outdid themselves last night on primary night coverage, showcasing your favorite pundits in various stages ...

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