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Final Debate: McCain Brings Up Ayers, ACORN

The Huffington Post | Sam Stein | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

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McCain goes where he hasn't before in a debate: Bill Ayers. "We need to know the full extent of that relationship," he declares. Then he accuses the c...

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Sam Stein

Bob Schieffer: Say It To Each Others' Faces

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

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Moderator Bob Schieffer noted that the campaign has "turned very nasty," citing some examples. Then he opened the door for both candidates to bring th...

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Final Debate Moderator Schieffer Loves McCain (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

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Final debate moderator Bob Schieffer is a longtime John McCain fan, as this video from the Jed Report shows: ...

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Obama vs. McCain Wrap-Up: Thoughts on the Third Presidential Debate

Brad Listi | Posted 11.15.2008 | Home

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Brad Listi

Well, my friends, Obama's ahead in the polls, so naturally pundits are ramping up the dramatic tension, billing tonight's showdown as McCain's next-last-best opportunity to shift the momentum in his favor...

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Questions We Hope They Ask In Tonight's Presidential Debate

Twisted Sisters | Posted 11.15.2008 | Home

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Twisted Sisters

It's going to be another watered down, sterile, hit the snooze button Presidential debate tonight. Or will it? We went down to our usual Jamaican witc...

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Three Questions that Bob Schieffer Probably Won't Ask John McCain, But He Should

Paul Slansky | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

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Paul Slansky

McCain's efforts to make Obama's character the deciding factor in the election have served only to shine a spotlight on his own galaxies-beyond-shame cravenness, and he deserves to be called out.

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Bob Schieffer: "I'm Going To Call Them On It" If McCain, Obama Don't Answer Debate Questions

Hollywood Reporter | Paul J. Gough | Posted 11.10.2008 | Media

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NASHVILLE -- One of the keenest students of this year's presidential debates has a compelling reason to pay so close attention: He's up next. CBS' "F...

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What the Debate Missed on Afghanistan: Brits Say Talk to Taliban

Robert Naiman | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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Robert Naiman

Our British allies are telling us that there is no military solution, that there must be a political solution -- there should be talks with the Taliban.

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I'd Call Bob Schieffer's Book Party A Hoe-Down, But I'm Worried The McCain Campaign Will Accuse Me Of Being Sexist

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.17.2008 | Media

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Last Friday night, CBS "Face The Nation" host and former "CBS Evening News" anchor Bob Schieffer celebrated the release of his new book, Bob Schieffer...

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More Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Please

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Her performance was so strong and so well focused that it would be foolish not to immediately send her out on the campaign trail and/or to as many television interviews as she can squeeze into her schedule.

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Twittering The Sunday Shows

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.08.2008 | Media

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140 characters sure add up — when you Twitter non-stop for about two hours while watching the Sunday shows. I didn't mean to do it, it just sort...

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McCain's Face The Nation Interview With Bob Schieffer

Huffington Post | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

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John McCain taped an interview with Bob Schieffer on CBS's Face the Nation. CBS sent out these excerpts from the interview. McCain On Putting Fanni...

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Jason Linkins

Sunday Hosts Under The Microscope At Pre-Convention Panel

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

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Sunday morning was business as usual on the networks, with Face The Nation, Meet The Press, and This Week performing their familiar weekly duties agai...

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Where's the Debate Diversity?

Tavis Smiley | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

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Tavis Smiley

On Wednesday I interviewed host of CBS' Face The Nation about the race gap amongst the moderators selected for the 2008 presidential debates.

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Sunday Watch 8-10-08: The Question Mark Over The Networks

Todd Gitlin | Posted 09.11.2008 | Media

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Todd Gitlin

David Gregory appears to have a limited supply of question marks at his disposal. He doesn't see any over John McCain's head -- or about his top foreign policy advisor, Randy Scheunemann.

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Generation Debate

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.13.2008 | Media

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What's different than last time with the presidential debate lineup? Virtually nothing, from one side. Except for the Gibson-Brokaw swap, the slate is pretty much the same.

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Circular Logic Alert! Wes Clark's Critics Are Doing Exactly What He Did

RJ Eskow | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

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RJ Eskow

The fact is that the Swift Boat attacks on Kerry were outrageous because they were false, whereas Gen. Clark's statement is ... what's that other word? Oh, yeah. True.

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Jason Linkins

CBS' Bob Schieffer Remembers Tim Russert

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

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CBS' Bob Schieffer, who "butted heads" with NBC's Tim Russert as competitors for nearly two decades, took a few minutes today at the end of Face The N...

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Jason Linkins

CBS' Schieffer Gives Props To Clinton: 'Yesterday, She Showed Us Her Best'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

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Out of all the words spewed forth every Sunday morning, few are as thoughtful or as carefully considered as those of CBS' Bob Schieffer, who took some...

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Bob Schieffer, CBS News Sign New Long-Term Contract

Huffington Post via CBS News | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media

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It looks like Bob Schieffer will be at CBS News for a long time yet. While the anchor had previously said he would hang up his hat after the president...

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A Feel-Good Moment: Ed Rollins Hears "Death Knell" For GOP

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

John McCain "can't win" if he's seen as "the Bush third term" -- this, from a Republican?

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Can Bob Schieffer Save CBS News (Again)?

MarketWatch | Jon Friedman | Posted 05.13.2008 | Media

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A few years ago, CBS was desperate to find a replacement for Dan Rather, who was forced out after the network publicly apologized for a disastrous seg...

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Shameful Days: Why Won't The Media Pursue the Pentagon Propaganda Scandal?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.08.2008 | Media

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Arianna Huffington

The near-complete blackout on the Pentagon propaganda story, self-imposed by the culpable news organizations, is a despicable abdication of their role as a constitutionally protected check on our government. Read More Probing a Political Paradox: Why the Discredited Right Still Sets the Agenda and Dominates the Debate How is it that the 28 percent of the population that continues to support George W. Bush no matter how many bodies pile up in Iraq, how many jobs disappear overseas, or how high gas prices get, continues to dominate our politics? Read More Watch Arianna On: Good Morning America, 20/20, Charlie Rose, Real Time, The Situation Room, AC 360, CNN's Election Center, and MobLogic TV

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Jason Linkins

Schieffer Asks Pelosi: Is Bill Clinton Working To Undermine Wife's Candidacy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

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Would Hillary Clinton's candidacy be on firmer footing if her husband hadn't run off at the mouth and said such crazy, small-minded things every time ...

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CBS Considering All Options For Bob Schieffer's Replacement

New York Observer | Felix Gillette | Posted 04.10.2008 | Media

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"I'm going to stay for sure through the inauguration." That's what Bob Schieffer, the host these last 17 years of CBS's Sunday morning, half-hour news...

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