Maybe Nevada was a turning point in the Democratic presidential race, because Monday's CNN debate started tough and got unusually ugly in a hurry.
Marty Kaplan | Posted 11.30.2007 | Media
In case CNN's executives and flacks thinks they've done a heckuva damage control job and put this battered debate baby to bed, here's a checklist of contradictions and disparities coming out of their mouths.
Marty Kaplan | Posted 11.28.2007 | Media
If CNN's clumsiness in handling this weren't so hilarious, it would be (to pick a random phrase) pretty infuriating.
Eric Alterman | Posted 11.19.2007 | Politics
A few more debate observations: I was in the spin room at UNLV post debate and noticed a few things. First off, only the second-tier candidates come ...
Marty Kaplan | Posted 11.18.2007 | Media
In the postmodern funhouse that imprisons prestige media, the job isn't to cover events, but rather to reveal their theatricality; the trick isn't to find truth, but to disclose "framing."
New York Times | Julie Bosman | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics
There are very few political analysts more closely associated with the Clintons than James Carville, who was a key adviser to Mr. Clinton in the 1992 ...
John Neffinger | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics
We are Democrats, we stand on principle for the right and the good. But if three-quarters of voters fail to understand where we are coming from, whose fault is that exactly?
Marvin Kitman | Posted 11.14.2007 | Politics
My plan calls for a presidential playoff system, a formula based on the U.S. Tennis Open. Like tennis players, candidates will be seeded, based on the latest polls, money raised or whatever criteria news media judges them.
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Ari Melber | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics