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The McCain/Palin Debate Spin: We Won Because She Wasn't a Dithering Idiot

Michael Russnow | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

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Michael Russnow

What Gertrude Stein said about her hometown Oakland could also be said of Sarah Palin. "There is no there, there." Sarah Palin is simply without substance.

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Real Winner of the Debate: Katie Couric

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.02.2008 | Media

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Cenk Uygur

Imagine if Couric had not done those interviews, and all we had seen were Gwen Ifill's standard queries, we might never have known how very little Sarah Palin really knows.

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First Blood: Palin vs Biden

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

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Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

On this special post-debate installment of Wilshire & Washington, Ted, Maegan and Teresa tackle the one and only debate between Vice Presidential cand...

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Palin Party: Liveblogging the VP Debate

236.com | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

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236.com

"I may not answer the questions, but I'm going to say a whole lot of shit. Ask me anything and I will talk. What's that? Russia? Listen, I read a LOT of newspapers."

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Meet Your Debate Sponsors!

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

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Allison Kilkenny

That's right -- from the people who wiretap your phones and are praying for a government bailout comes the totally fair and nonpartisan vice presidential debate!

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The Politics of Distraction

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.02.2008 | Media

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When we debate whether the Times is liberal or Gwen Ifill is in the tank or Katie Couric was mean or whether pigs have lipstick, we are all missing the point. That is precisely what the McCain campaign wants.

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A Final Word About Tonight's Debate: No One Has to Go Easy on Palin Just Because She's an Airhead

Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

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Andy Ostroy

Sarah Palin's not some damned beauty queen whose vacuousness we're supposed to tolerate through the question-and-answer part of the pageant simply because we love her in a bathing suit.

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VPs Should Be Pressed On Unresolved Issues From First Debate

Jon Soltz | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

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Jon Soltz

It's critical for troops that we know the next president understands what the surge "strategy" was supposed to be, and why the tactic hasn't brought about the strategic goal we had hoped for.

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McCain Campaign Working the Ref in the VP Debate

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.02.2008 | Media

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Cenk Uygur

It is up to the media to point out that the attacks on Gwen Ifill are sheer political gamesmanship. Treating them as if they has any legitimacy is unacceptable.

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McCain On Ifill: I Wish They'd Picked Someone Else

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

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Yesterday, John McCain responded to right-wing attacks on debate moderator Gwen Ifill (over a book she's writing about politics and race) reasonably, ...

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The Nightmare VP Debate Scenario: Biden, Beware! (Update: Nightmare Averted!)

John Neffinger | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics

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John Neffinger

What if, midway through, Palin is doing okay, or better than okay? If you're Joe Biden, are you going to just sit there and let her play you to a draw - or beat you? On the biggest stage Biden has ever been on, is he going to let himself get shown up by someone everybody knows is an idiot? Or does Biden get agitated, and start looking for opportunities to attack, to pin Palin down, to put her in her place? If Biden stops playing it safe, all bets are off. He might be brilliant, but things might also go horribly wrong.

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McCain Voices Confidence In Debate Moderator Ifill While Simultaneously Sowing Doubts About Her

ABC News | TEDDY DAVIS and RIGEL ANDERSON with Matt Jaffe, Imtiyaz Delawala, and Ferdous Al-Faruque | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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On the eve of Thursday's vice-presidential debate in St. Louis, the McCain campaign is voicing confidence in moderator Gwen Ifill's professionalism wh...

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Ifill On Race And Rightwing Attacks: "I Find It Curious"

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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NEW YORK — PBS journalist Gwen Ifill, moderator of the upcoming vice presidential debate, dismissed conservative questions about her impartialit...

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Having it All

Suzanne Braun Levine | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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Suzanne Braun Levine

McCain knows that it takes more than adrenaline - or testosterone for that matter - to respond to threats of war. He obviously chose Palin primarily because she is a woman. It is cynical.

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Sam Stein

Judy Woodruff Comes To Ifill's Defense

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.01.2008 | Media

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Colleagues of Gwen Ifill are coming to her defense after conservatives, including members of the McCain campaign, declared her a biased moderator for ...

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Sorry, Sarah Palin, Sometimes Life Isn't Fair

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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Joanne Bamberger

I knew there was one thing I could not say. "Your honor, please don't ask me as many questions about this motion as the other lawyers, because I'm not as experienced in the law as they are."

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Ifill Book Public Weeks Before McCain Agreed To Have Her Moderate VP Debate

Judd Legum | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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Judd Legum

The McCain camp is claiming it didn't know about Gwen Ifill's book prior to agreeing to her as moderator for the VP debate. If that's true, it just shows the campaign's incompetence.

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Sarah Palin May Really Win the Debate: What Biden Must Do to Prevent It

Paul Abrams | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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Paul Abrams

So long as Gwen Ifill does not say, "explain" when Palin spouts nonsense -- and it was only that question from Katie Couric that revealed her shallowness -- Palin wins.

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In Defense Of Sarah Palin

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I have to at least try to defend the point she was (so badly) trying to make. Alaska was on the front lines of the Cold War. It's a valid point, especially with a newly-resurgent and newly-belligerent Russia.

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Sarah Palin's D.C. Office Refuses MomsRising Letter

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Marcia G. Yerman

The letter, which I wrote about previously, was to ascertain where Palin stands on issues directly impacting mothers and families.

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The Two Most Important Women In America: Gwen and Rachel

Rusty Russell | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home

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Rusty Russell

These women have the opportunity to get it right, to let us hear some real answers from the candidates and explore genuine issues -- and we have good reason to expect they might do just that.

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Fox News Suffers Another Debate Snub; Bloggers Take A Bow

Eric Boehlert | Posted 09.13.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

Fox News has been taken down several notches, and the demotions can be traced back to the blogger-led debate boycott from 2007 and the repercussions it set off.

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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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