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Howard Wolfson Lamont Campaign's New Adviser

The Washington Post | Chris Cillizza | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Prominent Democratic operative Howard Wolfson is advising Ned Lamont's candidacy for governor of Connecticut, adding a high-profile element to what is...

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Bloomberg Sets Record For Personal Spending In Pursuit Of Public Office

nytimes.com | MICHAEL BARBARO and DAVID W. CHEN | Posted 10.24.2009 | New York

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Michael R. Bloomberg, the Wall Street mogul whose fortune catapulted him into New York's City Hall, has set another staggering financial record: He ha...

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Jason Linkins

Bush Sent Gonzales To The Hospital (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

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Man, you turn Marcy Wheeler loose on an IG report, and her eye just seeks heat. Today, Wheeler's getting praise for catching this detail in the uncla...

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Bloomberg Hires Former McCain Communications Director

New York Times | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

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Striking a conspicuously bipartisan tone, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's re-election campaign has hired Jill Hazelbaker, the former national communicati...

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Sam Stein

Howard Wolfson To Aid Bloomberg, Not Clinton

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

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Howard Wolfson, communications guru for Hilary Clinton's primary campaign, announced just now that he will be doing communications work for Michael Bl...

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Howard Wolfson Names His Favorite Music Of 2008

Gotham Acme | Posted 01.22.2009 | Entertainment

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Ever wondered what Hillary Clinton Communications Director Howard Wolfson's taste in music is? Now you can find out. He has posted his top tunes o...

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Clinton Flack Wolfson Considered For State Department Gig

Politico | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics

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Some of Washington's best-known Democratic operatives -- including Jenny Backus, Jennifer Palmieri and Howard Wolfson -- are being considered for top ...

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Wolfson: Drudge Siren Gave Me Nightmares

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

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Via Politico, Former Hillary Clinton campaign flack (and current Fox News contributor) Howard Wolfson tells the New York Times how the Drudge siren dr...

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Sam Stein

Wolfson Over Fear Of Flying -- Destined For State?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

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With Hillary Clinton seemingly locked up for the post of Secretary of State, several Democratic sources have begun speculating that her long-time comm...

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New Evidence Mark Penn To Blame For Major Clinton Mistake

CBS News | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

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Hillary Clinton's first major mistake of the campaign, her staff has long admitted, was whacking Barack Obama after his supporter David Geffen trashed...

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Sam Stein

Clintonites Offer McCain Advice: Make A Dramatic Play And Pray

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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Facing a difficult electoral map and dispiriting public opinion polls, John McCain finds himself in a situation similar to Hillary Clinton's in the cl...

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Howard Wolfson Talks Fox News, Working With Karl Rove, And His Dream Job Of White House Press Secretary

New York Magazine | Michael Idov | Posted 11.20.2008 | Media

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It's early fall, and political operative Howard Wolfson, late of the Hillary Clinton campaign, is doing his job: debating former Bush strategist Karl ...

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Wolfson: The Race Is Over; Ayers Can't Save McCain

TNR | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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Perpetually fretting Democrats will not want to accept it. The campaigns themselves can't afford to believe it. Many journalists know it but can't say...

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Sam Stein

Ex-Adviser: McCain "Blinked," Campaign "Governed By Tactics, Not Ideology"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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Scroll down to see McCain ad... After days of saying that John McCain would not attend Friday's presidential debate unless an agreement on a bailout ...

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Howard Wolfson: Why Hillary Won't Get In "Cat Fight" With Palin

TNR | Howard Wolfson | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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I have been asked repeatedly over the last several days to respond to the idea that Hillary Clinton will soon be dispatched by the Obama campaign to "...

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Howard Wolfson: Obama Has Won Me Over

The Huffington Post via GothamAcme | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

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The stalwart Clintonite says he saw something in Barack Obama's Denver speech: No one in recent history had attempted this kind of a political conve...

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Obama's Clinton Bounce in Denver

Ari Melber | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

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Ari Melber

Hillary's convention speech definitely fell short on detailing a personal case for Obama as the right person for the job. That's the core issue for the remaining voters.

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Howard Wolfson Goes To War With MSNBC

Talking Points Memo | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

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On Fox News just now, Howard Wolfson unleashed a broad attack on MSNBC and its top on-air personalities, slamming the network's coverage of Bill and H...

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Thomas B. Edsall

Democrats Go For The Gold

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

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A prominent Washington public relations firm founded by veterans of the Clinton administration is seeking to represent a coalition of energy speculato...

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Wolfson: If I Wasn't Doing Fox, I Wouldn't Be Here

The Observer | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

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Brit Hume, Bill Kristol, Mort Kondracke and Fred Barnes were kicking around some ideas to discuss on the air as they climbed the stairs to Fox's Elect...

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Jason Linkins

Howard Wolfson's New Gig: Indie Rock Blogger

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

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Former Hillary Clinton flack Howard Wolfson and I may have had structural disagreements over whether the voters in states like Virginia are "important...

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Howard Wolfson: Obama Smear Book Dead On Arrival

Gotham Acme | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

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Although Jerome Corsi's book "The Obama Nation" has been out for just a brief period, it is already clear that it has failed to put a real dent in Sen...

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Thank You, John Edwards

Erik Ose | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

Because Edwards is out of office, not on the ballot, and now out of the running for a convention speech, VP slot or cabinet post, the scandal will have little effect on Democrats' chances this fall.

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Wolfson: Hillary's Senior Advisers All Rejected Penn's Xenophobic Push

Talking Points Memo | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

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I just reached former Hillary spokesperson Howard Wolfson to ask him for comment on Josh Green's big piece in The Atlantic reporting that chief Hilla...

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Jason Linkins

Wolfson Backtracks On Edwards/Iowa Claim

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

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This afternoon, former Hillary Clinton flack Howard Wolfson, confronted by a Fox News colleague with actual Iowa polling that suggested Clinton wasn't...

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