McCain Needs To Throw a Hail Mary
McCain is facing a losing battle, and a conventional VP pick is not going to help. He has to change the game plan, shake things up. If I'm McCain, I'd go with Mike Bloomberg or Colin Powell.
McCain is facing a losing battle, and a conventional VP pick is not going to help. He has to change the game plan, shake things up. If I'm McCain, I'd go with Mike Bloomberg or Colin Powell.
TMZ | Posted 06.30.2008 | Media
While in the Bahamas this weekend, the 50-year-old proved he's still got abs -- and two-year-old board shorts. Although he still looks pretty good, i...
Huffington Post | Posted 06.30.2008 | Media
Matt Lauer made the "Obama/Osama" slip that has plagued many a newscaster since Obama became a nationally-known figure. [WATCH] ...
AP | ALLISON HOFFMAN | Posted 06.07.2008 | Entertainment
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Beverly Davis | Posted 05.29.2008 | Home
As we are reminded again this week: you don't get in trouble in D.C. for lying, covering up and stonewalling, but you catch hell for telling the truth-- even if it's the least-surprising truth ever.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
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Huffington Post | Posted 05.02.2008 | Living
Matt Lauer spent Day 5 of his "Where in the World is Matt Lauer?" tour in the tropical isles of The Seychelles. Not surprisingly, he's got the world w...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.02.2008 | Media
He's been in Buenos Aires, the Netherlands, Laos, and Istanbul, but where would Matt Lauer wrap up his "Where in the World is Matt Lauer?" series? He...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.01.2008 | Media
So far this week he's been to Buenos Aires, the Netherlands, and Laos. Yesterday, he gave the following clue for where he'd be today: The prime ra...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.30.2008 | Media
So far, this week has brought Matt Lauer to Buenos Aires and to the Netherlands, but where in the world is Matt Lauer today? The clue: "This country...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.29.2008 | Media
Yesterday brought Matt Lauer to Argentina, but where would the "Today" show host be today? The clue was: The people in our second destination are ac...
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 04.28.2008 | Media
NEW YORK — A poster of Muhammad Ali looms over Matt Lauer's cluttered office up the stairs from NBC's "Today" show studios. Both men are accusto...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
Senator Joe Biden continued to press his argument against the administration's strategy on Iraq across the TV dial this morning. On the Today Show, h...
Jonathan Fast | Posted 04.03.2008 | Living
What makes Billy Wolfe's case unusual was not the frequency or brutality of the beatings, but the fact that Billy's parents decided to sue the parents of one of the bullies.
Janine Jackson | Posted 03.26.2008 | Media
We should also have a right to expect that the news we get is produced in a climate where journalistic priorities are paramount.
AP | Erin Carlson | Posted 03.19.2008 | Media
NEW YORK - Matt Lauer must have really thick skin. The "Today" show co-anchor will be the center of attention -- and the target of insults and genera...
Huffington Post | Posted 02.14.2008 | Media
"Today" show anchor Matt Lauer graced Conan O'Brien's couch Wednesday night. Lauer, who had almost no voice left (he missed Thursday's "Today" show) d...
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 01.22.2008 | Media
Osama bin Laden's son, Omar, appeared on the Today Show this morning, along with his wife. In what was surely one of the more bizarre interviews in a...
Huffington Post | Posted 01.18.2008 | Entertainment
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Lawrence O'Donnell | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics
After the Today Show used video clips of me talking (ranting, to some) about the racist history of the Mormons as a lead-in to Matt Lauer's interview of Mitt Romney, I feel compelled to clarify the obvious.
Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | Posted 12.07.2007 | Entertainment
My Face Is In Hot Scones While hawking more stuff on Home Shopping Network this week, Suzanne Somers had a food induced orgasm, laughed off her loss o...
Peggy Siegal | Posted 11.24.2007 | Living
Though the pilgrims had to pork up because their next big meal was Christmas, today's Americans will still be wolfing down another 5,000 calories of leftovers all weekend.
Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | Posted 11.16.2007 | Entertainment
Celine Dion displayed some amazing air guitar skills on "Today", "Oprah", and "Ellen" this week. For those of us who watched every show, she was kind...
Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 11.14.2007 | Media
Drew Peterson, the cop eyed in the recent disappearance of his fourth wife and the death of his third sat down for an exclusive on camera interview wi...
Laurie David and Gene Karpinski | Posted 11.13.2007 | Media
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BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
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Matt Littman | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics