Robert Draper

Winners Lose

Robert Koehler | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


Robert Koehler

The situation in Afghanistan is serious. We're getting "out-governed" by an enemy so ruthless it's bringing services to a desperate people ignored by ...

Bible Quotes on "Worldwide Intelligence Updates?"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

Bush proved that the blurring of the line that separates Church and State is not only unconstitutional, it is also wholly dysfunctional.

Donald Rumsfeld Remixes Christian Hymns for George W. Bush

Patrick Sauer | Posted 06.19.2009 | Comedy


Patrick Sauer

GQ broke the story that Rumsfeld used cover sheets juxtaposing Bible quotes and war imagery for the top-secret intelligence briefings, but did you know he also rewrote the words to Bush's favorite hymns?

Rumsfeld was Bush's Rasputin

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 06.17.2009 | Politics


Allison Kilkenny

Rumsfeld is a smart man, who is familiar with American history, so it wouldn't be fair to accuse him of a senior moment when that whole separation of church and state thing flew out of his head.

Rumsfeld's Crusade Memos

GQ | Robert Draper | Posted 06.17.2009 | Politics


On the morning of Thursday, April 10, 2003, Donald Rumsfeld's Pentagon prepared a top-secret briefing for George W. Bush. This document, known as the ...

Bush: "I Do A Lot Of Crying In This Job"

GQ | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics


Robert Draper, author of the George Bush biography "Dead Certain," has written an article for GQ on the interviews that shaped the book. Some highligh...

In John Edwards' Country

Robert Draper | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics


Robert Draper

Six years ago, John Edwards was looking ahead, and with good reason. No Southern politician seemed to have a more glorious future.

Obama Has What It Takes (and It's Not What You Think It Is)

Robert Draper | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics


Robert Draper

To me at least, Obama doesn't do that convincing an impression of a socialist. He's much more convincing as Machiavelli.

Robert Draper: McCain Campaign "Disdainful" Of Blogging, "Believes That's Not What Journalism Ought To Be"

WWD | Irin Carmon | Posted 11.30.2008 | Media


Anxiety about access has underpinned campaign coverage this cycle, be it John McCain's recently less cozy relationship with the press, the rollout of ...

McCain's Narrative Problem

John McQuaid | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics


John McQuaid

His campaign seems based on one idea alone: because of who he is -- not what he has done as a senator, not what he wants to do as president, but who he is -- John McCain should be president.

Palin Voice Coach Billed As "Get Out The Vote" Expense

Politico | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics


From the Robert Draper piece: [A]n elegant ... woman sat alone at the far end of the bar ... Her name was Priscilla Shanks, a New York-based stag...

Seth Colter Walls

NYT Catches McCain Camp In Lie About Bailout Response

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics


Leaked copies of Robert Draper's forthcoming New York Times Magazine exposé on the McCain campaign's many messages are already being picked apart by ...

Sam Stein

Explosive GQ Piece: McCain Tried To Upend al-Maliki Government

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics


An explosive piece in GQ Magazine alleges that in July 2007, John McCain urged President Bush to cut off its ties with the al-Maliki government in Ira...