Matthews: 'I Don't See a Whole Lot of Heart' From Rudy or Romney
November 26th, 2007 8:12 PM
Widows and orphans, beware: the Republicans are coming!That was the upshot of Chris Matthews's observation today about two Republican front-runners.View video here.Financial Times US Managing Editor Chrystia Freeland has become a "Hardball" regular of late. CHRYSTIA FREELAND: The other thing that people worry about is if someone forecloses on their home, and that's the issue we haven't really…
Matthews: 'Liberal Media' Going Soft on 'Crazy' Huckabee
November 26th, 2007 5:39 PM
According to MSNBC host Chris Matthews, 2008 Republican candidate Mike Huckabee has been given "the biggest free ride from the liberal media that I have ever seen in my life." Appearing on Monday's edition of "Morning Joe," the "Hardball" anchor speculated that left-wingers would enjoy seeing the GOP "chaos" that a Huckabee victory in Iowa would produce and, as a result, are ignoring the…
Boston Globe Laments Immigration as 'Wedge Issue for Our Times
November 26th, 2007 11:23 AM
Consider yourselves warned. Should conservative and Republicans hold fast to strong stands on illegal immigration in the coming election year, and if they ultimately do well at the polls because of it, look for the Boston Globe to lament the tactic as a cynical "wedge issue," rather than a reaction to valid concerns from the electorate. The Boston Globe editorial board may be sharpening their…
Huckabee: My Critics Get Rich 'At Expense of People Who Don't Know If
November 26th, 2007 7:38 AM
Was that Mike Huckabee on "Morning Joe" today -- or John Edwards? The former Arkansas governor found an odd way to refute charges he's not a true conservative, indulging in some class-warfare rhetoric that would have been the envy of the former North Carolina senator.Mika Brzezinski hit Huckabee with an excerpt from Bob Novak's column of today. Here are the opening paragraphs from Novak's False…
Fred Thompson Says Fox News Is Biased Against His Campaign
November 25th, 2007 2:58 PM
This should certainly raise the eyebrows of folks around the country who believe Fox News is too conservative.On "Fox News Sunday," Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson told a somewhat stunned Chris Wallace that FNC is biased against his campaign. I kid you not. As reported hours ago by TheHill.com (video available here):
NYT Headline: ‘As Democrats See Security Gains in Iraq, Tone Shifts
November 25th, 2007 11:03 AM
Would you have ever imagined the New York Times, less than a year before the presidential elections, not only admitting that things are getting better in Iraq, but also suggesting Democrats – including those campaigning for president – were wrong about the surge? On the front page of its popular Sunday edition, no less?Well, there it was this morning, in big, bold letters: “As Democrats See…
Weekend Captionfest
November 23rd, 2007 4:00 PM
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., talks with visitors as he serves lunch at the Iowa Homeless Youth Center, Wednesday, November 21, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Philadelphia Bulletin on MRC Book: Bozell and Limbaugh are Right
November 23rd, 2007 7:38 AM
In the Philadelphia Bulletin, long-time Philly TV consumer reporter Herb Denenberg reviewed our book Whitewash, and easily found how its thesis of paving Hillary's path to the presdiency applied to the here and now. Hillary Clinton is being favored by the liberals at CNN during the current campaign: I happened to be reading the book when the CNN debate with the Democrat presidential candidates…
