Matthews's Scorecard: Romney Up, Rudy Down
May 4th, 2007 8:01 AM
Romney won, Rudy lost. That's Chris Matthews' take on the GOP presidential debate he moderated on MSNBC last night. Matthews made his views clear during his appearance on this morning's "Today." Meredith Vieira, who interviewed Matthews at 7:09 EDT, seemed to share her colleague's assessment.TODAY CO-HOST MEREDITH VIEIRA: Winners and losers in your assessment?MSNBC HOST CHRIS MATTHEWS: Oh,…
Joe Klein Slams Bush Carrier Landing, Says Rumsfeld Should Empty Bedpa
May 2nd, 2007 1:31 PM
One great thing about liberal journalists blogging is that without the constraints of editorial oversight, they can let their hair down even more than usual, unleashing their biases as fast as their fingers fly over the keyboard.Time magazine's Joe Klein is no exception. The journalist and formerly anonymous author of "Primary Colors" shared with readers of the "Swampland" blog today his…
GMA 'Gets it Done' for Kucinich-Care
May 2nd, 2007 8:52 AM
ABC News apparently sees its role not merely as reporting the news, but acting as advocates on a highly-charged political issue being promoted by a left-wing Democratic presidential candidate. Check out the graphic from this morning's Good Morning America: "GMA Gets It Done: Taking on Medicaid. Fighting to Treat Tooth Decay."The screencap shows a palpably emotional GMA co-host Chris Cuomo…
Maher: Way Republicans Talk About Reagan 'Almost Gay
May 1st, 2007 7:47 PM
Not that there's anything wrong with that . . . Actually, Bill Maher didn't add that Seinfeldesque qualifier when describing Republican affection for Ronald Reagan. Maher was a guest on this afternoon's "Hardball." In the course of taking a cheap shot at Fred Thompson, this Cornell alum [what is it about my alma mater, which also churned out Keith Olbermann?] had this to say:BILL MAHER: It…
