Iowa: 'Media Ready to Take 3rd-Place McCain Finish and Catapult Him to
January 2nd, 2008 6:06 PM
Credit Chuck Todd for candor. The NBC News Political Director has acknowledged that the media is poised to take a third-place finish by John McCain in Iowa, declare him the winner and catapult the Arizona senator to victory in New Hampshire. Todd appeared with the Politico's Roger Simon on this afternoon's Hardball.View video here.
Shuster Says: Huckabee Next President
December 24th, 2007 10:11 AM
See Update at foot: Could it be Jeb?Bona fide prediction, or devious three-dimensional-chess-move-cum- double-bank-shot-jujitsu gambit designed to sow chaos in Republican ranks? Hard to say, but one thing is undeniable: MSNBC correspondent David Shuster has predicted that Mike Huckabee will be the next President of the United States.The surprising prognosis came at the end of an interesting…
'Today' Pits Partisan Dems vs. Reticent Republicans
November 11th, 2007 9:57 AM
How overmatched were the two lukewarm-at-best Republicans that "Today" tossed in against two partisan Dems this morning? If NBC scheduled this unfair a fight for Sunday Night Football, Al Michaels would be calling the play-by-play between the New England Patriots and the proverbial Little Sisters of Mercy.The Today show's farce of a "voter panel" was invited to discuss politics and the state of…
'Morning Joe' Peeps Perplexed OBL Pop-Ups Help GOP
September 7th, 2007 7:38 AM
Darn it, when will Osama Bin Laden's jack-in-the-box moments start hurting Republicans, as they should? That was the prevailing sentiment on today's "Morning Joe." At 6:40 a.m. EDT, reacting to the news that OBL is planning to release a new video to mark the sixth anniversary of 9-11, Host Joe Scarborough expressed his perplexity to NBC News political director Chuck Todd.JOE SCARBOROUGH: Hey…
NBC's Todd Clips Anderson Cooper: 'Maybe He Wasn't Following the Campa
July 24th, 2007 7:09 AM
Is MSNBC becoming Catfight Central? A few days ago I noted this epic dust-up on the cable network between conservative radio talk show host Melanie Morgan and feminist Naomi Wolf. Today's "Morning Joe" brought more fireworks of a feline variety, as NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd took some serious swipes at Anderson Cooper and his hosting of last night's CNN/YouTube presidential debate.…
