Pollster Frank Luntz on Palin Pick

ST. PAUL, Minn.-- Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) should hope for an open-ended forum for her debate with Obama running mate Sen. Joe Biden, argued pollster Frank Luntz. The better for him to utter the inevitable golden Biden gaffe.The key to the debate between Biden and Palin is to have it completely open. Becuase Joe Biden for the first 90 seconds is as good as it gets. He always makes the stupid…
NB Staff

Obama Embraces Media Hype about Economic 'Turmoil

Networks virtually ignore good economic news, don't challenge claim economy in 'crisis.'
Julia A. Seymour

GOP Platform Chair: McCain 'Pushed Very Hard' for Climate Change Plank

Rep. Kevin McCarthy says the nominee's influence, 'strong belief when it comes to global warming' are the reasons for support.
Jeff Poor

Obama Embraces Media Hype about Economic 'Turmoil

BMI Staff

Media Tout 'GOP Slamfest,' 'Hard-Edged Attack' on Obama

Unlike the celebratory response to the opening nights of the Democratic convention a week ago, the three network morning shows offered restrained recaps of Tuesday night’s speeches at the Republican convention, and continued to portray Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as a liability for the GOP ticket.On Wednesday’s Today, NBC’s David Gregory had the GOP taking “swipes at Senator Obama’s limited…
Rich Noyes

Networks Grill Rudy Giuliani On Sarah Palin

Appearing on all three network morning shows on Wednesday, Rudy Giuliani was inundated with questions about McCain vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, including one question by Meredith Vieira on NBC’s Today: "So, what do you say to the people who are questioning the judgment of McCain in selecting her? He has always been known as a maverick, but also as somebody who can veer towards the…
Kyle Drennen

CBS Gives Downbeat Spin of Bush Economy

'Evening News' cites 'economy in shambles' as stain on presidential record.
Nathan Burchfiel

Matthews on Palin: A Pitchfork Secessionist

Cross Posted At Video Done Right MSNBC’s Chris Matthews charged GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin as being a member of Alaska’s Independence party. Members of this party advocate to secede from the union and place all federally owned land under state control. Even after Howard Fineman mentioned he received documentation from the McCain campaign showing Palin had been a registered…
Kerry Picket

'Commander In Chief' Creator: Idea of Palin Facing Down Russians Is 'I

Tim Graham

CBS: WaPo’s Sally Quinn Slams Palin’s Parenting: Needs to ‘Rethi

On Wednesday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez had a roundtable discussion on Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s ability to serve in office and be a mother: "The question, can a mother of five, including an infant with Downs Syndrome, be an effective vice president?" Washington Post reporter Sally Quinn was part of the panel and responded:...it's interesting that here I…
Kyle Drennen

Ron Paul: Palin Can't 'Rein in the Empire

Former GOP and Libertarian presidential candidate calls for 'hard money' approach to economics in alternative convention speech.
Whitney Stewart

CNBC’S Harwood: ‘Left-of Center Bias’ is Real

John Harwood, CNBC's chief Washington Correspondent, admitted this morning "that people who talk about bias in the mainstream press, left of center bias, are not imagining things."  He went on to explain, "It has to do with the kind of people who go into journalism, okay? So I'm not arguing with that general notion.  I think that those of us in journalism have to do our best to try to present the…
Colleen Raezler

Telegraph UK: 'How Good a 'Mom' Can Sarah Palin Be

Feminism took a step backwards this week. After being told for decades that women are being held back by the proverbial glass ceiling the left is looking to repair its most recent cracks with duct tape. Apparently a mom, the once dispensable facet of the nuclear family according to many a card carrying liberal, is now so indispensable that she should actually feel guilty for seeking the job as…
Terry Trippany

Campbell Brown Interview Leads McCain to Cancel CNN Appearance

Will CNN's Campbell Brown go down as the next Dan Rather in the halls of liberal bias infamy?That seems highly possible now after watching Brown's interview with John McCain strategist Tucker Bounds in which she repeatedly attacked Bounds over Sarah Palin's supposed lack of qualifications.The highly charged exchange (which was very much in keeping with Brown's long record of attacking Palin) led…
Matthew Sheffield