VP: Hardball Says Hillary's History, But What If

There's no current wisdom more conventional than that which has Hillary Clinton entirely out of the veepstakes.  Take the opening of yesterday's Hardball, for example, with Mike Barnicle sitting in for Chris Matthews.MIKE BARNICLE: It didn't get much notice in the media and it didn't show up in any newspaper obituary pages, but the idea of a Democratic ticket of Obama and Hillary Clinton died a…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Day After Skipping Good Economic News, ABC & NBC Highlight Bad

A night after ABC's World News and the NBC Nightly News didn't air a word about the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) doubling to 1.9 percent in the second quarter, up from 0.9 percent in the first, the two evening newscasts found newsworthy a rise in the unemployment rate, with NBC using the increase to segue to a story on how “a growing number of Americans are...being downsized from full-time work…
Brent Baker
 

Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel Bids Farewell to 'Diversity Queen

P.J. Gladnick
 

A Year Later -- CNBC's Cramer Called It

Network's resident loose cannon and 'Mad Money' host ranting predictions came true at least in part.
Jeff Poor
 

FT's Crook Explores the Gun Owner in His Natural Habitat

In his July 31 blog entry, "Postcard from the gun show," Financial Times correspondent and loyal subject of Queen Elizabeth II Clive Crook admits that he "may get thrown out of Georgetown for this," but he applauds the rugged individualism of the American gun owner.:Aside from other motivations-sport, self-defence-the gun-show universe is about pride, self-reliance, and resentment at being bossed…
Ken Shepherd
 

CNN’s Cafferty Compares McCain Britney Spears Ad to RNC ‘Call Me

CNN commentator Jack Cafferty, on Thursday’s The Situation Room, found racist overtones to the recent McCain campaign ad comparing the hype surrounding vapid celebrities like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears to the hype surrounding Barack Obama: "I think it's very much playing the race card to put a highly educated, articulate, middle-aged black family man into a television commercial with two…
Matthew Balan
 

$10 Gas Doesn't Change Dem Senator's Mind on Oil Drilling

There was a rather extraordinary confrontation on the Senate floor Thursday involving offshore oil drilling that got very little press coverage. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kent.) tried to get Democrats to vote on a measure that would open up such drilling if the price of gasoline reached a certain level.Although the "bidding" eventually reached $10 a gallon, Colorado's Ken Salazar…
Noel Sheppard
 

Weekend Captionfest

What else do you think the pictured individuals might say?
NB Staff
 

NB's Motley on 'Cavuto' Discusses Media Blaming McCain for Race Card

NB Staff
 

Edwards Love-Child Story Breaks In North Carolina

Tim Graham
 

Wexler Begs for Help in Fight Against 'Ultra-Conservative Radio and Te

Rep. Robert Wexler is getting desperate. After several media outlets discovered the Democratic congressman from Florida uses his in-laws' house in a Florida retirement community to meet residency requirements, he has sent out an e-mail (entire text here) asking for campaign donations - alleging it's his "strong and vocal stands in favor of impeaching President Bush and Vice President Cheney"…
Jeff Poor
 

WaPo's Pearlstein Writes Obituary for Capitalism

Columnist claims free-markets have failed to deliver 'safety, fairness, economic security and environmental sustainability.'
Jeff Poor
 

CBS News: Obama 'Interupted By Hecklers' But McCain Draws Protesters

Mike Bates
 

GOP Stages Revolt as House Dems Skip Town Without Oil Vote

In a stunning development, Republicans are currently staging a revolt against House Democrats who adjourned a few hours ago to head on a five week vacation instead of allowing a vote which would permit additional offshore oil drilling.UPDATE at end of post. As Politico reported moments ago:Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders opposed the motion to adjourn the House, arguing…
Noel Sheppard