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'O: A Presidential Novel' -- By Anonymous, Starring Obama and 'Self-Obsessive' D.C.
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyA new story of O has arrived on some capital doorsteps, including mine. "O: A Presidential Novel," is a fictional – or is it non-fiction? – account of the Obama White House and the upcoming 2012 campaign by an author named "Anonymous." Yes, it's another who-wrote-it mystery. "What can I tell you about the author of O? Very little," teases Simon & Schuster Executive Vice President and Publisher Jonathan Karp in a letter to readers. "The author is someone who has been in the room with Barack Obama and knows this world intimately." Whether Karp's "room" is the Oval Office or a vast ...
NFL Kickoff: Political Insiders Make Their Super Bowl Predictions
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyAre you ready for some football? The NFL season officially kicked off Thursday night when the New Orleans Saints began their title defense against the Minnesota Vikings. That means it's time for our second annual "pigskins and politics" column -- where a group of top political insiders and opinion leaders weigh in with their wildly premature Super Bowl predictions. Why ask political and media folks about football? First, sports and entertainment people rarely hesitate to spout off about politics, so turnabout is fair play, right? Second, as GOP strategist Kevin Madden told me last year, ...
Harry Reid's Call for Mosque to be Built 'Somewhere Else' Saddens Liberals, Pleases Sharron Angle
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailySenator Harry Reid has come out today in opposition to the construction of a controversial Islamic center and mosque in New York City, near Ground Zero. As CNN reported, "The First Amendment protects freedom of religion," spokesman Jim Manley said in a statement. "Sen. Reid respects that but thinks that the mosque should be built some place else. If the Republicans are being sincere, they would help us pass this long overdue bill to help the first responders whose health and livelihoods have been devastated because of their bravery on 911, rather than continuing to block this much-needed ...
Politico's Shira Toeplitz on Chuck Todd's 'Genius'
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyPolitico's Shira Toeplitz joins us on the podcast to discuss the news of the day, as well as Politico's recent column tracing the arc of The Hotline -- a pioneering political news aggregation site once considered mandatory reading for political insiders. As a Hotline alumnus, Toeplitz is in good company. Other members of the club include Amy Walter (who just joined ABC News), and MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell and Chuck Todd -- just to name a few. When asked why The Hotline helped launch so many meteoric media careers, Toeplitz told me: "Honestly, I have to give it up to Chuck Todd on this one. ...
MSNBC's Chuck Todd on Obama's 'Biggest Missed Opportunity'
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyI've long held that President Obama passed up an incredible opportunity to change the tone of Washington. In my estimation, he passed that up to pursue partisan goals. On a taped segment of "Morning Joe" that aired Wednesday (video below), MSNBC's Chuck Todd put his finger on what he called Obama's "single biggest missed opportunity": [President Obama] actually had a moment where he could have said, 'No. I'm changing the rules of Washington, and here's how I'm doing it.' He could have vetoed that first supplemental spending bill. Remember that first supplemental spending bill where he ...
Pigskins and Politics: Let the Super Bowl Predictions Begin!
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyAre you ready for some football? The NFL season kicked off Thursday night when Pittsburgh beat Tennessee. With the other teams launching their seasons yesterday and tonight, the time seemed ripe to ask some political insiders and opinion leaders for their predictions about the year ahead. Here are their choices for the next Super Bowl champ, along with some observations on the ties that bind politics and football. ...
Bill Clinton Feels Sarah Palin's Pain: Why We Don't Do Rumors
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailySarah Palin: Bill Clinton feels your pain. So does Chuck Todd -- and everyone else being gossiped about on the Internet this week. And last week. And next week. Rumors, Mark Twain once opined, die after about three days, as the public's curiosity -- and appetite for gossip -- turns to a new victim. But Twain never lived to see the World Wide Web and its amazing ability to spread salacious hearsay, even if it's false. ...
Feud Breaks Out Over President Obama's Cheeseburger Field Trip
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAs Patricia Murphy noted earlier, President Obama dropped in on the Five Guys Restaurant today for some rapid nourishment (video here). He was accompanied by an NBC News film crew.The subject of the President's trip came up at today's White House Press Briefing, where CBS' Mark Knoller cast a suspicious eye at the "day in the life" burger run, prompting a quick rejoinder from NBC's Chuck Todd:Here's the video of the President's visit to Five Guys: ...
Chuck Todd moves to the White House, 'Chuckolytes' hang on for the ride.
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyOn Chuck Todd's first day as NBC News' chief White House correspondent, the unlikely television favorite of campaign 2008 admittedly didn't know much about the particulars of television production. He had never written a script, never produced a television package, and never done a formal stand-up to introduce a story during a news program. But Todd's fans, the self-described "Chuckolytes" of Facebook, Twitter, and fan sites across the Internet, could not have cared less about his facility with the finer points of the medium. Instead, his promotion to the most prestigious beat in the industry ...
VIDEO: 100 Days of Chuck Todd
By Patricia Murphy - Politics Daily"Politics Daily" caught up with Chuck Todd on the north lawn of the White House recently to discuss his first 100 days on the beat as NBC News' chief White House correspondent. Todd described the best and worst parts of the less-than-glamorous job, told us which president once looked at him and thought "Who the hell are you?" and responded to rumors of a possible MSNBC Saturday show for his fast-rising star. (For more on Todd's fans, see "Chuck Todd goes to the White House, 'Chuckolytes' Hang on for the Ride.") Video below, with apologies for the editing skills, which are as almost as new as ...
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