AOL News has a new home! The Huffington Post.
Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Hot on HuffPost:
Controversial Book On Obama Appears To Have Lifted Key Quote
Walker Recall Effort Struggles To Gain Momentum
game change
Ed Harris to Play John McCain in HBO's 'Game Change'
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsActor Ed Harris has been cast as John McCain in the upcoming HBO movie, "Game Change." The "A Beautiful Mind" actor has signed on to play the former Republican presidential nominee in the film, which follows the 2008 election and is based on a book by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. Harris will join Julianne Moore, who has already been tapped to play the role of vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Getty Images Actor Ed Harris, right, has been cast as Sen. John McCain in HBO's "Game Change." "Game Change" is being directed by Jay Roach, written by Danny Strong and produced ...
Dick Cheney to Be Subject of HBO Miniseries
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyDick Cheney's been out of government for more than two years, but his political afterlife shows no signs of ending: HBO plans a miniseries on the famously abrasive former vice president. CNN reports that the project will be based on the "Frontline" documentary about Cheney, "The Dark Side," along with the Barton Gellman book, "Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency." No word from HBO on when the series will air or who will star, but it is expected to follow the former Wyoming congressman and defense secretary from his early years in the Nixon administration to his time as George W. Bush's ...
Julianne Moore Set to Play Sarah Palin in HBO Movie [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL News...
Julianne Moore to Play Sarah Palin: A Casting Choice as Divisive as Palin Herself
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsTina Fey may be the most famous Sarah Palin impersonator, but the "30 Rock" star has some new competition. Julianne Moore has been tapped to portray Palin in HBO's upcoming film about the 2008 presidential race, "Game Change." The casting choice has provoked some surprisingly passionate responses. Says the Los Angeles Times' Nardine Saad: It's an interesting twist, casting an Oscar-nominated actress to play a politico who until recently was making a name for herself as a reality TV star. It's almost flattering that news that she'll be played by the classy redhead (Moore) broke soon ...
Could the Book 'Game Change' Stop John Thune From Running for President?
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyBecause of a popular book, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) -- long assumed to be a likely 2012 GOP primary contender -- might be having second thoughts about running for president. As Politico recently reported, "His wife, Kimberley, read 'Game Change,' the blockbuster 2008 campaign book that revealed an array of candidate-spouse spats and depicted a brutal life on the campaign trail. " 'It was not helpful,' he joked, calling the book a 'downer.' " This was interesting to me, partly because just a couple days ago Mitt Romney told CNN's Piers Morgan that his wife wants him to run. Some may ...
Elizabeth Edwards' Harshest Critics: Are They Sorry Now?
By Joanne Bamberger - Politics DailyOn the day Elizabeth Edwards died, Time magazine's Mark Halperin eulogized her on "Hardball with Chris Matthews" as "one of the most public and valiant cancer survivors" he had ever known, an advocate who had used her spotlight to champion issues dear to her, including health care and gay rights. Movingly, Halperin described Edwards as an "incredible testament" to strength and courage and a mother who had worked to keep her family's life as normal as possible during the last days of her illness. In fact, unless you were one of the millions who read "Game Change," the '08 presidential campaign ...
Rielle, Oprah and Zen: America's Truth-Off
By Lizzie Skurnick - Politics DailySince the publication of "Game Change," the revelations of a sex tape and the alarming photo accompaniment to Rielle Hunter's GQ interview, we can safely say that dirt on the John Edwards scandal has entered an era of diminishing returns. America could handle the soap-worthy battle between a cancer-ridden wife and a wanton home-wrecker, but even the most salacious viewer knows that when the lady of the house takes off her pants and kneels next to the stuffed Elmo, it's time to pick up your toys and go home. ...
'Game Change' Fallout: Elizabeth Edwards' Popularity Drops
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe popularity of John and Elizabeth Edwards (or, in his case, the unpopularity) in their native North Carolina appears to have taken a hit due to the unflattering portrayals of them in "Game Change," the behind-the-scenes chronicle of the 2008 presidential election by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Jan. 15-18. ...
The Cable News Patrol: Rounding Up the Usual Suspects and Subjects
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyAlready, my life feels like it has been reduced to a cheesy Internet banner ad: "New York Man Watches TV at Home – And Is Paid for It, Just Like a Real Job." On Monday, I began my masochistic regimen of watching cable TV news for 12 hours a day in a valiant effort to...err...I dunno...maybe...probe the subterranean depths of the American political psyche. In truth, my motivation had something to do with frustration at being stuck at home recovering from Achilles tendon surgery (I told them that they could start the Trojan War without me). Perhaps others in my situation might be reading ...
In Fox Debut, Sarah Palin Calls 'Game Change' Charges 'Crap'
By David Sessions - Politics DailyIn her first night as a paid contributor to the Fox News Channel, Sarah Palin spent most of her air time discussing "Game Change," a controversial new book by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin that casts many politicians, including Palin, in a bad light. But Palin partially confirmed one story in the book: that when she became John McCain's running mate, she thought the 9/11 hijackers might have had connections to Iraq. ...
Follow Politics Daily
POPULAR
- Nancy Pelosi Confirms House May Skip Up or Down Vote on Senate Health Bill
- Debrahlee Lorenzana: A Double Take on Those Double D's
- Campbell Brown Quits CNN With Shockingly Frank Farewell
- Palin Earnings Estimated at $12 Million
- The Five Most Racist Obama Cartoons?
- Soraya M., Stoned to Death for Being an "Inconvenient Wife''
- Jimmy Carter Leaves Church Over Treatment of Women
- No posts are available.
News From Our Partners
- Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st
- Picking new leader, Egyptians search for superman
- Egyptians vote in first free presidential vote
- Moon chips from Vegas casino mogul sent to NASA
- Egyptians vote to rid nation of autocratic rule
- More Stories »
- Rudy Giuliani: Mitt's Great. I'm Just Better
- 'Masters of the Universe' Sure Have Fragile Egos
- Romney: My Mistakes 'Haunt Me'
- Newt Lauds Romney: He's Like Eisenhower
- Irked Senate Panel Votes 30-0 to Cut Pakistan Aid
- More Stories »
- Know Your Enemy
- Obama’s Challenge in Egypt
- The Edwards Waiting Game
- Are Doctors Doing Too Much?
- The Pagan Cult of Reagan
- More Stories »
- Ambition Counteracting Ambition
- Robert Blagojevich Speaks Out
- In Iowa, Obama Calls Romney's Words 'A Cow Pie of Distortion'
- In Iowa, Obama Calls On Congress to Act on Clean Energy Tax Credits
- Romney Has Interesting Morning in Inner-City Philly
- More Stories »
Top News
More News
More on Aol
Local News
More Blog/Sites
Sites and Services
HuffPost Politics