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Meet Mark Salter, the Man Who Might Be the Mysterious Author of 'O: A Presidential Novel'
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsSo much for that Washington parlor game. The new anonymously written book "O: A Presidential Novel," a fictionalized tale of the 2008 presidential campaign, earned most of its buzz because of the whodunnit aspect. As Politics Daily put it last week, "though reviews so far are tepid, the undisclosed identity of the novelist has captured the short attention span of the political press." But Time magazine's Mark Halperin claims that he has solved the case. Anonymous, he says, is none other than Mark Salter. Among the clues: "There is a story early in the book based on a real-life tale that ...
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 ...
Mark Halperin on Newt Gingrich Running for President: 'He May Do It'
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyFormer House Speaker Newt Gingrich has generated news lately by saying he's "never been this serious" about running for president. While some assume Gingrich is merely attempting to generate buzz in order to sell books, Time magazine's Mark Halperin said on Tuesday's "Morning Joe" that he takes Gingrich very seriously. According to Halperin: "He's serious. Look, he's at an age where, if he doesn't run this time, he may never get to run. He does want to be president. Obama looks weak. It's not a strong field right now. And he is looking. He's talking to people. He's got Joe Gaylord, his ...
Is This Goodbye, Harry? You Deserve a Plaque for Public Service
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyI hope his prehistoric perspective and unfortunate choice of words regarding Mr. Obama's complexion and diction does not cost the majority leader his seat in the Senate. Despite a substantial war chest and significant pork power, the four-term lawmaker may not have another six-year tenure in his future. Nevadans are not wild about Harry in his current re-election campaign, and races are lost on far less than front-page indiscretions. The senator from Searchlight must wish he hadn't been so frank with reporters Mark Halperin and John Heilemann during the presidential election campaign. ...
Reid Apologizes for Racial Remark About Obama, and Also Sinks in a Poll
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThis was not the best of days for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid who found himself apologizing for having referred to candidate Barack Obama in private as a "light-skinned" black with no "Negro dialect," and then having to digest a new poll saying most Nevadans viewed him unfavorably and would elect any of his potential GOP opponents over him. ...
Reid Apologizes for 'No Negro Dialect' Remark
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Jan. 9) -- The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate apologized on Saturday for comments he made about Barack Obama's race during the 2008 presidential bid and are quoted in a yet-to-be-released book about the campaign. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada described in private then-Sen. Barack Obama as "light skinned" and "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one." Obama is the nation's first African-American president. "I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words. I sincerely apologize for offending any and all Americans, especially African-Americans for my ...
Report: Hillary First Rejected Obama Post, Worried About Bill's 'Penchant for Controversy'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyWhen Barack Obama asked Hillary Clinton to become his secretary of state, she first turned down the job. She later accepted, of course, but was reportedly worried about the effect her husband's "penchant for controversy" would have on a role that would require the utmost diplomacy, loyalty and discretion. That and other revelations about the Democratic and Republican 2008 presidential campaigns will be the subject of CBS's "60 Minutes" this Sunday when Anderson Cooper interviews political reporters Mark Halperin and John Heilemann about their book, "Game Change." Halperin and Heilemann ...
Time's Halperin Marginalizes the White Man
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyWith the news that Justice David Souter is retiring from the Supreme Court, picking his replacement is the hot topic today. Time's Mark Halperin provides a handy list of ponderables on the subject, but he seems to have one question worked out already. From Rumproast: Mark Halperin, one of the whitest men in America, wrote the following weird header (accompanied by a stock photo of what I guess is his idea of what a "white man" looks like) to pitch another post that mentions nothing about white men being excluded from consideration to replace Justice Souter: White Men Need Not Apply The rest ...
Historic Inauguration Also Marks Largest Ever Collection of Porta-Potties
By David Knowles - Politics Daily7,000 porta-potties, to be exact. As political gum-shoe Mark Halperin notes:...said to be the most ever assembled in the U.S.Calling all porta-potties! Come in, porta-potties! You are needed in DC, pronto. In fact, the record-breaking 7,000 may not be enough. MSNBC reports that the toilet-to-person ratio will stand at about 1:6,000. And once you're actually out on the Washington Mall, it's a long walk to the nearest Starbucks or McDonalds. On the bright side, since the temperature is forecast to be in the low 30's for the big day, the movable toilets won't be stinking to high heaven. Still, ...
Mark Halperin Called Out For 'Disgusting, Pro-Obama Bias' Comments
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyTime magazine blogger and Hot Seat contributor Mark Halperin is taking sharp criticism, from Editor & Publisher's Greg Mitchell, over remarks he made at a forum on Friday. The Time.com blogger has gotten a lot of Web attention since Friday when, at a forum in L.A., he called media bias in favor of Obama all year "disgusting," the worst display of media malfeasance since the run-up to the Iraq war (which Halperin himself was a part of, he neglects to say). Here's Halperin's full quote: "It's the most disgusting failure of people in our business since the Iraq war. It was extreme bias, extreme ...
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