Posted on October 8th, 2008 by The Country Doc
Amidst a discussion of health care in which both candidates rattled off plans for tax credits, debated employment based health care, and praised electronic health records, it was the question from an audience member that really told of one of those “fundamental differences”.
The question of the night went to Lindsey Trella, “Senator, selling health care [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Healthcare, The Country Doc
Posted on October 7th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
Maybe after I’ve had more time to think about this goddamn crap I’ll be able to give a better reading of the debate.
Obviously both Obama and McCain were more aggressive. The constant contradictions of each other wore on me deeply. There are definite written plans. Why can’t we get any newsperson or moderator who has [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, Foreclosures, Housing, In The News, John McCain '08, News Media, Pakistan, Politics, Presidential Debates, Presidential Election, Republicans, Stuart O'Neill
Posted on September 7th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Sarah Palin is breaking the interview silence and has agreed to a sit down interivew with “Charles Gibson of ABC’s “World News Tonight,” according to an ABC News official.”
No other interviews are scheduled. It will be the first TV interview for Palin since she was named 10 days ago as running mate to John McCain.
Palin had [...]
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Filed under: ABC News, Conservatives, Democrats, Election '08, Gov. Sarah Palin, In The News, John McCain '08, News Media, Obama-Biden 08, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Election, Republicans, TV
Posted on June 13th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
Tags: olbermann, Tim Russert, Tom Brokaw
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Hart Williams
USA Today’s blog “On Deadline” reports: Report: Rather files $70M lawsuit against CBS News
Which is cribbing from another newspaper, rather than bloggers, and THEREFORE, deserves attribution. It comes from a New York Times story:
Rather Files $70 Million Lawsuit Against CBS
By JACQUES STEINBERG
Sphere: Related Content
Tags: 15 Months, 60 Minutes, Air National Guard, Airtime, Cbs Evening News, [...]
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Filed under: Breaking News, News Media, Political News Shows
Posted on November 7th, 2006 by Todd Mitchell
Cross Posted From Article of Faith:
NYT: Even Gains for Democrats May Feel Like Failure:
Adam Nagourney writes this morning: “In most midterm elections, an out-of-power party picking up, say, 14 seats in the House and five seats in the Senate could call it a pretty good night. But for Democrats in 2006, that showing would mean [...]
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