Thursday, November 8, 2012

Politico

  • Politico Acknowledges Energy Op-Ed Writer's Conflict of Interest

    After inquiries from Media Matters, Politico has updated an op-ed on energy policy authored by former Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) to acknowledge his role at a law firm that represents energy companies that would benefit from the policies he supported in ...

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  • How Sessions helped keep a GOP House

    Amid the heap of GOP losses on Tuesday, one unsung Republican emerged as a winner: Texas Rep. Pete Sessions, a onetime Eagle Scout and former telephone company district manager who for the second cycle in a row led the party's campaign to keep ...

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  • Exclusive: Clinton would dominate 2016 Iowa caucuses, PPP shows

    The PPP poll, which was shared exclusively with POLITICO, shows Clinton taking 58 percent of the Iowa vote in a hypothetical presidential run.

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  • PPP: Iowa wide open for GOP in 2016

    The Republican Party has no front-runner for the 2016 Iowa caucuses, with even Jeb Bush and Paul Ryan scarcely drawing double-digit support in a new Public Policy Polling survey of the contest.

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  • ACA opponents scramble for a Plan B

    What's the plan for Obamacare's opponents now? Judging from Republicans' mixed messages Thursday, the plan is: disarray.

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  • Not Yet News at AP or Politico: Jesse Jackson Jr. Said to Be in Plea Deal Talks

    As of shortly before 1 p.m. ET, at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, there is no story about what the Chicago Sun-Times reported Wednesday evening about just-reelected Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.

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  • From the New York Times to Politico, How the Media Covered the Latino Vote

    Media companies recognized the importance of Hispanics in this election, and across the board noted the importance of Latinos in sending Barack Obama back to the White House.

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  • Politico founder opines on why Romney lost the election

    There are five reasons why Mitt Romney lost his bid to become the next president of the United States - according to Politico Co-founder and Executive Director Jim VandeHei - the female, black, Hispanic, Asian and gay electorate. VandeHei, who was the ...

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  • Strickland noncommittal on 2014 gov run

    Am I going to be the candidate to run against him? I'm certainly not prepared to say that. But I will be fully participating in efforts to get a Democrat in the governor's office.

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  • John Thune clears way for John Cornyn ascension

    John Cornyn's path to become the Senate GOP's No. 2 Republican is now clear after a potential challenger decided against challenging the Texas Republican for the plum spot.

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  • Hannity: 'America now deserves Obama'

    Sean Hannity on Wednesday said Americans deserve the government they voted for and "America now deserves Barack Obama" - "good luck with that.

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  • McConnell already looking at 2014 - Dems pound chest on victories - The ...

    With Tarini Parti. PI EXCLUSIVE ... MCCONNELL ALREADY LOOKING AT 2014: Coming off a brutal election night, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell didn't miss a beat when it came to preparing for his reelection efforts.

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  • Bolling on '13: 'Firebrand' can't win Virginia

    Speaking with POLITICO the day after Democrats won both the presidential election and the open-seat Senate race in Virginia, Bolling argued that 2012 confirmed Virginia "is a very competitive, two-party state that is becoming more challenging over time ...

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  • Tim Pawlenty: Election 'warning signs' for GOP

    In a wide-ranging interview with POLITICO on Thursday, Pawlenty reflected on the lessons for the GOP in the aftermath of an election that gave President Barack Obama another four years in the White House and expanded the Democratic majority in the ...

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  • How will GOP solve fiscal cliff riddle?

    "I don't believe that you should be doing those kinds of things," Black told POLITICO. "They should be done through committee, transparently and in a period of time when it's a calm atmosphere instead of a lame duck.

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  • Five traits of House freshman class

    It wasn't a wave election, but the 2012 races will sweep in an outsize freshman class nonetheless. The 113th Congress will welcome at least 79 new House members - 44 Democrats, 35 Republicans.

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  • Obama expanded the map—Giffords will face shooter—Jackson Jr. negotiating ...

    (jhohmann@politico.com; Twitter: @jameshohmann). Good morning from snowy BOSTON, where the reckoning with Tuesday's results is well underway.

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  • Scott Brown: Bay State politico at a crossroads

    Ted Kennedy's Senate seat is blue again. Less than three years after Republican Sen. Scott Brown took the political world by storm, he will return home to his pickup truck in Wrentham, Massachusetts.

    dailycaller.com

  • Think Again: Our Trivial Political Media, Continued...

    Though I'm drawn by the many excellent points Pareene's essay makes regarding Politico's tendency to pander to right-wing ideologues, I want to discuss The Baffler's enthusiastic embrace of Politico's focus on political triviality. I did my own ...

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  • Fact-checking: Was it worth it?

    2012 was the coming-out party for the fact-checking industry. But did it make a difference? The New York Times' David Carr argues that it didn't, because it didn't force candidates to tell the truth.

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