By Steve Kornacki 9/21/09 3:49pm

Barack Obama Talks for the Cycle

Maybe it would have been more interesting if the White House had taken a page from Ronald Reagan’s old playbook.

It was back in December 1987 when, with just over a year left in his second term, Reagan played host to a Washington summit with Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev. In terms of domestic Read More

By Felix Gillette 8/06/08 5:53pm

Commission on Presidential Debates Teams Up with MySpace on Fall Debates

Today executives with News Corporation’s MySpace announced that they have formed a partnership with the Commission on Presidential Debates to create MyDebates.org—a site that will include a downloadable application capable, in part, of streaming the fall presidential and vice presidential debates live. 

Yesterday, the commission announced the slate of moderators for the fall Read More

By Felix Gillette 4/01/08 10:40pm

Who Should Replace Bob Schieffer on Face the Nation?

“I’m going to stay for sure through the inauguration.” That’s what Bob Schieffer, the host these last 17 years of CBS’s Sunday morning, half-hour news program Face the Nation, told TV Guide’s Stephen Battaglio at the end of 2007. “Quite frankly, I don’t know what I’m going to do after that.”

Neither does CBS Read More

By Felix Gillette 12/21/07 6:46pm

Bob Schieffer Winding Down at CBS

Recently, in an interview with TV Guide’s Stephen Battaglio, CBS’ Bob Schieffer acknowledged that his days with the Tiffany Network are numbered.  

In the interview, Mr. Battaglio asked if this would be Mr. Schieffer’s last presidential cycle.

Mr. Schieffer responded: 

It probably is. I’ve always left that as something of a question Read More

By Steve Kornacki 11/12/07 2:20am

Ron Paul Earns a Curtain Call

An invitation to appear on one of the Sunday morning talk shows is a privilege that every presidential candidate—even Duncan Hunter—is afforded at some point.

The no-shot curiosities—like Mr. Hunter or Mike Gravel—usually show up early in the campaign for their perfunctory segment or two in a nationally-televised hot seat. Ron Paul was supposed to Read More

By Steve Kornacki 7/23/07 2:00am

The Unspectacular Harry Reid

It seems odd that Harry Reid, whose generally dispassionate manner probably strikes the casual listener as plain and boring, now enjoys a reputation as a hothead.

Of course, it’s not the way he talks, but the words that occasionally slip from his mouth that have fed the right’s bid to caricature him as an Read More