Against all odds, the first book out of the gate on the 2008 election comes not from The Washington Post’s Daniel Balz, Time’s Mark Halperin, or Newsweek’s Evan Thomas, but Niall Stanage of Ireland’s Sunday Business Post, whose account of Barack Obama’s fight for the nomination and his victory in the general election has been Read More
Another Hillary update from Niall Stanage:
Hillary Clinton’s campaign swing through Iowa brought her to a biotech company on the outskirts of Des Moines this morning – and brought Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez unexpectedly into her crosshairs.The first question she received after a speech to employees of the Pioneer Hi-Bred International facility in Johnston Read More
Jason Horowitz writes about the reaction among conservative leaders to the pro-Second Amendment, strict constructionist, marriage-between-a-man-and-woman version of Rudy Giuliani. Bob Barr says, “It’s a sleight of hand.”
Niall Stanage interviews former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix about the Bush administration’s increasingly hard line with Iran. Dark stuff.
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In his column today, Niall Stanage says the genteel response of the New York Times to charges of treason has been wholly inadequate, and that what the paper actually needs is a Clinton-style war room.
Here’s part of his prescription:
Spokespeople for The Times and other comparable media outlets need to realize that no Read MoreJason Horowitz writes about the proliferation of Mike Bloomberg.
Niall Stanage thinks fueling Bloomberg ’08 will prevent the Mayor from becoming lame.
Sheelah Kolhatkar and Anna Schneider-Mayerson write about Henry Paulson Jr.
Joe Conason digs into the obsession with the Clinton marriage.
Matthew Schuerman reports on Christine Quinn’s Altantic Read More
We take a long look at Ed Cox, the likely GOP nominee for Senate next year and Richard Nixon’s son-in-law, who gets high marks in filial piety.
Also, Niall Stanage notes that New York’s politicians, by national standards, get along quite well.
And David Mamet and Paul Giamatti have a deal to Read More
