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Is Bush "tanned and rested"?

Ex-President George W. Bush and ex-First Lady Laura Bush have been settling back into semi-private life. It hasn't exactly been a life of seclusion, and DMN readers certainly have kept up with some of their comings and goings. Today, the...


One word describes Election Day feelings

From Staff Writer Blanca Cantu: There is a really cool interactive graphic the New York Times put together that's worth a few clicks. The headline asks: "What's your state of mind today?" The idea is to post one word that...


MSNBC, hit by charges of liberal bias, yanks Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from anchor chairs

NBC correspondent David Gregory will be the only anchor for the cable network's coverage of the presidential debates and of election night, according to this story from The New York Times. Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann (above) -- the pro-Obama,...


Joe Biden, a mediocre Syracuse University student, fulfills chancellor's dream -- sort of

In his annual address to us undergraduates, former Syracuse University Chancellor Kenneth Shaw would, without fail, note that maybe one day an SU student would finally become president. I'm sure the good chancellor is delighted that U.S. Sen. Joe...


NY Times: In settling on Biden, Obama took his time

At first, The New York Times reports, Barack Obama "was not entirely sold on" Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware as his running mate. The story decribes how that sentiment changed over two months, through "one of the most rigorous vice-presidential...


Obama VP buzz, courtesy of New York Times and Drudge Report

Eventually, one of these rumors will pan out. The latest on Obama's VP announcement comes from The Drudge Report, which reports that The New York Times newsroom is abuzz with talk that Obama has made his decision, but maybe hasn't...


Robert Reich, a longtime Clinton supporter, has thrown in with Obama

Even more interesting, to me, than Tom Hanks' endorsement of Barack Obama was this line from a New York Times story about what a tenacious fighter Hillary Clinton is. "She has learned how to be ruthless," said Robert B. Reich,...


David Brooks calls Hillary's campaign nearly hopeless - and damaging to her party

The New York Times columnist says Hillary Clinton had a bad week. The Jeremiah Wright brouhaha didn't hurt Barack Obama in the polls. Obama's lawyers have blocked re-votes in Florida and Michigan, making it "virtually impossible for Clinton to take...


NYT says a somber Clinton 'soldiers on as the horizon darkens'

It isn't quite a political wake, but the sound you hear may be the florist's van arriving at the funeral home. The New York Times today has a story talking about how Hillary Clinton "no longer exudes the supreme confidence...


McCain responds to the NYT story about his dealings with a female lobbyist

He did nothing wrong, and they were not romantically involved, he says. Here's the New York Times story, which suggested otherwise....

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