Former CBS anchor Dan Rather was asked Saturday about the collision between news and entertainment in network and cable news these days. At a journalism awards luncheon at the Headliners Club in Austin, Rather was asked about cable news programs...
Karl Rove's most recent star turn has taken him from pundit on Fox News to a scheduled appearance next season on Fox's Family Guy. The former White House political adviser and radio talker Rush Limbaugh will play themselves in an...
Sen. John Cornyn's scolding of Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh seems to have paid off. The Texas Republican distanced himself last week from their assertions that Obama Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is a "racist," calling that "terrible" and just...
It is arguable whether one politician should be held responsible for the remarks of another. Certainly, both parties have used that tactic to embarrass adversaries whose allies said something inflammatory. This afternoon, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee challenged Dallas Rep....
Sen. John Cornyn tonight repudiated the allegation that Judge Sonia Sotomayor is "racist" - and he distanced himself in no uncertain terms from the conservative opinion leaders who leveled that charge against the Supreme Court nominee, former House Speaker Newt...
Texas Sen. John Cornyn is about to get even more visibility in the brewing Supreme Court fight. Watch for him as a headline guest Sunday on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. He'll be opposite Sen. Chuck Schumer, the New...
Conservative radio talker Rush Limbaugh weighs in today on the firestorm that Rick Perry caused over Texas seceeding from the union. Perry said at one of the "tea party" protests against federal government spending that he isn't advocating secession, but...
A neighbor of George W. Bush in Dallas says if Rush Limbaugh is serious about moving to Texas, he's got a house he might sell him. Steve Merani emailed to say he was intrigued by our original story and to...
Gov. Rick Perry says he's delighted that Rush Limbaugh has mentioned maybe moving to Texas. And the governor is throwing out the welcome mat to the conservative radio talker. Limbaugh says he's tired of the taxes in New York and...
Conservative radio talker Rush Limbaugh might have Texas in his sights as he considers abandoning New York because of taxes. El Rusbo lives and has broadcast studios in both NY and Florida. But in his radio show, Limbaugh says rising...
Operation Rushbo's been a hot topic in Washington this week, and now Texas' Sen. John Cornyn is weighing in on Rush vs. Obama. A quick rewind: The talk show host gave an hour-plus speech to conservatives last Saturday, was called...
Kay Bailey Hutchison was asked on Meet the Press about Rush Limbaugh's admonition that Senate Republicans should vote against the $816 billion stimulus bill. The influential radio talker said the vote will determine "which senators are statesmen" and which are...
The furious debate within the GOP over a party leader parodying "Barack the Magic Negro" underscores the party's difficulty navigating race and politics this year. Tennessee Republican Chip Saltsman, who ran Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign, wants to be national chairman...
Politifact gives its toughest rating to a Spanish-language Obama ad that links John McCain with Rush Limbaugh's statements on immigration -- statements that Politifact says are taken out of context to begin with. FactCheck.org also looks at this one, calling...
An upcoming profile of Rush Limbaugh in the New York Times Magazine resurrects the suggestion that the famed radio talker affected the outcome of the Texas Democratic primary. Limbaugh launched Operation Chaos, in which he urged listeners to cross party...
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