Hillary Clinton stealing Giuliani’s campaign slogan (“Tested. Ready. Now.”) and both of Obama’s signature phrases (“Fired Up, Ready to Go” and “Yes, We Can”). They shoulda never taught me how to make videos.

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Worst campaign in American history?  The LA Times sees the big picture: Giuliani’s $50-million delegate The failed campaign of Rudolph W. Giuliani can claim one distinction: the worst bang for the buck of any delegate winner in presidential politics history. The former New York mayor, who dropped his Republican bid for the presidency this week, [...]

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And not a moment too soon.  This writer’s strike is really killing NBC’s late night shows.  It’s bad enough to have to do those shows without writers (how many times can Conan entertain us by spinning his wedding ring on the desk?), but what’s worse is the lack of guests.  For the last month, the NBC News division has [...]

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In all the excitement of John Edwards and Rudy Giuliani exiting the race, I completely missed the big picture: 1. For the first time in American history, there will be a presidential nominee from a major party who is not a white male.  Regardless of how you feel about Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, it’s [...]

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Was a collective move by the entire party away from the right, back toward the center of the political spectrum.  The fact that John McCain– he of campaign finance, climate change, and immigration reform– and Mitt Romney– a blue-state, health-care-mandating, formerly pro-choice, governor– are now the party’s two frontrunners is astonishing.  Ben Smith and David Kuhn [...]

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