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• Winkin, Blinkin, And Todd Dept.: Number of People Writing 'Note' Imitations Now Eclipses 'Note' Readership

  Published: July 30, 2007, 11:56 am

  Tags: Conventional Wisdom, Mike Allen, Politico, The Note, Winkin Blinkin And Todd Dept

  Each morning, Rick Klein, Chuck Todd, and Mike Allen summarize the headlines of the Times and the Post, kinda like we do, but with less swearing. This makes them very important media figures with a...

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• Politico claimed that McCain "has generally avoided tough partisan rhetoric"

  Published: August 8, 2007, 1:14 pm

  Tags: The Politico, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Government Elections, John Mccain

  is their best defense," Politico senior political writer Jonathan Martin asserted that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), "who has generally avoided tough partisan rhetoric, recently indulged in some shots at the expense of" Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL). McCain, however, has frequently launched partisan attacks against Democrats, including his assertion

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• AP Brief Leaves Out Romney Questioner's Anti-war Activism

  Published: August 8, 2007, 5:27 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Mitt Romney, Wire Services, Associated Press, Blogs, Iowa, Politico Com, Usa Today

  for the presidency. The Politico and USA Today have picked up on the item. USA Today's "On Politics" blog noted in an entry posted at 11:45 Eastern that: The questioner, 41-year-old Rachel Griffiths of Milan, Ill., told Susan later that she is not a Republican and is in fact a member of a "Progressive Action for the Common

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• Who Is This Article About?

  Published: September 5, 2007, 4:31 pm

  Tags: Campaign 2008, Bill Clinton, Roger Simon, Politico Com

  star-struck Roger Simon at Politico.com. The notion behind The long campaign of Bill Clinton is that the former prez just loves campaigning and, um, human contact, and is incredibly good at the art of retail politics. In fairness, there's no doubt that Clinton is a schmoozer supreme. Even so, can anyone imagine a Republican receiving this

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• Politico's Martin touted Giuliani's "halo of Sept. 11 and the celebrity that comes with the heroics"

  Published: September 5, 2007, 2:52 pm

  Tags: Jonathan Martin, The Politico, 2008 Elections, Government Elections, Rudy Giuliani

  a September 3 Politico article, senior political writer Jonathan Martin, who covers the Republican candidates for the Politico, wrote that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) "still enjoys the halo of Sept. 11 and the celebrity that comes with the heroics" -- which Martin said explains "in part" why Giuliani has not "stopped

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• Politico Loses Web Editor

  Published: September 6, 2007, 6:47 pm

  Tags: Media, Daniel Kunitz, Politico

  and managing editor of Politico.com. He has let us know that he will be moving on from Politico, around the time of our first anniversary. Many reporters and editors in the trenches do not have occasion to work with Dan in a day-in, day-out way. That's why it is important we share some of his achievements. For all the miles Politico has

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• Politico's Martin: "Is Code Pink to the left what the Westboro Baptist Church is to the right?"

  Published: September 11, 2007, 1:30 pm

  Tags: Jonathan Martin, The Politico, Attacks On Progressives, Media, Propaganda Noise Machine

  highlighted in Politico chief political correspondent Mike Allen's September 11 "Politico Playbook." From Martin's September 10 blog entry: Is Code Pink to the left what the Westboro Baptist Church is to the right? While the anti-war group and the anti-gay church denomination could not have more different

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• Politico uncritically quoted Boehner spokesman's false accusation that DCCC is using "small price" quote for fundraising

  Published: September 21, 2007, 6:46 pm

  Tags: The Politico, Media, National Security Foreign Policy, Propaganda Noise Machine, War In Iraq

  September 18, the Politico reported that "[t]he Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee [DCCC] sent supporters an e-mail Tuesday criticizing House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) for his 'small price' comment last week about the war in Iraq's cost in dollars and lives." The article uncritically quoted Boehner

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• Politico's Harris "struck by" Clinton's assertion of need for continuing U.S. presence in Iraq -- but that's not new

  Published: September 24, 2007, 3:00 pm

  Tags: The Politico, 2008 Elections, Government Elections, Hillary Clinton, National Security Foreign Policy, War In Iraq

  editor-in-chief of the Politico, discussed Clinton's statements during the interview concerning how long U.S. troops should remain in Iraq. Schieffer asserted that Clinton had "today recognized that ... there is going to be an American presence, military presence, in Iraq for some time to come," to which Harris replied, "She did, and

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• Working 'with' The Media: Clinton Campaign Roughs Up The Press (And 'GQ')

  Published: September 25, 2007, 1:19 pm

  Tags: Clintons, Jim Nelson, Politico, Pussies, Working The Media

  The Clinton campaign is circling the wagons, according to Politico's Ben Smith. He reports that aides for the junior senator went head-to-head with GQ this summer over the magazine's plan to print a...

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• 2 Clintons, 2 Stories — But Just 1 To See Print

  Published: September 28, 2007, 9:26 pm

  Tags: News, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, 2008 Presidential Election, Hillary Clinton Make Overs, Top Story, Africa, Campaign, Candidate, Democratic, Democrats, Hardball, Hillary, News, Newyork, Politico, Presidential, Senator, Top Story

  Make Overs, news, newyork, politico, presidential, senator, top

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• How Reporters Get Raises: New York Observer media reporter and chronic ...

  Published: October 4, 2007, 11:10 am

  Tags: D C, How Reporters Get Raises, New York Observer, Politico, Revolving Door

  New York Observer media reporter and chronic party-goer Michael Calderone has ankled the pink paper for Politico. [Fishbowldc]

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• Politico's Martin ignored Giuliani's "pledge" not to attack Republicans; CBN's Brody claimed Giuliani "is talking about Hillary Clinton and nobody else"

  Published: October 7, 2007, 3:08 pm

  Tags: David Brody, Jonathan Martin, Meet The Press, Nbc, The Politico, 2008 Elections, Government Elections, Rudy Giuliani

  an October 5 blog entry , Politico senior political writer Jonathan Martin wrote that the presidential campaigns of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) "have engaged in a dizzying e-mail war over the past 24 hours, and the rhetoric shows no signs of abating." Martin reported that

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• Politico: Ohio? Isn't That Flyover Country?

  Published: October 15, 2007, 11:57 pm

  Tags: 2008 Congressional, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Labeling, Media Bias Debate, John Bresnahan, Josh Kraushaar, Online Media, Ohio, Politico Com

  readers to The Politico? In "Flyover states lose another Republican," writers Josh Kraushaar and John Bresnahan see trouble for the GOP in the 2008 congressional races with the retirement of Rep. David Hobson.: A nine-term member of Congress, Hobson, 70, announced his plans to retire Sunday. I wanted to go out on top,

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• Politico's Wilner: Masculinity a "trait that is absent from the top of the Democratic field"

  Published: October 17, 2007, 5:13 pm

  Tags: The Politico, 2008 Elections, Government Elections

  an October 16 Politico article, Elizabeth Wilner wrote that masculinity is "a trait that is absent from the top of the Democratic [presidential campaign] field where, despite Barack Obama's fondness for pickup basketball, none of the candidates is really known for being a guy." Asserting that 2004 Democratic presidential nominee

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