New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, a rising GOP star who's spearheaded the party's outreach to women, was caught on audio calling her 2010 opponent "that little bitch" and complaining that teachers are overpaid because "they already don't work, you know, two and a half months out of the year."
Romney: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Will 'Remain an Unsolved Problem'
While most have focused on the "47 percent" comments from Mitt Romney's leaked fundraiser video, the full footage released today includes some very blunt words about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Secret Recording of Mitt Romney Fundraiser May Have Broken Florida Law
Controversial footage from a $50,000-a-plate Mitt Romney fundraiser that took place in May has already been viewed more times than any Romney campaign video currently on YouTube.
Secret Footage of Romney Was Filmed at Estate of Sex Party-Throwing Hedge Fund Manager
You know that really damaging hidden camera footage of Mitt Romney that's making the rounds today?
Scoring Sunday's Nuptials: The Kerry/Dubya Rivalry, Extended
Do you remember the bloody battle between Dubya and Kerry? Phyllis Nefler does. So do the NYT's bitchy Weddings & Celebrations editors, who love a juicy broadsheet when they can make one. The battle royale continues. Also, look: meerkats!
Americans Arrested in Iran Thought They Were Camping in Kurdistan
Mother Jones has released a statement from a traveling companion of the three Americans arrested in Iran last week detailing how the trio—one of whom is a freelancer for the magazine—accidentally wandered across the Iranian border.
Mozilla's Mitchell Baker investigated over looks, not finances
Mother Jones, the lefty politics magazine based in San Francisco, tarnishes its usually sterling reputation for tough investigative reporting with an interview with Mitchell Baker, chair of the Mozilla Foundation, the nonprofit behind the Firefox Web browser. The deepest "inside the Firefox's den" they venture?…
Obama Speech Media Hierarchy: Losers And Winners
Not all reporters are created equal at Invesco Field, where Barack Obama is about to close out the Democratic National Convention. John Koblin at the Observer printed a seating chart (left) and gave a rundown on the winners and losers. It looks like the Obama campaign continues to snub the New Yorker for its…
R. James Woolsey and the rise of the greenocons
How to make your cleantech capitalist dreams resonate with the hicks and hawks of Washington, D.C.? In a perfect storm of liberal guilt and heartland pandering, former Secretary of the Navy and CIA director R. James Woolsey has become a domestic-energy sustainability convert. And he's just one of a number of…
