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more about #politico more comments → Mediahohoho: The Republican party will take help wherever they can find it. If no existing (and/or self-respecting) media outlet will not report the spin they want... more » misslinda: Hello Politico? You there? Remember Harriet Miers? Bush's personal attorney who worked on his 2000 campaign? Who he later nominated to the Supreme Cou... more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: I heard that the editors of Politico enjoy goatfucking. Questions arise whether that is true. But now that it's out there, it would be irresponsible n... more » Trixie from Toronto: How do you know those criticizing him didn't contact Politico first? #politico more » Jes St.Lawrence: Kenny, show us on the doll where Matt Drudge touched you. #politico more » seyswho: "Questions arise whether incoming White House counsel Bob Bauer's experience as a partisan warrior is appropriate for the position." Frankly, I think... more » BlinkyMcChuck: I wish Obama had tapped Plouffe instead of Rahm for his administration. #davidplouffe more » Peter Feld: I'm so tired of (Democratic) campaigns that don't have the guts to go negative and twist the knife when they have got the goods. Whatever Plouffe did ... more » Marque Dailey: We need a Plouffe-Emanuel hybrid in the White House. think of how much sh*t would have got done. #davidplouffe more » momof3wildkids: Of course Obama had great opposition research. Chicago politics baby! #davidplouffe more » taritac002: Considering the dirt that they could have dug up on Edwards, I'd say this is almost a non-story. Its only significance is the out-sized shit-storm it ... more » OMG! Ponies!: I am shocked! SHOCKED! that a campaign manager would do something like that. I am also shocked! SHOCKED! that Matthew Broderick isn't playing him in ... more » daveyjonesisdead: Politico seemed a little more on the up-and-up back then, no? My impression is they went cuckoo after the election, when there was no longer the inten... more » fuckingoldman: It just goes to show that you can't trust anybody on either side. We are so fucked... #davidplouffe more » Dominant Glee Club: When exactly will the investigations start, John? Or were they just trying to differentiate the masthead? #davidplouffe more » -
#journalismism
Politico Challenges Bob Bauer's Credentials, Headlines Story 'Bob Bauer's Credentials Challenged'
White House Counsel Greg Craig resigned. He will be replaced with campaign lawyer Bob Bauer, who is Barack Obama's personal attorney. Politico asserted that he is unqualified and then sought out critics to call him unqualified. More » -
#howthingswork
David Plouffe Is a Two-Faced Machiavelli Who Broke Our Hearts
David Plouffe ran Barack Obama's campaign as a steady and extended fuck-you to the hyperventilating Drudge junkies at Politico, and we loved him for it. Now he's admitted he was leaking to them the whole time. More » -
#journalismism
Did You Have an Off-the-Record Lunch With the President Today?
Because David Gergen, Jon Meacham, Howard Fineman, Mike Allen, Josh Marshall, David Brooks, and Gail Collins did! Also: Mara Liasson, who works for NPR and the Fox News Channel that Obama wants to destroy. More » -
#infinitesummer
Scandal: Bill Before Congress Is Long, Complicated
Did you hear the breaking news? Nancy Pelosi's socialist health care bill is almost as long as Infinite Jest! And that means it is bad. It is a bad bill, because good bills are short. More » -
#websites
Politico To Launch New Attention-Grabbing Newsish Thing
Politico—it is a tiny niche newspaper in DC with a money-losing website—is expanding! They are going to do a "local news" thing out there in Washington, where "local news" means "The Redskins." More » -
#mediacrack
The Layoff Parade: Teen Vogue, Details, Forbes, Time Inc.
In your dark Tuesday media column: the layoff train is rollin' down the tracks that many magazines now regret installing in their offices, the San Francisco Chronicle flounders like a flounder, Wonkette hates Politico anew, and John Stossel vs. Lou Dobbs. More » -
#politico
Politico Begins Posting Fox News Slashfic
Ladies and gentlemen, we have reached Peak Politico. The site is floating Mike Allen's wet-dream fantasy that Fox News founder Roger Ailes is considering a White House run. More » -
#sausagemaking
Politico Reports On Story Politico Invented
Let's just examine this Politico story here, headlined "Lamar Alexander to Barack Obama: No 'enemies list.'" What is it about? More » -
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#associations
Politico: Obama Pals Around With Roman Polanski Pals
By "pals around with," we mean "has received political donations from people who, subsequent to those donations, publicly expressed support for." Same difference! We await Politico's tally of the blood money Obama got from people who've appeared on Letterman. More » -
#seriously
Conservatives Go On TV To Hate Fun, Sports, America
We can understand being gleeful when your political opponent falters, but when that misstep is failing to get America the Olympic games you may want to tone it down a bit. Right? More » -
#bromance
The Ballad of John Edwards and Andrew Young
Just what is Politico getting at with this 2,300 word piece on the incredibly close relationship between John Edwards and aide Andrew Young? Hmm? With all this talk of Young's "intensely emotional" "passion" for the dirtbag former candidate? More » -
#hacks
Politico Apologizes For Being Politico
Usually when people accuse Politico of cutting-and-pasting GOP press releases into their stories, they're speaking metaphorically. But no—that's what they actually do. They select the angry words, hit the "copy" thing, and paste them right onto the internet. More » -
#idiocracyisreal
Politico's Emmy Dreams
We've long known that Politico exists for no other reason than to make money by celebrating and enabling the continuing devolution of political reporting into content-free, America-hurting cable-news idiocy. But it's still sad to see them actually admit it. More » -
#censorship
Politico: Leakers, Please Take Your Unauthorized Obama Info Elsewhere
Politico's Ben Smith almost WON THE DAY with nice little scoop—the video of Barack Obama calling Kanye West a "jackass" during pre-interview banter with CNBC's John Harwood. But someone made him take it down. Why in the world? More » -
#shootingczars
Everyone Shut Up About Czars
Just for the record, and so you can point this out yourself when someone starts shouting about it, there are hardly any "Czars," and what "Czars" there are are mostly powerless and uncontroversial. More » -
#shutupnilla
DC's Biggest Party Animals: White Dorks
Howard fucking Fineman is one of DC's "Top 50 Party Animals" according to Politico, a stupid publication I hate so much. You know who does not "party" much, in DC, apparently? Black people. Politico, you bammas. [via The Awl] -
#parsing
Palin Says Divorce Rumors Are 'Made Up,' Which Could Mean 'True'
Sarah Palin—allegedly accompanied by her family—is in New York meeting with HarperCollins. And she took the opportunity to dispel those internet rumors.
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#controversies
Richard Wolffe's Ethical Swamp Grows Even Murkier
MSNBC and Richard Wolffe have been taking heat for Wolffe's employment at the network as a political analyst and guest host for Keith Olbermann while also working as a lobbyist/publicist. Now Wolffe's secret Obama book proposal has been revealed. More » -
#northtothefuture
Sarah Palin's Resignation Gets the Local Alt-Weekly Treatment
Sarah Palin honored the Great State of Alaska at her resignation ceremony Sunday by serving tubes of processed meat in soggy buns tomouthbreatherscitizens at a park that used to be called Alaskaland. The Anchorage Press has some scenery. More » -
#tools
Meet the Self-Congratulatory Tyrants Who Run Politico
Did you ever get the sense that the people who run Politico are arrogant tools? Us too. Founders Jim VandeHei, John Harris, Robert Allbritton, and reporter Ben Smith were on Charlie Rose last night and they OWNED THE SEGMENT. More »
