Things are heating up between Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) and the NYT. The NYT has done some surprisingly good reporting on Rangel’s penchant for quid pro quo. Rangel responded to a recent article by writing a letter to the editor trying to debunk what reporter David Kocieniewski. Here’s what Rangel wrote – but it gets really interesting as the NYT included Kocieniewski’s response to Rangel’s letter on the same page.
You’re probably thinking, “what is she – crazy?” But hear me out on this one. The Politico reports that Matthews is in talks with advisors as to whether or not to leave the MSDNC network in order to pursue his Senate dream:
Yesterday, I wrote about the press conference President-elect Obama held in order to announce his national security team, and noted that during the press conference, a reporter asked Obama what had changed about Hillary’s foreign policy creds, which he dissed during the primaries, in the last few months. Here was the exact question:
The Obama Love continues on the pages of the NYT, with one piece on how you can be “cool” like Barack Obama, and the other one, written by Tom Friednman, on how – get this – Obama and the Dems could shore up their national security creds by “salvaging something positive” from the war in Iraq. Bob Owens lays the verbal smackdown on the Times here.
Is Rosie ‘Elisabeth Hasselbeck is a warmonger!‘ O’Donnell calling it quits from TV altogether? After the debut of her Wednesday night variety show last week flopped, a dejected Rosie posted on her blog this weekend thta maybe TV gigs weren’t in the cards for her anymore.
