Tag Archives: Mark Halperin

Why Are Mark Halperin and Katie Couric Cavorting with the Romneys?

As the hardworking staff previously noted, Yahoo! News anchor Katie Couric was a (paid?) speaker at this weekend’s Mittapalooza for myriad GOP presidential hopefuls looking for some love – but mostly money – from Mitt Romney’s deep-pocketed friends. But it turns … Continue reading

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Hack Attack! Salon’s Brutal Takedown of Bigfoot Journalists

Salon’s Alex Pareene has assembled a Top Ten Hackorama of Political Journalists and it’s a corker (tip o’ the pixel to AlterNet). Pareene blowtorches some of the most notable members of the chinstrokerati, “[channeling] each media figure’s ‘unique’ voice — … Continue reading

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All Those Dollars And No Sense

Fun fact to know and tell: According to the Associated Press, through the end of August Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign and the various independent groups supporting him had spent $245 million on advertising. Barack Obama’s campaign and its allies had … Continue reading

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Bob Schieffer Supports Mitt Romney

From Politico’s Morning Score: “HOPE AND CHANGE?” [Mitt] Romney rolled out a new attack on the Sunday shows featuring clips of Bob Schieffer, David Brooks and Mark Halperin noting how negative a campaign Obama is running. The spot:   The fallout: Schieffer … Continue reading

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Dead Blogging The Game Changers

So the hardworking staff trundled over to the International House of Politics Tuesday evening and here’s what we found: The Shorenstein Center’s “Discussion with John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, authors of Game Change.” (Video not available at post time.) Heilmann (D-New York),  Halperin … Continue reading

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