The New Republic

As my former New York Observer colleague Michael Calderone notes over at Politico, today's New York Times editorial is a surprisingly harsh rebuke of Hillary Clinton's Pennsylvania campaign. "It is past time for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to acknowledge that the negativity, for which she is mostly responsible, does nothing but READ MORE >>

 On Friday, April 18, Hillary Clinton's chief spokesman Howard Wolfson called MSNBC senior vice president Phil Griffin with an offer: Hillary Clinton would appear on Countdown with Keith Olbermann on the eve of the Pennsylvania Primary. For Olbermann, who blasted Sen. READ MORE >>

This morning, Slate published an excerpt of New York Times reporter Eric Lichtblau's forthcoming book, Bush's Law: The Remaking of American Justice. READ MORE >>

Last week I wrote a piece about the split within the New York Times' editorial board in the run-up to the paper's endorsement of Hillary Clinton. A number of editorial board members favored Obama, but Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. superseded their voices and endorsed Clinton. One thought: it will be interesting to watch the Times react to the vote in Texas and Ohio. READ MORE >>

Tucked at the end of Adam Nagourney's piece previewing how the Republican attack machine will run against Obama if he wins the Democratic nomination, Mark Penn offers this rationale for why Hillary Clinton would be a better competitor against John McCain: READ MORE >>

On January 25, the New York Times endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton. At the time, the 1,100-word editorial stood out for both its tepidness and early appearance, coming near the front-end of the primary season. The piece ran in the paper the Friday before Super Tuesday, instead of in the Times’s symbolically-important Sunday edition. READ MORE >>

Coming on the heels of New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt's column criticizing the paper's McCain investigation, the Sunday political round tables chewed over the McCain-NYT flap. The Times has yet to follow its investigation with additional proof that McCain and Iseman were romantically involved. READ MORE >>

This afternoon, Times public editor Clark Hoyt weighed in on the fallout from the paper's McCain investigation. This is likely Hoyt's biggest scandal yet as Times omsbudsman. While Bill Keller and Times editors continue to stand by the story, Hoyt disputes Keller's claims that the story was justified by the reporting. READ MORE >>

Bill Keller responded to reader questions yesterday about the Times' McCain bombshell. Since the story broke Wednesday night, advisers to Senator McCain have asserted that TNR's piece might have influenced the Times to get their piece into print before we ran with our story. This is what Keller said on nytimes.com: READ MORE >>

Last night, around dinnertime, The New York Times postedon its website a 3,000-word investigation detailing Senator John McCain’s connections to a telecommunications lobbyist named Vicki Iseman. READ MORE >>