The New Republic

I'm hardly one for media conspiracies. READ MORE >>

I don't quite understand Ross Douthat's take on Hillary Clinton and the Democratic field. He writes: READ MORE >>

I absolutely loved, loved, loved today's Washington Post piece about how maxed-out political donors skirt campaign finance laws by having their kiddies donate. It was a case study in how people are willing to tell the most shameless lies--perhaps even to themselves--to justify doing exactly what they want. READ MORE >>

More from that LAT-Bloomberg poll: Clinton pollster Mark Penn has recently been predicting that Rudy Giuliani's "tough guy" style will turn off female voters. Sure enough the new poll shows that 36 percent of male GOP primary voters like Rudy--but just 27 percent of female ones. READ MORE >>

Harold Meyerson has another great column today, the upshot of which is this: READ MORE >>

It isn't enough that the first fifteen minutes of 'SportsCenter' are always devoted to the Yankees and/or the Red Sox. Nor is it sufficient that Washington's finest newspaper has almost no coverage of California. Wait, stop right there. READ MORE >>

A week after John McCain crowed that he fares best among his GOP rivals in head-to-head matchups with Hillary, along comes the new LA Times poll showing that Rudy does better (41-47 for Giuliani versus 38-48 for McCain). Yes it's early for this stuff and the differences are small: I'm not placing any bets here. But it does make for a great talking point on the stump. READ MORE >>

From yesterday's Publishers Lunch roundup of the latest book deals: Former Democratic fundraiser Kathleen Willey's TARGET: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton, her story of how Bill Clinton sexually assaulted her in the White House, along with what's called new evidence that Hillary Clinton orchestrated a campaign of threats and intimidation to cover it up, to Eric Jackson at World Ahead, for publication in November 2007, by Anu Hansen at Atmarr Services. READ MORE >>

Back before the Great Redesign of Aught Seven disappeared them, I recall some Talkbackers were wondering whether Colbert's presidential campaign ran afoul of FEC laws. ABC News has an answer: Maybe.   --Jason Zengerle  READ MORE >>

We may now publish the first name of the vice president without compunction. Watch: Dick Cheney. Please do not let this newfound ability go to your head. Remember: With great power comes great responsibility. --Christopher Orr READ MORE >>