Benjamin Smith (football)

Nobel Peace Prize unleashes partisan war

2009-10-10 04:34:21

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Cover boy: Jann loves Barack

2008-07-23 13:29:56

Barack Obama pops up on the cover of Rolling Stone, fronting an interview inside by none other than publisher Jann Wenner, an Obama supporter. We learn, among other things, that Obama is into Stevie Wonder bigtime, and also Bob......

Obama beginnings: Law Review edition

2008-07-23 13:29:56

By Amanda Erickson "Just remember, folks: Nobody reads it." That was the advice Barack Obama reportedly gave to the staff of the Harvard Law Review when minor disputes broke out. In an article in the Politico, reporters Ben Smith and......

New Obama attack group formed

2008-07-23 13:29:56

By Amanda Erickson Look out, Obama. Ben Smith reports on his Politico blog that there's a new 527 in town. It's called "Swift Boat Obama" and registered to a Gilbert, Ariz., man named Eric Hurley. 527s are tax-exempt organizations that......

McCain: Flip-flop count at 61. (Updated: Obama=17)

2008-07-23 13:29:56

A week or so ago, with McCain hyperventilating about Obama reversals on matters such as public financing of his campaign, we linked to a site that was tracking McCain's flip-flops. McCain is still hyperventilating. His current claim is that......

Video: Britney and Bob

2008-07-30 16:31:29

Ben Smith at Politico smartly posts Britney Spears' last appearance with a presidential figure:......

Obama supporters send prayers to Clinton

2008-08-08 04:24:13

by Amanda Erickson The long, nasty Democratic primary battle between Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and presumptive nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has left some unhealed wounds. Now, one Obama supporter is asking for support from the Lord himself. From...

Wasilla gadfly: E-mail not high on Sarah

2008-09-05 04:30:25

Ben Smith at Politico has posted a viral e-mail that is making the rounds from a Wasilla resident who has been a longtime critic of former Mayor Sarah Palin. It is certainly worth a read, if for no other reason......

McCain camp's frantic press attacks: the lighter side

2008-09-24 16:30:15

And as long as we're laughing our way past the financial graveyard today, here is a light-hearted dialogue from Ben Smith, alleged to be in the "tank," and Ken Layne, in New York magazine, touching on the ins and outs......

McCain: Blame Obama and the Dems

2008-09-29 16:30:16

McCain issues a statement from economic advisor Douglas Holtz-Eakin, blaming it on Obama and the Democrats: ???From the minute John McCain suspended his campaign and arrived in Washington to address this crisis, he was attacked by the Democratic...

Video: Sarah as Disney movie

2008-10-02 16:30:17

Hockey mom runs for VP! What if it really was a Disney movie? Via Ben Smith.......

Media elite: Why Ifill is wrong, and so are they

2008-10-02 04:30:15

Gwen Ifill is card-carrying member of the media establishment, so predictably a lot of Names have leapt to defend her neutrality today after questions were raised about whether her contract for an Obama-related book might affect the way she......

Seven fans in the left-field upper deck showed their fanaticism, painting their bare chests orange with black block letters that spelled W-I-E-T-E-R-S.

2009-05-29 00:00:00