Palin Passes on PBS

By Clint Hendler   Sep 4, 2008 at 11:21 PM

The PBS camera crew getting footage on the floor as McCain and Palin worked the crowd following McCain's nomination speech... More

Steady goes the NewsHour

By Clint Hendler   Sep 4, 2008 at 10:03 PM

I’m watching the convention coverage as served up by my old colleagues at the NewsHour on PBS, and I swear... More

Rrr-oww!

By Clint Hendler   Sep 4, 2008 at 08:50 PM

Wow. Ben Smith was right to flag this clip. Do yourself a favor and watch Chris Matthews and Pat Buchanan... More

The View From Abroad

Foreign journalists cover the conventions

By Clint Hendler   Sep 4, 2008 at 09:50 AM

In 2004, when the Republicans and Democrats held their conventions in New York and Boston, the events were an easy... More

Only at a convention

By Clint Hendler   Sep 3, 2008 at 11:48 AM

Here was the partial make-up of a happy post-convention table last night at the St. Paul Grill, just a block... More

Off Message

By Clint Hendler   Sep 2, 2008 at 08:57 PM

Earlier tonight, things finally got underway at the post-Gustav RNC. As the honor guard made its way to the stage,... More

Top reads from the USC/Politico panel

And nary a CJR to be found

By Clint Hendler   Sep 2, 2008 at 08:02 PM

Today at a USC/Politico panel, the luminaries were asked by Paul Sherman of Potomac Tech Wire what their first three... More

A Change Election

Yes, you’ve heard it before, but new media *has* transformed politics

By Clint Hendler   Sep 2, 2008 at 07:56 PM

It’s so obvious to point out that so-called new media has made this an unprecedented election that it’s actually possible... More

Rachel Joins “The Boys Upstairs”

MSNBC’s, elaborate, adored Denver set

By Clint Hendler   Sep 2, 2008 at 12:15 PM

Forget Barack Obama’s mock Greek temple at Invesco Field. Last week in Denver, a little over a mile away, MSNBC... More

On the Frontline with True Blue Minnesota

By Clint Hendler   Sep 2, 2008 at 12:00 PM

About a year ago, after locals heard that St. Paul would be the site of the Republican National Convention, a... More

Oh where, where, will the buck stop?

By Clint Hendler   Sep 1, 2008 at 08:51 PM

Newsweek had a very special lunch today with former presidential candidate, senator, and Law and Order actor Fred Thompson. The... More

Fox’s Griff Jenkins at Work

By Clint Hendler   Sep 1, 2008 at 08:04 PM

Gustav isn’t the only thing causing disruptions in St. Paul. As you’ve no doubt heard, protesters are out in far... More

David Carr comes home, eats food on stick

By Clint Hendler   Sep 1, 2008 at 06:44 PM

Well, considering the knots that Gustav has tied the Republican convention into, what is the St. Paul bound journalist to... More

Palin!? Thanks for that!

GOP Veepstakes-press lays an egg

By Clint Hendler   Aug 29, 2008 at 03:26 PM

As anyone who has slavishly been following the Republican running-mate roil for the last month knew, McCain was destined to... More

The Most Depressing Newsroom Ever

By Clint Hendler   Aug 29, 2008 at 12:26 AM

No daylight. Not enough chairs. Not enough tables. No wireless. The only televisions to watch the on field action are... More