Sunset

By Clint Hendler   Sep 30, 2008 at 09:40 AM

Grab 'em while they're hot. Today's issue of The New York Sun will be the last. The Sun may not... More

“Gambling their Reputation”

Why would the Times run quotes slamming its own work?

By Clint Hendler   Sep 29, 2008 at 04:01 PM

This Sunday, The New York Times turned in a 4,500 word investigation into John McCain’s relationship with gambling and the... More

Find the Pelosi Twelve!

Time to fact-check Boehner’s bailout explanation

By Clint Hendler   Sep 29, 2008 at 03:22 PM

Just moments ago, House Minority Leader John Boehner offered this explanation for the plans failure to passage: I do believe... More

Dropping in real time

By Clint Hendler   Sep 29, 2008 at 01:47 PM

The cable nets are carrying the House's bailout vote live--as the Nay votes tick up, the Dow drops down. It's... More

Fact checking the debate

By Clint Hendler   Sep 29, 2008 at 11:57 AM

In case you haven't already seen it, here's a valuable run down of Obama's and McCain's more questionable debate claims... More

There it is!

By Clint Hendler   Sep 26, 2008 at 10:47 PM

The narrative of the night on MSNBC seems to be that Obama didn't capitalize on the economy section of the... More

And That’s a Wrap

By Clint Hendler   Sep 26, 2008 at 10:36 PM

Well. I await to see how the post games manage to tell us that that was sharp or engaging. Am... More

Obama on the Revolutionary Guard

By Clint Hendler   Sep 26, 2008 at 10:08 PM

Obama laid out his position on the designating-Iranian-Revolutionary-Guard-terrorists bill in a very artfully written op-ed in the Manchester Union Leader.... More

Time keeping

By Clint Hendler   Sep 26, 2008 at 09:55 PM

Lehrer just said something about all his "five minute things" having run over. He seems somewhat concerned about this point... More

Pakistan

By Clint Hendler   Sep 26, 2008 at 09:50 PM

Justin can have Warshington. I'm impressed with Paak-ee-stahn. More

“A Television Program”

By Clint Hendler   Sep 26, 2008 at 09:45 PM

McCain calls out Obama for admitting on "a television program" that the surge exceeded beyond his "wildest expectations." He's got... More

Ms. Congeniality

By Clint Hendler   Sep 26, 2008 at 09:37 PM

McCain brags about how he hasn't been elected as the senate's Ms. Congeniality. No, he hasn't. But Sarah Palin was... More

“Most liberal”

By Clint Hendler   Sep 26, 2008 at 09:30 PM

Just as a fact-checky like diversion, it's worth reading a bit more about how The National Journal (which is the... More

No, seriously…

By Clint Hendler   Sep 26, 2008 at 09:26 PM

One half hour in, barely 5-10 minutes on the CRISIS (right?), and zip on foreign policy. A lot on earmarks,... More

Live Blogging the Debate

By Clint Hendler   Sep 26, 2008 at 08:57 PM

9:25- On second thought, I'll live blog with the same format as everyone else. Switching to single posts. 9:20- "Definition... More