When Streamers Don’t Stream

By Clint Hendler   Aug 29, 2008 at 12:09 AM

When the requisite post-speech streamers launched, it looked like a quickly blossoming beard of red, white and blue, floating just... More

A Mile High

Tonight, KOA radio has the best seat in the house

By Clint Hendler   Aug 28, 2008 at 09:11 PM

Jerry Bell might be the luckiest man at Invesco Stadium at Mile High, the site, in case you’ve so far... More

Advance Copies, NFL style

By Clint Hendler   Aug 28, 2008 at 08:25 PM

For our digital age, there’s an extraordinary amount of paper flying around Invesco tonight. Someone just slipped me a copy... More

Dubious Moments in Self-Promotion, Pt. 2: Time’s The Page

By Clint Hendler   Aug 27, 2008 at 04:31 PM

“Hey! You know what says ‘We’ve got a regularly updating but superficial politics page?” said one Time PR exec to... More

Photos from the Floor

By Clint Hendler   Aug 27, 2008 at 04:22 PM

Want to know what The Best Political Team on Television looks like when they are not on television? Answer: About... More

Before The Speech

Light, heat, and drama before Clinton took the stage

By Clint Hendler   Aug 27, 2008 at 02:53 PM

The big news, and I use that word loosely, last night was all about The Speech. From about 20 feet... More

Hillaryland Beats the Press, One Last Time

Convention delegates call foul on primary coverage

By Clint Hendler   Aug 26, 2008 at 07:48 PM

It’s an easy mark. Political candidates who end up coming short can always blame the press for the loss. For... More

Down with MSNBC

By Clint Hendler   Aug 25, 2008 at 10:31 PM

Think that MSNBC has gone fully around the liberal bend, becoming the unimpeachable favorite of the left-leaning blogosphere? ‘Fraid not.... More

Dubious Moments in Self Promotion, Pt. 1: MSNBC

By Clint Hendler   Aug 25, 2008 at 04:21 PM

Yes, we hear there is serious news to be found at these conventions. But there’s also ample opportunity for the... More

Drum Roll

The Washington Monthly’s blogger goes West. Virtually.

By Clint Hendler   Aug 21, 2008 at 01:39 PM

On Tuesday, Kevin Drum, one of the liberal blogosphere’s most popular writers, announced that he was leaving the Washington Monthly.... More

Remember the debates?

By Clint Hendler   Aug 15, 2008 at 04:42 PM

Recently The Atlantic’s James Fallows took on the laudable but unenviable task of watching all 47 of the primary debates.... More

Star Turn From Reuters

Barack “Hollywood” Obama

By Clint Hendler   Aug 15, 2008 at 03:22 PM

At first, this hot hot campaign dispatch from the Aloha State seems to be going well. Obama’s at the beach.... More

Reprint. Recycle. Reheat?

By Clint Hendler   Aug 15, 2008 at 11:52 AM

Earlier this week, CJR received a nice invitation for a party on the eve of St. Paul's Republican National Convention... More

Conflationary Pressure

Edwards silence was not necessarily bias

By Clint Hendler   Aug 15, 2008 at 09:53 AM

Since last Friday afternoon, when the news of John Edwards’s marital infidelity broke through to the nation’s major media outlets,... More

A Leak Investigation

By Clint Hendler   Aug 13, 2008 at 10:51 AM

Westword, Denver's altweekly, had a great post last week debunking a sort of semi-official convention rumor--one that made it as... More