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1. Campaign Desk

   Would a Populist Washington Post Be Popular?

   August 9, 2011 01:39 PM

   In his latest column, Washington Post ombudsman Patrick Pexton offers a paradigmatic version of the earnest media critic’s exhortation. Being an earnest media critic myself, I’m inclined to cheer him on. At the same time, it’s important to... Continue reading

2. Campaign Desk

   Obama’s Wrong on Independents

   August 4, 2011 02:44 PM

   I found a fair bit to like in Politico’s latest conversation-driver, a long article by Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen on the daunting re-election prospects faced by President Obama. The story appropriately puts the foundering economy atop a... Continue reading

3. Campaign Desk

   The NY Times’s New Top Editor in D.C.

   August 3, 2011 09:44 AM

   With Jill Abramson about to take the reins as executive editor of The New York Times, one of the paper’s leading writers is also taking on a management role. David Leonhardt, the “Economic Scene” columnist and winner of the most... Continue reading

4. Campaign Desk

   The Deficit Disconnect

   August 1, 2011 03:20 PM

   With a debt ceiling agreement apparently at hand, Matthew Yglesias makes an important point that I haven’t seen in the write-ups from major outlets: even if you accept the very debatable proposition that the deficit should be Item... Continue reading

5. Campaign Desk

   A President Independent of Whom, Exactly?

   July 28, 2011 05:45 PM

   So, speaking of Americans Elect, the new, webby way to pick a president that has Tom Friedman’s radical centrist heart all aflutter, Matea Gold of the Los Angeles Times has a good reported piece... Continue reading

6. The Kicker

   A Leak about those ‘Despicable’ Leaks

   July 28, 2011 03:57 PM

   At Politico, Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan have a story this afternoon about the frantic maneuverings by the House GOP leadership to whip votes for John Boehner’s debt ceiling bill. (Yes, with the Aug. 2 deadline days away,... Continue reading

7. Campaign Desk

   Tom Friedman: Still Wrong

   July 28, 2011 02:16 PM

   In my Campaign Desk item on Monday, I expressed a fervent hope that more political writers would take on the task of explaining why Tom Friedman’s Sunday column on the “radical center,” which touted a web-oriented... Continue reading

8. Campaign Desk

   Tom Friedman’s ‘Radical’ Wrongness

   July 25, 2011 03:37 PM

   Over the weekend, The New York Times op-ed page published one of Tom Friedman’s periodic columns about the need for a uprising of the “radical center.” It was, unsurprisingly, terrible. Though the details of these columns change with... Continue reading

9. The Kicker

   The Idiot Yankee’s Guide to Rick Perry

   July 25, 2011 10:07 AM

   With Texas Gov. Rick Perry seemingly all but certain to enter the Republican presidential sweepstakes—the latest talk is of an official launch late next month—Texas Monthly writer Paul Burka has penned a Perry primer designed to... Continue reading

10. Campaign Desk

    Not Politics as Usual

    July 21, 2011 03:00 PM

    Politico has a story this morning about the likely-doomed nomination of Richard Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that is, in many ways, a strong piece of reporting. The article provides a helpful introduction... Continue reading

11. The News Frontier

    Left, Right, and Off Target

    July 19, 2011 12:15 PM

    A new report on non-profit news startups from the Project for Excellence in Journalism has been attracting a little bit of attention in media-critic circles since its release Monday morning. (Well, a little bit of the... Continue reading

12. Campaign Desk

    A Voice for the Unemployed

    July 15, 2011 11:48 AM

    Had your fill of reading about who stormed out on whom, and who called whom “childish,” in the umpteenth round of D.C.’s debt ceiling talks? For a different look at the economic picture, head over to... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    New Jersey Politics: Not So Much Like National Politics

    July 11, 2011 05:00 PM

    A word to national political reporters looking to find broader meaning in Chris Christie’s dealings with New Jersey Democrats, or for that matter in events in any state (this means you, Matt Bai): don’t miss Steve Kornacki’s <a... Continue reading

14. Campaign Desk

    The Personal and the Political

    July 11, 2011 03:19 PM

    As the debt ceiling standoff drags on and on, imperiling America’s creditworthiness and pushing other issues off the agenda, it’s hard to find many silver linings. But there is one fruitful thing about the way the debate has played out:... Continue reading

15. Campaign Desk

    An #askObama Takeaway: Public has questions about housing, education policy

    July 7, 2011 04:11 PM

    In the wake of yesterday’s “Twitter townhall,” The Boston Globe put together an interesting infographic comparing Twitter users’ #askObama questions with the past two weeks of questions at White House press briefings and gaggles. At his blog, Matthew... Continue reading

16. The Kicker

    A kingmaker for the invisible primary

    July 6, 2011 09:17 AM

    Yesterday, we published an interview I conducted with Hans Noel, co-author of the 2008 book The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform. The core argument of the book is that the “invisible primary” should be understood... Continue reading

17. Campaign Desk

    How to Understand the ‘Invisible Primary’

    July 5, 2011 02:34 PM

    The 2012 Iowa caucuses are still seven months away, but Republican presidential hopefuls are already well into the “invisible primary”—a tumultuous time of speechmaking, fundraising, coalition-building and constant travel, as they seek to boost their name recognition, stand out from... Continue reading

18. Campaign Desk

    Economic Policy-makers Go MIA

    July 5, 2011 02:16 PM

    The focus in the political press today is all about whether Congressional Republicans, having extracted promises from the White House to cut spending from core government programs, can take yes for an answer in the debt-ceiling... Continue reading

19. Campaign Desk

    Said and Unsaid

    July 1, 2011 10:50 AM

    How was the media’s performance at this week’s presidential press conference? With one or two exceptions, pretty good. In addition to all the expected (and important) questions about the debt ceiling debate, reporters pressed President Obama on same-sex marriage, the... Continue reading

20. Campaign Desk

    Globe Delivers its Verdict on Romneycare

    June 27, 2011 05:13 PM

    On Sunday, the Boston Globe published the second installment in its two-part series on “Romneycare,” the Massachusetts health care overhaul passed in 2006. Though not as buzz-worthy as the first part of the series — which... Continue reading

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