Slim Pickens

By Megan Garber   Sep 26, 2008 at 09:53 PM

It's a red-letter evening for everyone's favorite crotchety-oil-baron-turned-wind-power-advocate. Tonight, T. Boone Pickens will run his very own post-debate "Live Event"--an... More

Everything in Moderation?

By Megan Garber   Sep 26, 2008 at 09:31 PM

McCain's "It’s hard to reach across the aisle from that far to the left" line just got a very audible... More

Shades of Lincoln-Douglas…and Linda Richmond

By Megan Garber   Sep 26, 2008 at 09:22 PM

Jim Lehrer seems big on getting the candidates to, you know, talk amongst themselves. In this, he is ostensibly subscribing... More

Red, Blue, and Grey’s Anatomy

By Megan Garber   Sep 26, 2008 at 09:05 PM

9:05 - We're watching the presidential debate on CNN, which includes an "Audience Reaction" meter as a permanent chyron on... More

Things We Lost in the Fire

A selection of stories that got buried in the news of financial turmoil

By Megan Garber   Sep 26, 2008 at 05:11 PM

This week, the financial crisis dominated the headlines, and rightly so—it's a huge, history-making story. But the myopic financial focus... More

A Time for Tick-Tock

By Megan Garber   Sep 26, 2008 at 03:09 PM

The New York Times's lead story this morning was, naturally, a summary of last night's dramatic meta-meltdown: the meltdown of... More

Camp McCain Pool Report: “Utter Confusion”

By Megan Garber   Sep 26, 2008 at 02:03 PM

From McCain's most recent pool report: McCain now boarding plane at DCA with Cindy, Salter, Rudy Giuliani, wife Judith, and... More

Couric: No Love for the “Gov”?

By Megan Garber   Sep 26, 2008 at 12:33 PM

Did Katie Couric show more, you know, deference to Joe Biden than she did to Sarah Palin in her interviews... More

McCain Wins Debate! Apparently!

By Megan Garber   Sep 26, 2008 at 12:02 PM

One of Chris Cillizza's eagle-eyed readers makes a good catch: A Wall Street Journal story posted this morning (before, of... More

Huckateevee

By Megan Garber   Sep 26, 2008 at 11:35 AM

Well. Like a hover craft meeting the mothership, Mike Huckabee will finally, as has long been rumored, get his own... More

Debate’s On! People on the Street in Oxford Doubtless Relieved!

By Megan Garber   Sep 26, 2008 at 11:20 AM

On today's American Morning, CNN's Susanne Malveaux conducted the obvious ultimate person-on-the-street story, reported from the current Ground Zero of... More

More Fantastic Financial News

By Megan Garber   Sep 26, 2008 at 08:12 AM

Or, you know, not. According to figures released yesterday by the marketing info firm TNS Media Intelligence, "ad spending during... More

Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride

By Megan Garber   Sep 26, 2008 at 07:29 AM

On Monday's Campaign Desk, I suggested that mainstream journalists--who, in their zeal to provide balanced, sober, and non-panic-inducing coverage of... More

License and Registration

By Megan Garber   Sep 25, 2008 at 05:06 PM

Ever wondered how the campaign and the economy's woes intersect in any pragmatic way in the lives of average voters?... More

1,000 Words of Bailout Dealing

By Megan Garber   Sep 25, 2008 at 02:33 PM

Well, everyone, looks like we have ourselves a bailout deal. The Washington Post reports, House and Senate negotiators emerged from... More