Campaign Desk

The Many Hats of Jonathan Gruber

Dissecting a health care expert’s words

By Trudy Lieberman   Feb 11, 2011 at 03:03 PM

Campaign Desk has written about Jonathan Gruber many times—his role in building Obamacare; his television appearances touting the Massachusetts model;... More

Kochs’ Influence

Another week in the news for the billionaire brothers

By Liz Cox Barrett   Feb 11, 2011 at 09:50 AM

Last week, Politico's Kenneth Vogel reported that "faced with an avalanche of bad publicity after years of funding conservative causes... More

Meet the Iowa Press

Local reporters in demand at caucus time

By Joel Meares   Feb 10, 2011 at 05:24 PM

A New York political reporter once asked me during an interview: “Who’s that guy who gets his ring kissed... More

Priceless: Representative Lee’s flexy photo

By Clint Hendler   Feb 10, 2011 at 12:22 PM

Gawker is claiming quite the coup today—a congressional revelation turned to a resignation in the span of yesterday afternoon. Some... More

After AOL/HuffPo Merger, a Columnist Jumps Ship

Politics Daily’s Matt Lewis won’t work for Arianna

By Joel Meares   Feb 10, 2011 at 09:52 AM

Following the weekend announcement that AOL was acquiring The Huffington Post, we wondered what would become of AOL’s political news... More

Olbermann’s Big Gamble?

Maybe, maybe not: Current TV is a very unsure bet

By Joel Meares   Feb 9, 2011 at 03:13 PM

The Al Gore-founded Current TV has been called many things since it first went to air on August 1, 2005—and... More

Peter G. Peterson Goes to School

A laurel to Remapping Debate

By Trudy Lieberman   Feb 9, 2011 at 12:31 PM

Remapping Debate, the young website that is analyzing public affairs and bringing fresh approaches into the national conversation, deserves a... More

Politico, Heal Thyself

The first step to recovery is acknowledging you have a problem

By Joel Meares   Feb 8, 2011 at 12:53 PM

Kudos to John F. Harris and Jim VandeHei for their narrative-dissecting essay, “How Obama plays media like a fiddle.” In... More

Will HuffProse Infect AOL?

The politics of the Huffington Post/AOL merger

By Joel Meares   Feb 7, 2011 at 04:00 PM

The announcement that AOL will acquire the Huffington Post, and that Arianna Huffiington will take control of all AOL content... More

“Bill, I know football.”

O’Reilly and Obama in the Fox Bowl

By Joel Meares   Feb 7, 2011 at 12:44 PM

So, it turns out Bill O’Reilly and the president give a better pregame show than Christina Aguilera. In the fifteen-minute... More

Selling Health Reform the Obama Way

Beware the “slob-lock”

By Trudy Lieberman   Feb 7, 2011 at 12:28 PM

It’s tough to sell the virtues of health reform what with all those Republicans and Tea Partiers aghast at what... More

HuffPo Goes Underwater for Mortgage Story

Tip of the hat to a housing crisis report

By Joel Meares   Feb 4, 2011 at 12:19 PM

A deep Friday tip of the hat to HuffPo’s Ryan Grim, Arthur Delaney, and Lucia Graves for their lengthy... More

Nice Work at the AP

The administration stretches a health reform stat

By Trudy Lieberman   Feb 4, 2011 at 10:42 AM

It’s no secret the president and his surrogates are trying mightily to keep their sales job for health reform on... More

Covering a “Koch-Fueled” Weekend in CA

Reports from the clandestine conservative confab

By Liz Cox Barrett   Feb 3, 2011 at 03:38 PM

Charles and David Koch, the billionaire owners of Koch Industries, hosted a semi-annual, invitation-only conference for conservative political donors, strategists,... More

The Cost of Living, Part IV

Digital mammograms in the medical marketplace

By Trudy Lieberman   Feb 2, 2011 at 02:01 PM

Containing the runaway costs of medical care is perhaps the thorniest of health care issues. Despite the rhetoric about getting... More