Campaign Desk

Sebelius Watch, Part V

The war of words with insurers continues

By Trudy Lieberman   Sep 14, 2010 at 09:34 AM

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has emerged as the person to watch as the Obama administration scrambles to... More

Primary Day: A Reporter’s Eye View

Meet the journalists covering today’s big races

By Joel Meares   Sep 14, 2010 at 06:00 AM

It’s a mini “Super Tuesday” for the nation’s top half today with midterm primaries being held in seven northern states:... More

Forbes’ Shameful Piece on Obama as the “Other”

The worst kind of smear journalism by Dinesh D’Souza

By Ryan Chittum   Sep 13, 2010 at 01:05 PM

So it's come to this: Forbes cover story on "How Obama Thinks" is a gross piece of innuendo—a fact-twisting, error-laden... More

O’Donnell: Seismic Quake Or Y2K Fizzer

Delaware’s not so calm before tomorrow’s primary storm

By Joel Meares   Sep 13, 2010 at 12:12 PM

There are seven primaries being held in the north tomorrow. But in the national eye there may as well just... More

Q&A: New Hampshire’s James Pindell, political editor of WMUR.com

“I’m a political dork who went to college in Des Moines because of the Iowa caucuses.”

By Joel Meares   Sep 13, 2010 at 11:18 AM

Political junkie James Pindell joined New Hampshire’s Hearst-owned TV station WMUR last Tuesday as its first official online political editor.... More

Q&A: Rhode Island Political Analyst Scott Mackay

“Patrick Kennedy could have won but it would have been a brutal race.”

By Joel Meares   Sep 10, 2010 at 03:42 PM

After twenty-five years at The Providence Journal, Rhode Island reporter Scott Mackay moved to the state’s NPR affiliate, WRNI, in... More

Not Happy Sharron

Nevada journalist scorned by Angle on debate

By Joel Meares   Sep 10, 2010 at 12:53 PM

The tussle between Sharron "earned media" Angle and the press continues. At 3.19 p.m. yesterday, Nevada journalist Jon Ralston received... More

Another Curious Omission

The Fiscal Times and Social Security

By Trudy Lieberman   Sep 10, 2010 at 10:09 AM

Edmund Andrews, a senior writer for The Fiscal Times, has given us an interesting story about the 800-pound gorilla of... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Football Facts, Jobs Jam, Gauging Fairness

By Holly Yeager   Sep 9, 2010 at 06:05 PM

Just in time for the start of the NFL season, the Center for American Progress Action Fund is out with... More

“Mike, You Ignorant Slut.”

Politico’s new opinion writers should feel right at home

By Joel Meares   Sep 9, 2010 at 11:42 AM

The Times announced today that former Florida congressman Morning Joe Scarborough will join Politico as one of the website’s first... More

Q&A: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Political Reporters

By Joel Meares   Sep 8, 2010 at 05:25 PM

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel won the Pulitzer for local reporting in April for the second time in three years. It’s... More

Boy, Look Who National Journal’s Been Hiring

So far only 20% of high-profile hires are women; not good

By Holly Yeager   Sep 8, 2010 at 01:58 PM

The National Journal Group has been generating a lot of buzz lately with big-name hires like Major Garrett, Matt Cooper,... More

All Eyes on the Horse Race

Ease up on the poll-craziness

By Joel Meares   Sep 8, 2010 at 11:31 AM

In the September/October edition of the Columbia Journalism Review we awarded a laurel to the Lincoln Journal-Star for its Epilogue... More

Some Curious Omissions

The New Yorker and Social Security

By Trudy Lieberman   Sep 8, 2010 at 09:51 AM

A recent New Yorker piece tells us a lot about the behind-the-scenes politics and ideology driving much of the public... More

Sham Candidate Story Misses a Key Voice

Where’s the real Green Party?

By Joel Meares   Sep 7, 2010 at 03:34 PM

Fascinating story from the Times’s Marc Lacey on sham candidates running for the Green Party in Tempe, Arizona. Sham candidates,... More