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Audit D.C. Notes: NYT on Obama’s Juggling Act; Mystery Pollster on How It’s Done in the U.K., FT on the Very Long View

By Holly Yeager   May 4, 2010 at 04:21 PM

President Obama’s ideological juggling act gets thoughtful treatment from the NYT’s Jackie Calmes. There’s no real news in the piece,... More

The Journal Comes Up Short on Lawmakers’ Short Selling

By Holly Yeager   May 4, 2010 at 12:09 PM

The Wall Street Journal has good instincts today, looking for hypocrisy in a place it’s known to dwell: Capitol Hill.... More

Ignatius on the Downside of the Inside Story

By Holly Yeager   May 3, 2010 at 04:11 PM

The Washington Post’s David Ignatius did us all a favor in Sunday’s Outlook section, with a critical look at embedding—a... More

More Words of Wisdom from Alan Simpson

Geezers vs. Gen X-ers vs. millenials, etc, etc.

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 30, 2010 at 11:27 AM

Former Sen. Alan Simpson’s interview on Fox Sunday was a doozy. His usual outspoken, outrageous, colorful self shined through, perhaps... More

So, Do Debates Really Matter?

A closer look at a WaPo post

By Greg Marx   Apr 29, 2010 at 03:08 PM

Chris Cillizza, the political blogger for The Washington Post, had an item the other day that asked an interesting question:... More

Next Slide, Please

Military’s PowerPoint addiction could be a bad habit for archivists

By Clint Hendler   Apr 28, 2010 at 01:41 PM

We are, apparently, a nation whose Army marches on PowerPoint. As detailed in Elisabeth Bumiller’s Tuesday front page New York... More

Rick Foster’s Predictions

No bending of the cost curve in his crystal ball

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 28, 2010 at 01:19 PM

Richard Foster, as good an actuary as you can find, delivered the Obama folks a bit of bad news last... More

Skimming the Surface

Will the financial reform bill lead to more bailouts? You won’t find out in today’s NYT story

By Greg Marx   Apr 27, 2010 at 04:37 PM

The front page of today’s New York Times features an article on the state of play on financial reform that... More

Def Com: It’s Alive

Early Coverage of Deficit Commission, from Gloomy to Doomed

By Holly Yeager   Apr 27, 2010 at 12:06 PM

The deficit commission created by President Obama holds its first meeting today, and a couple of preview pieces stand out... More

Look at the Jobless Rate for the New Joads

By Holly Yeager   Apr 26, 2010 at 02:32 PM

Naked Capitalism shines some light on an aspect of the long, sad unemployment story that we don’t hear nearly enough... More

Sebelius Watch, Part II

Will Madame Secretary rule with moral suasion?

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 26, 2010 at 02:21 PM

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

An Oversteeped Tea Party?

The movement may be overhyped, but it’s still a legitimate story

By Greg Marx   Apr 22, 2010 at 04:06 PM

Of the various criticisms that get levied against Politico, one of the most common is that it inflates stories that... More

The Future? We Hope Not

NYT’s Politico profile paints a scary picture

By Holly Yeager   Apr 21, 2010 at 04:32 PM

The New York Times magazine profile of Mike Allen, the force-of-nature Politico reporter, has been much anticipated—at least in the... More

A Compulsion To Know

CJR’s 2000 profile of Mike Allen

By Brent Cunningham   Apr 21, 2010 at 10:58 AM

On the occasion of Mark Leibovich's New York Times Magazine profile of Politico's Mike Allen, CJR is happy to offer... More

The Midnight Ride of George Pataki

Who’s behind the ex-gov’s health repeal crusade?

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 21, 2010 at 08:48 AM

The latest health care news is the formation of a group called Revere America whose mission, it seems, is to... More