This morning, the front pages of The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the LA Times—among many others—reported that the United States has agreed to remove combat troops from Iraqi cities by next June. And from the rest of the country by the end of 2011. Which means: not only […]

Earlier today, I mentioned an article, penned by the HuffPo’s Rachel Sklar, that explains Rachel Maddow’s ascension to her own show as evidence of liberal leanings at MSNBC–and of the power Keith Olbermann, a Maddow mentor, enjoys at the network. “This isn’t about why she was hired, this is about who she replaced, and why […]

As a lead-up to Denver, the Washington Post has enlisted David Broder–who has covered every convention since 1956 (again: 1956)–for a series of videos in which he reflects on conventions past. “I love conventions,” Broder says in today’s spot, “but they’re not today what they were then.” Slight understatement, perhaps. But that makes the remarkable […]

Rachel Sklar, senior editor at the Huffington Post and scribe of its “Eat the Press” column, has an article up on Romenesko today. Which would be unremarkable, save for the fact that the article’s presence on Poynter wasn’t the result of curation: it was originally published there. As an entry in Poynter’s Forum, to be […]

Barack Obama once again gets the cover of Time magazine. For anyone keeping track, this makes seven Time covers for the Illinois senator; John McCain has thus far graced only two. [via Drudge]

Talk about a housing crisis. Yesterday, following John McCain on the trail in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Politico’s Jonathan Martin and Mike Allen asked the senator a seemingly straightforward question: how many homes do you and Cindy own? The answer, coming from a candidate who has made much of his opponent’s general “elitism”—and during, of […]

So Denver authorities are assuming, it seems, that the press, pols, and party people who’ll be descending on their city next week will be high on more than Hope. Reason is reporting (h/t: Ben Smith) that Denver’s own drug czar, Mason Tvert, is expecting a “surge” in pot use while the convention’s in town. Tolvert, […]

November’s Senate races are a story, too. Let’s start treating them that way.

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