ABC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
'This Week': Stephanopoulos interviews Obama - tell George your questions
2008 Presidential Campaign Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT GOVERNOR PALIN'S ADDRESS TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTIONGovernor Palin Was "Simply Brilliant"ABC's George Stephanopoulos: "She Gets An 'A.'" ABC's CYNTHIA MCFADDEN: "Joining me now is ABC's chief Washington correspondent George Stephanopoulos for the Nightline report card....
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical² (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today's, Yesterday's, and Tomorrows Joke ... ... is, am, and was George Stephanopoulos replacing David Brinkley at NBC. So, while this is no surprise, it is notaable. “ Following Giuliani's speech, Stephanopoulos declared it “far and away the toughest speech we've seen so far” at both conventions and ruminated: “What I wonder about is how it came across on television. A little too nasty? A little...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sarah Palin's Wednesday night Republican convention speech was widely greeted with praise from television commentators and the short break between her address and Rudy Giuliani's beforehand didn't leave much time for analysis of Giuliani's, but ABC's George Stephanopoulos managed to find a dark side to both while ABC's Nightline devoted a six-minute story to “new details tonight on a brewing controversy...
Dave's World (Free subscription) | yesterday
George Stephanopoulos & Diane Sawyer on ABC raved about Sarah Palin's spectacular introduction to the top rung of American politics. Okay, these two are fair & relatively experienced [never forget Sawyer worked in the Nixon WH]. Then I checked out PBS to get the truly mediocre gasbag p.o.v. Brooks did give Palin credit, though Lehrer was his usual colorless self, and the Jurassic Park Mark Shields...
Token Liberal (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
MINNEAPOLIS (TL) -- The McCain campaign defended its embattled vice president candidate, Sarah Palin, this weekend amid charges that the former mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, has no foreign policy experience. The candidate's wife, Cindy McCain, told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos:...
Political Radar (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
ABC News' George Stephanopoulos Reports: Republicans were rocked yesterday by new revelations about Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, and are increasingly worried about what else they may not know about John McCain's running mate. Republican sources say three questions are being...
The Citizen View (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Sen. John Kerry was on the ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos and was on a rant from, America is not safer now to John McCain's pick for VP and the Obamessiah's foreign policy experience. The text and video are below but let me make a few points first. Since 9/11 America or any of it's overseas assets have not been attacked in other countries excluding Iraq and Afghanistan. Not like under...
Rising Hegemon (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
HUGS, ALL AROUND! ABC’s George Stephanopoulos reports: After skipping the opening day of the Republican National Convention to personally check the emergency response to Hurricane Gustav, President George W. Bush will keep his appointment with the party faithful. Bush will speak to the RNC Tuesday in St. Paul, one day after the convention opened to an abbreviated schedule due to the storm. (pic from...
The Democratic Daily (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
John Kerry was on This Week with George Stephanopoulos today talking about McCain picking Sarah Palin as his VP. Kerry responded to a question from Stephanopoulos about whether he thought the Palin pick would help McCain garner support from women who supported Clinton. As always, Kerry was on the money… calling the pick “insulting to [...]
Political Radar (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos reports: After skipping the opening day of the Republican National Convention to personally check the emergency response to Hurricane Gustav, President George W. Bush will keep his appointment with the party faithful. Bush will speak to the...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
ABC, CBS and NBC had planned to cover the Republican National Convention at 10 tonight. They will offer Hurricane Gustva specials instead. ABC's Charles Gibson will anchor "Gustav Storms the Gulf," a special "20/20," from New Orleans. George Stephanopoulos will...
Talking Points Memo (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Earlier I noted Andrea Mitchell's reference to reports that the McCain camp had just sent a team of GOP lawyers up to Alaska to do what I guess you'd call a post-vetting of Sarah Palin. Now George Stephanopoulos appears to...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
We keep reading in the press on on blogs that republican VP nominee Sarah Palin is like Dan Quayle . Dan Quayle is one of our favorite political figures of all time. Mainly because he made more gaffes than Joe Biden on a bender. Cindy McCain , during an interview with George Stephanopoulos that aired yesterday was asked about Palin's national security experience (or lack there of). She said,"Alaska...
Political Radar (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
ABC's George Stephanopoulos reports: Republican vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin today confirmed reports that her 17 year old daughter is pregnant. Palin, the Alaskan governor, and her husband, Todd, released an official statement, explaining that their daughter, Bristol, will...
