Charlie Rose - Michelle Rhee / Chuck Todd and Mark Halperin (July 14, 2008)
First Read (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg*** Senate gets the baton: After Saturday night’s historic, contentious, and very narrow health-care vote in the House of Representatives, the action now moves to the Senate, where things won’t get any easier. On Sunday, President Obama made a rare statement from the White House Rose Garden. “Now it falls on the United...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Chuck Todd tweets : Want to stump a GOP strategist: Ask them their preference: health care passes or fails? I don't think one who actually believes in anything other than winning would be stumped.
Eschaton (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
I didn't like George Bush and pretty much every little thing he did annoyed me, but I didn't think everything which annoyed me was somehow a big deal. But the right really just goes after every little thing because they know that eventually drudgico will pick some of it up and Chuck Todd will be blathering about it. Back in the day we'd be like uh, hey, uh, isn't torture, you know, bad? Now they have...
First Read (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg*** The race to 218 -- or more: Tomorrow night, the House is expected to vote on the Democrats' health care bill. And from now until then, Speaker Nancy Pelosi's goal -- as well as President Obama’s -- will be this: getting at least 218 votes. The next 48 hours are going to be wild, but considering the country’s focus on...
Salon.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Though they may rail against Hollywood personalities who become involved in politics when those personalities are on the left, conservatives have never turned down a little star power of their own. (See Reagan, Ronald. ) Problem is, the pickings are a bit slim. So the guy who shows up lately is Jon Voight, who's been known to say some things that are pretty outlandish , even by an actor's standards....
First Read (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro If you're looking for the full 2009 exit polls, here they are: 2009 New Jersey Exit Poll 2009 Virginia Exit Poll And here's a compilation of some of what we've written over the past few days going inside these numbers. As we wrote in First Thoughts yesterday: The election provided some clear warning signs for the president and the Democrats. Per the exits, 60% in New...
First Read (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg*** Owning the results: By yesterday offering up two top White House aides -- David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs -- to talk about Tuesday’s elections, the White House decided to own the results. And the move seemed to send two signals: 1) they believe the outcomes weren’t as disastrous as some in the chattering class were making...
Third Base Politics (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Last night, the GOP won a stunning victory by not only winning, but far outperforming expectations in Virginia and scoring a victory in the impeccably blue state of New Jersey. Much of the mainstream media is surprisingly portraying it as I hoped they would....a message for Barack Obama and the nation as a whole. In addition, we learned three lessons from NBC's Chuck Todd about last night: Lesson No....
The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Chuck Todd nails it, Taegen gets it. Too bad it doesn't fit the meme that the media had all ready to go. First Read: "In NY-23, Republicans snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in a district they've controlled since the 19th century after prominent conservatives -- Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty, Club for Growth, Tea Party organizers -- backed the more conservative candidate (Hoffman), which eventually...
First Read (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg*** Last Night’s Lessons: What a difference a year makes. Exactly a year to the day when Barack Obama celebrated his presidential victory in Grant Park and Democrats picked up additional seats in the House and Senate, Republicans are now basking in their gubernatorial sweep from last night. In Virginia, as expected, Bob McDonnell...
HorsesAss.Org (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
With Republican Bob McDonnell winning big in Virginia, and incumbent Democratic Gov. John Corzine apparently headed to defeat in New Jersey, Republicans are loudly pitching the election as a referendum on President Barack Obama. Well, uh, not so much… Chuck Todd reports that Barack Obama’s approval rating among Virginia voters stands at 51 percent (just under the 52.6 percent of the vote...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
All day long MSNBC has had on one pundit after another using the election in NY-23 as their springboard to make the case that the Dems are weak. There hasn't been a Democrat elected in that seat for more years than I've been alive, but that doesn't seem to enter into the equation. The real story, though, is the fighting going on within the GOP. Rudy Giuliani was on with Chuck Todd and saying that...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Pancakes From Mommy by digby I'd mercifully forgotten just what "fun" watching election coverage on MSNBC can be. Chuck Todd just said that Obama is having a hard time translating his change message into reality, which gave Matthews a taser-like jolt up his leg and he launched into a full on tirade: Matthews: You know I don't understand that! I know what Obama believes in because I agree...
BackyardConservative (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
...checking the tweets: BarackObama Tomorrow will mark a year since our historic victory. Do you have a favorite 2008 Election Day memory? Share your stories via #Nov4 JimPethokoukis Chuck Todd says Obama should make 2010 a referendum about himself; Insert own joke here ...still waiting for results...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
You've already heard Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod were in the audience last night at the Verizon Center... But did you know there was some DC journo representation on stage with the E Street Band'? Bruce Springsteen welcomed drummer Max Weinberg 's daughter Ali Weinberg to the stage on the accordion. Weinberg works in the DC bureau of NBC News, in the political unit with director and White House...
Videos