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Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | yesterday
John Cole finds Chuck Todd wanking away on Twitter. Shorter Chuck Todd: It’s only big news if the Democrats fail! I guess he didn’t pick up on the fact that if they had failed to get the 60 votes, HCR would, for all intents and purposes, be dead in the short run, as the Republicans would filibuster. That is why this is such a big deal- they have overcome the obstructionism of the GOP,...
Balloon Juice (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
I’m far more pessimistic about the future of this country after a few days of reading twitter feeds from our news elite. Here is Chuck Todd, after Reid gets the necessary votes to advance the HCR bill: Shorter Chuck Todd: It’s only big news if the Democrats fail! I guess he didn’t pick up on [...]
Balloon Juice (Free subscription) | yesterday
Before I start this, I want to say that there are some really great folks to follow on twitter. William Beutler is great, Jay Rosen is invaluable, Roger Ebert is amusing, and there are lots of others who are really worth reading. And then you have Chuck Todd… Apparently some blogger, somewhere, harshed on Chuck’s Sunday [...]
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
It's been a busy week for NBC's Chuck Todd , traveling halfway across the world with President Obama. Good thing he has this man cave back at the bureau to retreat to... Check out some politics and football with Chuck, First Read 's Domenico Montanaro and Andy Gross above. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media .
Balloon Juice (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
John and I were just discussing Chuck Todd’s unbelievably idiotic tweet defending McCain’s latest primary-induced flip-flop. Todd’s an idiot, but not as dumb as Howie Kurtz—was John’s take on it. Mine is that neither Todd nor Kurtz is dumb in the usual sense. To stay in the good graces of elite [...]
Eschaton (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
John McCain shifts to the right on his once big issue: climate. How does Chuck Todd respond? There seems to be a communication breakdown between the two and while some say it's a one-way McCain problem, has Obama reached out enuff? Yes, obviously, it's Obama's fault that McCain's flipflopping on issues. In the Village, nothing is ever McCain's fault.
First Read (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg*** More Saturday Night Fever: The Senate is expected to take its vote to proceed on Senate Majority Leader Reid’s bill on Saturday. Democrats will need 60 votes -- i.e., their entire caucus -- to clear this initial procedural hurdle. Per NBC’s Ken Strickland, the vote is expected to take place around 8:00 pm ET. At this...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
From Chuck Todd's interview with President Obama, November 18: TODD: You gonna sign health care before the state of the union? OBAMA: I expect so. TODD: But obviously not the end of the year at this point? OBAMA: You will not hear that from me. TODD: You're not ready to say that? OBAMA: Absolutely not. Previous comments by the president: October 5 : "And so if you're willing to speak out strongly...
First Read (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali WeinbergCEDAR CREEK, Tex. -- At yesterday's public events at the Republican Governors Association’s annual meeting here just outside of Austin, there wasn’t anything resembling the boisterous Tea Party protests or those summer town halls. There weren't cries about President Obama's "radical" or "socialist" agenda....
The Agonist (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
I'm a frequent critic of President Obama, but sometimes it's really important to read between the lines. Yesterday the AP posted this story. In it the writer reports that the upcoming 'jobs summit' at the White House isn't about jobs: President Barack Obama says creating jobs isn't the goal of a coming White House forum on jobs and economic growth. And the headline reinforces the lede: Obama: Job...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
NBC's Chuck Todd and CBS's Chip Reid both concluded their interviews with President Obama conducted in Beijing by worrying about the “stress” of his job. “He laughed off the speculation about his reported weight loss,” Todd relayed on Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, “but admitted the burden of the office does weigh on him.” The MSNBC.com online video of the entire...
First Read (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
From NBC's Ali Weinberg As we mentioned in First Thoughts , NBC's Chuck Todd sat down with President Obama to discuss Afghanistan, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, health care, the U.S. economy, and even reports about the president's weight loss. Below is a transcript of the entire interview. CHUCK TODD: Mr. President, thank you - I know we don't have a lot of time, so I want to dive right into this - Afghanistan....
First Read (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg*** Still weeks away: In an interview with one of us from Beijing, President Obama said he was still weeks away from making a decision on Afghanistan. “I will announce my decision over the next several weeks… I'm confident that at the end of this process we will be able to present to the American people in very clear terms...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
In a meeting with the press in China, President Obama said that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed would be "convicted" and had "the death penalty applied to him" ... and then said he wasn't "pre-judging" the case. He made the second statement after it was pointed out to him -- by NBC's Chuck Todd -- that the first statement would be taken as the President's interfering in the trial...
First Read (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg*** A productive day: President Obama today finished up his most important and productive day of his trip. A day-long summit with the Chinese led to some new concessions from both countries on climate issues (“We are creating a joint clean energy research center, and have achieved agreements on energy efficiency, renewable energy,...
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