Salon.com (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
From the moment it was announced, it was clear that Sarah Palin's memoir "Going Rogue" would be a bestseller. But the size of the book's success is still pretty amazing: According to Greg Sargent, more than one million copies have now been sold. That's after a first week in which 700,000 were bought. These are, to put it mildly, huge numbers in today's publishing industry....
Red State (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
I follow a handful of writers on the Left to keep tabs on their latest pathologies (and, on rare occasions, to get out in front of stories when they actually have a point), and I must say that few of them provide such a persistent source of entertainment as Greg Sargent, formerly a paid left-wing activist employed by the Soros-funded Talking Points Memo family of sites, and now a paid...
Baseball Crank (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
I follow a handful of writers on the Left to keep tabs on their latest pathologies (and, on rare occasions, to get out in front of stories when they actually have a point), and I must say that few of them provide such a persistent source of entertainment as Greg Sargent, formerly a paid left-wing activist employed by the Soros-funded Talking Points Memo family of sites, and now a paid...
A Plain Blog About Politics (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
... press in general are doing something wrong by giving Cheney a platform. Cheney opponents -- here's Greg Sargent , Steve Benen , and Andrew Sullivan . As Benen says: So, why is Cheney's 90-minute tirade against the president the lead Politico story today? OK, I have an answer for that. First of all, it is the press's obligation to give a platform to both parties. Second, each party...
Baseball Crank (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Politico's John Harris neatly summarizes the seven building narratives about Obama that are hazardous to his political health . What Harris perhaps misses is the extent to which the narratives, even the apparently contradictory ones, form a seamless whole. Meanwhile, Greg Sargent, the Washington Post's in-house left-wing activist, argues that Harris is wrong because American exceptionalism...
Indecision Forever (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
... publicist — who's schlepping on the bus along with the rest of Palin's staff — just told Greg Sargent that yeah, Palin has taken the jet "for logistical reasons," but only a couple of times. Yet the plane's flight log ( scroll down, click to enlarge ) shows that it's been taking off and landing in exact accordance with Palin's tour schedule. So now everyone's wondering (again) if...
Raw Story (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to Jon Meacham's column urging Cheney to run for President." Story continues below... PlumLine's Greg Sargent was more succinct , calling the column "Drudgebait," in reference to conservative maven Matt Drudge. There was, however, no link to Meacham's column on The Drudge Report Monday. Cheney, however, has already thrown cold water on the idea. At a recent campaign event for Sen....
A Plain Blog About Politics (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Via Greg Sargent , an excellent example of exactly what I was talking about the other day : Democrats are strangely hesitent to claim credit for a large tax cut, which after all they actually did enact earlier this year as a major part of the stimulus. The Democrats are taking delight, according to this Politico article , in pointing out the hypocrisy involved in GOP Members of Congress...
AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Jesse Lee is our blog contact at the White House. He's one of the few normal people working there. Seems he popped the question at the State Dinner last night. Greg Sargent has the story - it's sweet, and a nice diversion :-) Please join us in wishing Jesse all the best.
AFL-CIO Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... front groups like the Chamber of Commerce are bankrolling ads against health care reform . Greg Sargent asks: Do “centrist” senators understand the need for reform? Steve Benen notes that, in arguing against health care reform this weekend, Senate Republicans managed to avoid truth almost entirely. E.J. Dionne says the glass is more than half full: The progress we’ve...
Oliver Willis (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
WaPo: Alex Castellanos, a Republican media consultant, will take over as a senior communications adviser to RNC Chairman Michael Steele, according to a source familiar with the move. Castellanos & The Insurance Industry: The Plum Line’s Greg Sargent has confirmed that CNN contributor Alex Castellanos’ political consulting firm, National Media, is the ad buyer for the insurance...
Facing South (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... Jindal and Cao must be leading the charge to defend Landrieu, right? Wrong. The Washington Post's Greg Sargent followed up on our story today and reports that Gov. Jindal has been silent about whether he favors Landrieu's success in landing the money for his state: Jindal, as best as we can determine, now won't publicly clarify one way or the other whether he views $300 million to...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... apologizing for U.S. behavior. I find that very upsetting. And leaving aside the point made by Greg Sargent at The Plum Line that Cheney served under two former presidents who bowed to foreign leaders, does Dick really think he should be the go-to guy on matters of protocol? Dick Cheney representing the United States at the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
Corrente (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... who are forced to buy the crappy insurance? Which none of the bills change. The problem is, as Greg Sargent points out, is that Lincoln, Landrieu, Nelson, and Lieberman share a characteristic of the Republicans: they just don't really give a shit that people are suffering. Bollocks. That's not the problem at all. read more
