Ben Smith's Blogs
Ben Smith's Blogs
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Sunday reading: Dangerous
Biden takes Des Moines. Palin is popular in Iowa, though not as broadly as Huckabee. She is not popular with Martha. (
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Ghostwriting job of the day
From Craigslist: I'm working on a memoir, set in 1983, when I lived with Obama for a year. The memoir is about my life
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Tweet of the day
Tweet of the day
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Sub-50% in Iowa
Here's a symbolic threshold: Obama's approval rating just dipped below 50% in Iowa, a state where he once wowed indies and Republicans as well as De
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Saturday reading: 60
In his weekly address, Obama says his foreign travel is all about the domestic economic recovery, a sure sign the White House is concerned i
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McCain 'enjoyed' Palin book
John McCain, buttonholed on the sidelines of a security forum in Halifax
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Remainders: Jets
Huntsman, defending Obama, blasts the press. Jessica Valenti says Palin is the sexist. AP writers got a bonus for gett
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SEIU Words that work, cont'd
The anti-union blog Labor Pains gets its hands on another SEIU internal memo, this one detailing the proper language for talking health care, as sug
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CafePress pulls t-shirts praying for Obama's death
The political website t-shirt CafePress announced today that it would remove all designs referring to Psaslm 108:9. Brad Hirschfield
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Meeting Sarah
Another somewhat odd scene from Noblesville, posted to Palin's Facebook page. (via a not entirely respectful Rumproast)
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Spurned in Noblesville
The logistics seem to have fallen apart a bit at Palin's second Indiana stop, in Noblesville, where she left behind a crowd chanting, "Sign our
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KBH: 'Fighter'
Kay Bailey Hutchison tries to turn a liability -- her decision to run for Governor from the Senate -- into an asset in her first ad.
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McCain's cap-and-trade shift
Lisa Lerer explores what happened to what appeared to be John McCain's signature bipartisan cause, which he now refers to as "cap and tax."
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Obama on Thanksgiving
The president has a cameo in a PSA for volunteerism and exercise, to air during the Thanksgiving football games.
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RNC floods Nelson, Lincoln offices with calls [UPDATED]
The Republican National Committee just blasted out an "urgent call to action" to its large email list, asking supporters to "call Sen
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Saving McCain
Bill Kristol: Still, who could help McCain beat back a populist conservative challenger? Sarah Palin. I predict that Palin will come
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Kyl presses for NIAC inquiry
Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, a Republican source says, sent written questions to Attorney General Eric Holder following yesterday's meeting, going after
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Tea Party, the movie
All resemblances to parody are, apparently, unintentional.
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Impeaching Sanford
It's on: COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina lawmakers say they'll formally consider the possible impeachment of Gov. Mark Sanford f
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Sub-50%
President Obama's job approval numbers will dip below 50% for the first time today in Gallup's tracking, the service tweets. His appr
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