Ben Smith's Blogs
Ben Smith's Blogs
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Sullivan's quest
Andrew Sullivan continues on his lonely obsession the circumstances of the birth of Trig Palin, and has temporarily stopped blogging to conduct a cl
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SEIU Memo: 'Unions,' 'Employers,' out; 'Workers,' 'Corporations' in
A source who opposes the Employee Free Choice Act sends over a revealing internal SEIU memo that made its way into the hands of the opposition, and
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Women's groups silent, torn on Palin 'sexism' claim
Sarah Palin's complaint that Newsweek's cover image this week was "sexist" and "a wee bit degrading" has drawn a notably muted r
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Good for Oprah
The Palin show gave Oprah her biggest audience in two years.
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DNC circulates Palin memo; 'God Bless'
The Democratic National Committee has been, for days emailing reporters gleefully about Sarah Palin's media blitz, feeding the flames of what offici
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Lining up in Grand Rapids
The Freep reports that some 500 people had lined up, chanting "Sarah, Sarah," before 5:00 a.m. outside the Grand Rapids bookstore where sh
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AUFC, AFSCME, SEIU defend Dems on health care
Americans United for Change and AFSCME are going up with spots defending the 13 House members under attack from the Chamber of Commerce and 60-Plus
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A firing offense?
Obama, speaking to CBS in Beijing, says he's "furious' about the stream of leaks characterizing the Afghanistan deliberations.
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Palin-Beck 2012
Palin's conservative media blitz makes it to Newsmax: "I can envision a couple of different combinations, if ever I were to be i
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Palin: 'Profile away!'
Palin: 'Profile away!'
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Remainders: Murdoch
Obey blasts the White House. No media for Palin in the Ozarks. She tells Rush Obama's "dithering."
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Mocking the teleprompter
It's a bad storyline for the president, and thoroughly in the bloodstream.
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OfA picks an ad
Organizing for America picks a winner, above, in its video contest. "The winning video shows that our supporters' creati
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Palin's megaphone
Sarah Palin's media blitz has pushed her Facebook fan number over the million mark. The page is now, as Rich Lowry noted today, "
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White House 'dismayed' at Israelis
Just as Middle East talks seemed to be edging back from the brink of collapse, the White House is reacting to a new settlement push.
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A deal with Edwards
Greg Sargent gets confirmation from an Edwards aide of another anecdote from Plouffe's book: That an Edwards emissary floated the notion of his endo
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Miniter sues Washington Times over mass weddings
This has to be the weirdest story of the day: A former Washington Times editorial-page editor will be "filing a complaint with the Equal Employ
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ADL: 'Fearmonger-in-chief' Beck plays 'important role' in feeding extremism
An Anti-Defamation League report on the political climate -- headed "Rage Grows in America: Anti Conspiracies" -- points the fi
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Paterson swipes at top White House staffer
New York Governor David Paterson jabbed today at White House political director Patrick Gaspard, suggesting that Gaspard didn't have the "autho
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The Richardson deal, revisited
Never are political operatives less trustworthy than in the final moments of a tight race, and David Plouffe new book seems to contain an admission
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