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Don’t Be So Sure About Haass, Holbrooke and Ross

Marc Ambinder reported this morning that three top diplomats — Richard Haass, Richard Holbrooke and Dennis Ross — will be President-elect Barack Obama’s envoys to various global hellholes: Iran, Israel/Palestine, and Afghanistan/Pakistan/India. He says it’s “confirmed,” but I’ve heard otherwise.
It appears, particularly with Haass, the chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, that this is [...]

Is There a Citigroup Tax Credit Hidden in the Stimulus Plan?

Over at Beat the Press, economist Dean Baker raises an interesting question that deserves follow-up: Is there a hidden tax credit for Citigroup in the upcoming Obama administration’s proposed stimulus plan?
From Baker:
The media seem to have largely overlooked the Citigroup tax credit in their discussion of the latest items in President [-elect Barack] Obama’s stimulus [...]

My Ann Coulter Story

Four and a half years ago I was working for a certain national newspaper when my bosses had a brainstorm: hire two controversial pundits of the right and left to cover the Democratic and Republican conventions. They chose Michael Moore for the Republicans—which led to that moment when all of Madison Square Garden’s occupants booed [...]

Gaza, Skepticism And J Street

Juan Cole surveys the American debate over the week-long Israeli war in Gaza and finds something surprising:
The Israeli propaganda blitz around their attack on Gaza has been greeted with uncharacteristic skepticism by the American public and even by some of the mainstream US press.
Juan attributes that to a couple of things, first among them is [...]

Obama Ingratiates Himself to Press

Further evidence that the sometimes frosty relationship that existed between President-elect Barack Obama and the press covering him during the campaign has thawed considerably emerges in a pool report from Obama’s flight home to Chicago today from the National Governors Association meeting in Philadelphia.

Report: Where’s the Media Health Coverage?

President-elect Barack Obama may have made health-care reform a priority in 2009, but not everyone sees the issue as being so important. So says a new report, revealing that media coverage of health issues made up just 3.6 percent of all news coverage in the 18 months between January 2007 and June 2008.

If It’s In TWI, Expect It In The Wall Street Journal Six Days Later

Dear Yochi,
Would it have killed you to acknowledge my piece about Obama and the Center for a New American Security in your piece almost a week later about Obama and the Center for a New American Security? Small Wars Journal picked it up and everything.
Spencer

McCain Camp Faces Mandatory FEC Audit

Talk about rubbing salt in the wound.
Now that Sen. John McCain has officially lost the presidency, Politico reminds him that he still has an audit to look forward to.

Logistics on the Campaign Trail

TWI correspondent Ana Marie Cox comments on the logistics of following the candidates on the campaign trail. Video content included.

Obama’s Strategic Attacks on McCain-Palin

Data from Obama’s press communications reveal a plethora of attacks on his Republican opponents. The campaign tried many tacks to shift the tide.