michael barone

This morning, Michael Barone joined a number of American Enterprise Institute fellows for a briefing on the 2009 elections. One of the more interesting observations from Barone — the editor of the Almanac of American Politics and a writer for the Washington Examiner — was that potential 2012 GOP presidential candidates were making smart decisions [...]

I’ve been buying Michael Barone and Richard E. Cohen’s biannual “Almanac of American Politics” since 2001, so I’m happy to own the new 2010 edition, even if a few changes are perplexing to me.

Michael Barone, longtime political number-cruncher (his Almanac of American Politics was first published in 1972) and increasingly conservative pundit, has moved from U.S. News and World Report to The Washington [D.C.] Examiner.
“I am very excited and pleased to have the chance to join The Examiner at this challenging time for journalism and for our country,” [...]

This is absurd, but worth noting for its broader symbolism.
Michael Barone, senior writer at U.S. News & World Report and principal coauthor of “The Almanac of American Politics,” said at a luncheon today that journalists went after Gov. Sarah Palin so fiercely because she decided to carry her youngest son, Trig, to term.
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