politico

So it seems that Robert Gibbs today inelegantly tried to distinguish between al-Qaeda and the Taliban — sigh, that shouldn’t have been too difficult — and in the process of that explanation, used the word “jihadist,” a term that the Obama administration strenuously avoids. Carol E. Lee at Politico tries to explain:
Jihadist is seen as [...]

Manu Raju talks to Senate Democrats about the Glenn Beck-driven, almost entirely hysterical campaign against “czars.” The fuel: a letter written by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) about “czars.” I’ve reprinted the letter below the jump, but the key bit is this:
I respectfully urge you to disclose as much information as you can about these policy [...]

A Politico story co-written by Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen delves into the political ideal “bipartisanship” and includes one source that should cause some double-takes.
The few GOP moderates left confess their deep frustration.
“It seems like moderation in Washington is a vice,” said Rep. Brian Bilbray, a centrist Republican from California.
I’ve never before heard Bilbray referred [...]

With an assist from Politico, which has completely bought into Glenn Beck’s campaign against “czars” — on Monday, the publication sketched out a “GOP czar revolt” that consisted of work by Michelle Malkin, a joke by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), and a comment from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich — conservatives are arguing that the [...]

This morning, our Minnesota colleague Paul Schmeltzer noted that a conservative attack line that the coverage of Ted Kennedy’s death would be a “Wellstone memorial on steroids” had “taken off, with pundits on Fox, MSNBC and conservative media piling on.” This afternoon, Ben Smith filed a story on the same topic, naming Rush Limbaugh, [...]

Four months ago, Mike Allen and Josh Gerstein of Politico reported that former Vice President Dick Cheney was “pushing the CIA to declassify files that he claims would vindicate the CIA’s use of coercive interrogation techniques that President Barack Obama has banned.” It was one of many stories that hyped a “showdown” between the president [...]

Little evidence backs claims that medical malpractice suits are driving up health care costs.

The editor-in-chief of WorldNetDaily left a comment at TWI’s sister site, The Minnesota Independent, taking issue with the statement that the site “has been accused” of publishing hoaxes in the past, such as “poorly written and unauthenticated emails” allegedly between Barack Obama and Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Who was it that challenged those emails? Nobody. [...]

This Roger Simon column might not be the silliest thing written about the deathless Henry Louis Gates arrest saga, but it’s interesting for its total ignorance of the case. Simon, suckered by a press conference given by Lucia Whalen — the woman who called 911 to report the Gates “break-in” — whines that a “good [...]

Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) has said he’ll vote against Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court, Politico reports.
A key member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Kyl’s vote could encourage other Republicans on the committee to vote against Sotomayor as well. He was reportedly undecided as early as yesterday.
Sotomayor is still expected to [...]