Blog Profile / Ben Smith's Blog
| URL : | http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Politics / US Politics | |
| Posts on Regator: | 12652 | |
| Posts / Week: | 62.2 | |
| Archived Since: | June 30, 2009 | |
Blog Post Archive
Remainders: Onward
Ben Smith, who wrote his final blog post for POLITICO today, sitting on the steps of New York's City Hall, where he has long blogged about politics. (Photo: Axel Dupeux, for Adweek) Ben Smith moves on. Iowa media gets its moment in the...Show More Summary
The latest from Newtland
The latest email from pro-Gingrich Super PAC Winning Our Future: FEAR OF NEWT STUNNER! In field of Seven — 45% of all advertising in Iowa was directed at the former Speaker In what must be one of the most stunning political statistics in a long time — a survey quoted by ABCNEWS.com put cold hard numbers to what most already knew. Show More Summary
Sunni leader denies NY Times byline
Iraqi parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi is denying his participation in a New York Times op-ed bearing his byline, Agence-France Press reports. "The article published in the New York Times... has been written without the knowledgeShow More Summary
Thanks
I thought for a time I'd never write this item: That I'd literally keel over in front of my keyboard in a couple of decades, and leave behind a post with even more typos than usual. Instead, this is my last blog item. You'll still find my columns every week over on the front page of POLITICO. Show More Summary
Fox bites man
Paul Farhi has the latest in a series of stories reflecting Fox's course correction since the glory days of the Beck era: But just days before the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucus takes place, there’s not much evidence to suggest that...Show More Summary
MSNBC explains Bain Capital disclosure
Jeremy Gaines, VP of Communications at MSNBC, writes in to explain why his network's anchors are only now disclosing NBC's business ties to Bain Capital, the buyout firm co-founded by Mitt Romney: Given Bain's ownership stake in theShow More Summary
Dept. of unnecessary evasion
My colleague Keach Hagey notes Fox News' odd reluctance to comment for a Washington Post story that (mostly) portrays it as a fair and balanced news organization, which is its slogan. "There’s little question that Fox is an important...Show More Summary
Landing Romney
The Huffington Post landed an exclusive interview with Mitt Romney yesterday, its first-ever with the Republican presidential candidate and a significant step in its move away from the liberal political identity it had during its first...Show More Summary
The textbook late surge
Former Edwards aide Jonathan Prince noted recently that Rick Santorum's path this year seems a lot like John Edwards' near-miss 2004 bid, in which he worked Iowa for months with no evident results, then surged into 2nd place at the last...Show More Summary
Remainders: Dawning
An election year dawns without Keith Olbermann. The campaign hinges on electability. Karl Rove makes his predictions. Romney seeks business leaders. His victory could make history. Ron Paul supporters descend on Iowa. A pro-Paul PACShow More Summary
MSNBC now disclosing Bain Capital connection
Starting on last night’s Ed Show with Ed Schultz, MSNBC anchors are now disclosing their parent company’s ties to Bain Capital, the buyout firm co-founded by Mitt Romney. In July 2008, NBC Universal, Bain Capital and Blackstone Group...Show More Summary
A faithless super PAC
My old colleague Dan Hirschhorn writes: A political action committee which had planned to support Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign has very quietly defected to Mitt Romney — and it's spending big on his behalf. Citizens for a...Show More Summary
In Iowa, Romney and pork
Mitt Romney just announced a strikingly aggressive schedule from December 30 through January 3, an all-in Iowa push. That means, among other things, that his press corps may turn up late to this kind of classically pork-heavy Iowa party...Show More Summary
Racism as strategy?
David Frum raises the basic question about Paul's newsletters, which isn't belief but intent: A fellow libertarian offers more detail on Paul's racism-as-strategy. Paul and his circle aspired "to create a libertarian-conservative fusion... Show More Summary
Keeping it on Newt
The newest salvo from Romney's SuperPAC auxiliary is aimed at the usual target, Newt Gingrich. Something to watch for in the closing days: Will the group turn its fire on Rick Santorum? If it does, it would be the clearest sign yet that Romney is playing to win Iowa; Gingrich, however, seems to represent more of a threat in the states to come. Continue reading post...
Union Leader publisher slams Paul
Maggie Haberman takes note of a new Union Leader editorial, in which publisher Joe McQuaid goes to town (with guns loaded) on Ron Paul. Continue reading post...
The war on Southern food
The hosts on Fox & Friends this morning said that the New York Times "wants to eliminate classic southern cooking." The context, not provided until after the commercial break, was a Wednesday article in the paper's Dining & Wine section...Show More Summary
Times' grumbles grow
Four days after disgruntled New York Times staffers sent an open letter of frustration to publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the "Save Our Times" campaign had amassed 270 signatures in protest of the Times' decision to freeze some employees pension plans, per the initial report from Huffington Post's Michael Calderone. Show More Summary
No tweeting
The Times' Richard Oppel reports today on the strict marching orders for Ron Paul volunteers, including an anti-media campaign worthy of earlier Mitt Romney days: Much of their efforts have been cloaked in secrecy: They said that once...Show More Summary
Brown calls media foul
In an interview with the Boston Herald, Senator Scott Brown complains that the media has been holding its punches with Elizabeth Warren: “It’s all fluff. It’s all fluff. Gimme a break,” said an exasperated Brown about the media’s coverage of Warren, a former Obama administration official. Show More Summary