Are you an Obamaniac? Obsessed with all things John McCain? An Apple junkie? Fixated on Brangelina? Can't read enough about Sex or the Beijing Olympics? Do you want every detail coming out of Iraq, even if the mainstream media don't?

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I understand why John McCain's campaign is desperately looking for negatives in Obama's overseas trip. But why have so many in the media internalized the McCain campaign's claptrap?

Here is the McCain line on Europe, delivered via Politico by a nameless campaign aide: "I don't know that people in...

Republicans love to portray Obama as naïve when it comes to foreign policy. Let's go to the scorecard. Iraq: Prime Minister Maliki just announced he supports Obama's troop withdrawal plan. Afghanistan: Obama has long argued that Iraq has been a dangerous distraction from what should be the...

Here's a scary thought: Condoleezza Rice might be our last, best chance for peace -- or at least for avoiding another disastrous war in the Middle East.

Vice President Dick Cheney is said to be very hot for "hot conflict" with Iran -- to the point of cozying up...

In the last two weeks, there has been a flurry of stories, both in the traditional press and in the blogosphere, that has tried to portray criticism of Barack Obama's recent stands as the sole province of disenchanted members of "the left" -- also referred to as "the far...

On Friday, Roy Huffington, my former father-in-law, died at the age of 90 while vacationing in Venice, Italy. Since this site carries his last name, I want to take a moment to reflect on the man and his remarkable life.

Roy was born in Tomball, Texas and moved to Dallas...

Phil Gramm obviously had the quote of the week. Voters dealing with skyrocketing gas prices and collapsing home values just love being called "whiners" by a millionaire. This kind of out-of-touch condescension comes as no surprise to anyone who has followed Gramm's career. He's left his fingerprints on some...

Update: As expected, Rove defied the House subpoena and failed to show up for his scheduled testimony. Rep. Linda Sanchez ruled that his claim of executive privilege was invalid, setting the table for a possible contempt vote next week. Stay tuned.

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Karl Rove ain't...

John McCain, aided and abetted by his loving protectors in the media, is running a victory lap on Iraq. To hear them tell it, the surge has "worked" -- indeed, it has been a huge success -- and this, like a last second Hail Mary pass, has vindicated the entire...

This week FARC got Punk'd; More of the Same McCain got even more so by putting a Rove acolyte at the controls of his campaign; and Condi Rice showed how limited her imagination is, saying the Iraq war has been "tougher than any of us dreamed." Actually, Madame Secretary, many...

ASPEN - I took part in an interesting panel last night at the Aspen Ideas Festival, discussing the ins and outs of Barack Obama and John McCain with David Brooks, Stuart Rothenberg, Jim Wallis, Jonathan Capehart, Amy Goodman, and Jonathan Alter moderating.

I was particularly interested in the takes of...

Last Friday afternoon, the guests taking part in Sunday's roundtable discussion on This Week had a pre-show call with George Stephanopoulos. One of the topics he raised was Obama's perceived move to the center, and what it means. Thus began my weekend obsession. If you were within shouting distance of...

Writing about conservatives backing Barack Obama (dubbed "Obamacons"), Bob Novak reported this week that Colin Powell will likely endorse Obama. Given Powell's popularity and national security cred (tarnished though they may be by his loathsome pre-war presentation at the UN), this would be a coup for Obama. But Novak...

Last week, as expected, the GOP, unable to run on its disastrous record, pulled out its 2004 playbook and opened it to "Scare Tactics," offering up fear-mongering hatchet men Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, and John Bolton to deliver the message that we should all be afraid -- very, very afraid...

Last month, I wrote about the mainstream media's ongoing membership in the John McCain Protection Society and its offshoot, the Swift Boat Media for McCain, and of how their highly motivated efforts are affecting the presidential race.

The MSM's overheated response to Barack Obama's decision to opt out of...

This week, the dueling parties fell into odious and all-too-familiar patterns. As expected, the GOP, unable to run on its disastrous record, played the fear card. Leaping on Obama's defense of the rule of law (dear god, not that!), the Republicans pulled out their 2004 playbook and opened it...

Time Magazine and Time.com have asked me to take part in its 10 Questions feature, where readers get to ask a question of someone in the news. Recent guests have included Steve Carell, David Sedaris, Denis Leary, Howard Dean, and Pete Sampras.

Time...

My tour of the London media continued with a talk at the the Sadler's Wells Theatre as part of the Guardian's Future of Journalism series. It was a conversation with Alan Rusbridger, the paper's long-serving editor, who has overseen the transformation of the Guardian into a major presence in online...

LONDON - I didn't plan my trip to London to overlap with President Bush's, but that's how it worked out. (I'm actually here to speak at a women's conference sponsored by Deutsche Bank, and to meet with the editors of The Guardian and The Times to see what they are...

"Prominent Republicans...have been for the first time openly critical" of their candidate's "floundering campaign."

The "forces of inertia, arrogance and self-denial will probably conspire to keep the Republican establishment circling the wagons" around him, but his "yawning credibility gap" will result in "a spectacular defeat in November."

"Nearly...