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One year after Obama's election night win, Garry Wills, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Walter Isaacson, and others assess whether the president has delivered on America's soaring expectations.
How Hollywood Kills Politics
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
The Oscar-winning director of Rain Man, Barry Levinson, trailed Anne Hathaway for his new documentary, PoliWood. He talks to Lloyd Grove about why talking points and sound bytes inspired him.
Bizarre Political Ad Mocks Blago's Hair
From the folks who brought us McCain's anti-Obama ad featuring Britney Spears comes this six-minute spot for Republican Illinois politician Andy McKenna-featuring lots and lots of Rod Blagojevich-s...
Exclusive Clip of HBO's By the People
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As the anniversary of the election of President Obama approaches, HBO looks back at his historic campaign in a new documentary, By the People. Watch this exclusive clip of campaign staffers celebrating the moment Obama's win was announced.
Don't Do It, Ladies
Joe Mathews is a journalist, an Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation, and a contributing writer at the Los Angeles Times. He previously served as Justice Department reporter for the Wall Street Journal and as a city desk reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He is the author of The People's Machine: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rise of Blockbuster Democracy.
The California GOP is pinning its hopes for revival on ex-CEOs Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman. Joe Mathews on why the odds are stacked against them.
In Defense of a Strong Government
Michael Waldman is executive director of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, and a former speechwriter for President Bill Clinton.
Obama's speech was as powerful a piece of presidential rhetoric as you will ever hear. But the Democrats' tactical sequencing this summer was off. He'd better get moving.
Sarah Palin: Day One
Samuel P. Jacobs is a staff reporter at The Daily Beast. He has also written for The Boston Globe, The New York Observer, and The New Republic Online.
One year ago this weekend, a little-known Alaskan governor was introduced to America. Samuel P. Jacobs on how the punditocracy predicted her spectacular rise and fall.
John McCain: Sore Loser?
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Sen. John McCain recently blasted President Obama for failing to cross party lines, but a look back shows that since the inauguration, McCain has been as combative toward the president as ever.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Jacob Bernstein is a senior reporter at The Daily Beast. Previously, he was a features writer at WWD and W Magazine. He has also written for New York magazine, Paper, and The Huffington Post.
Jolie hunt is the global head of public relations for Thomson Reuters, appointed April 2008. Prior to that she served as global director of corporate and business affairs for IBM Corporation She was the director of PR for the Financial Times. She lives between New York and London.
John Barrasso is the junior senator from Wyoming.
Lee Siegel has written about culture and politics and is the author of three books: Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination; Not Remotely Controlled: Notes on Television; and, most recently, Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob. In 2002, he received a National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism.
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