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.
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David Paterson's Secret Weapon
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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.
In September, the White House tried to talk him into early retirement. Instead, New York's governor hired notorious operative Harold Ickes. Lloyd Grove on why this race just got interesting.
Top Seven Moments From Sunday Talk
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A defiant David Paterson says he's running in 2010, Joy Behar rips into Glenn Beck, and a candidate from Virginia weighs in on whether women should be allowed to work. That and more, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, in our roundup.
Rahm's Precedent for Meddling
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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.
Under Clinton, Rahm Emanuel tried to take down Sen. Richard Shelby. It backfired. Now with Obama, he's targeting David Paterson. Lloyd Grove says if history repeats, Paterson stands to gain.
The Summer's Winners and Losers
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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.
Some politicians thrived in this summer's heat-others wilted. See if your scorecard matches The Daily Beast's count of the season's victors and victims.
The Right Dumps Carrie
John Talks Joe
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.
Geithner's Stock Plummeting
Jeff Madrick is a contributor to the New York Review of Books and a former economics columnist for the New York Times. He is editor of Challenge Magazine, visiting professor of humanities at Cooper Union, and senior fellow at the New School's Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis. He is the author of Taking America, The End of Affluence (Random House) and The Case for Big Government.
What's Missing From The Health Care Reform Bill
John Barrasso is the junior senator from Wyoming.
Obama, the Un-decider
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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