Obama's New Orleans Nightmare
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 president's remarks about the federal response to Hurricane Katrina marked a signature moment-when The Deity became just another evasive bureaucratic pol.
Morning Joe v. Glenn Beck
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.
Joe Scarborough called on conservatives to distance themselves from Glenn Beck-who's punching back. Samuel P. Jacobs asked the GOP's heavyweights to take sides. Mitt Romney did, sort of. The rest hid.
Scarborough for President
As vice chairman of Public Strategies and president of Maverick Media, Mark McKinnon has helped meet strategic challenges for candidates, corporations and causes, including George W. Bush, John McCain, Governor Ann Richards, Charlie Wilson, Lance Armstrong, and Bono. McKinnon is co-chair of Arts & Labs, a collaboration between technology and creative communities that have embraced today's rich Internet environment to deliver innovative and creative digital products to consumers.
Fall brings some dark horses into Mark McKinnon's 2012 GOP contender rankings, including a general (Petraeus), a whack job (Bachmann) and a congressman-turned-TV host: Joe Scarborough.
Is the South Ruining the GOP?
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 a gaffe of truth, Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) said his "party's being taken over by Southerners." Lloyd Grove on the growing disconnect between Republicans and political reality.
MSNBC's Earliest Star
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.
Morning Joe co-host Willie Geist will soon be getting up even earlier-he tells The Daily Beast's Lloyd Grove about his new show, fist-bumping with Pat Buchanan, getting massages with Donald Trump, and more.
Scarborough to McCain: "I'm Sorry"
Mark Salter is the former chief of staff to Senator John McCain and senior adviser to the McCain for President campaign.
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough talks to Mark Salter about The Last Best Hope, his timely new book on how to save the conservative movement. In a wide-ranging conversation, the host of Morning Joe offers opinions on gay marriage, the mistakes of the Iraq war, and Barack Obama-and extends an apology to John McCain.
Joe Scarborough Can Save the GOP
Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
I've found the new face of the Republican Party. It's not a new one, entirely, and it's been hiding out on national television every weekday morning from six to nine.
Brunch With the Beast
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On Sunday, January 18, The Daily Beast and Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mica Brzezinski of MSNBC hosted a crowded brunch sponsored by MDC Partners to celebrate the inauguration.
Zbigniew: Gaza Attacks a Mistake
In a testy but substantive exchange on 'Morning Joe,' Zbigniew Brzezinski questions Israel's 'punishment' of Gaza. Clip above; full interview here.
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.
Leslie H. Gelb, a former New York Times columnist and senior government official, is author of Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy (HarperCollins 2009), a book that shows how to think about and use power in the 21st century. He is president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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.
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