Obama's $30,000 Getaway
John P. Avlon writes a column for The Daily Beast and is author of the forthcoming Attack of the Wingnuts, to be published in January by Beast Books. He is also the author of Independent Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics. Previously, he served as chief speechwriter for New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and was a columnist and associate editor for The New York Sun.
New details about the president's upcoming Martha's Vineyard vacation guarantee that Republicans will again attack him as a free-spending elitist. Do they have a point?
It's very quiet on the campaign trail. No October surprise. And no blitz of attack ads featuring Obama's embarrassing friends Bill Ayers, Tony Rezko, and Jeremiah Wright. But the dirty campaign is underway under the radar.
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Rahm Emanuel is catching heat for his payday at Freddie Mac, one of the originators of the meltdown. It's a reminder that the pols condemning the bonus payouts were themselves handsomely rewarded while failing to blow the whistle on the money men.
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.
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