I’m not quite sure how it works, but Sullivan seems to think that Bill Clinton begged Ken Starr widen the purview of his original probe so it included Monica Lewinsky. He then appears to believe that Clinton didn’t lie on national television in a last ditch attempt to keep his affair from becoming public. It’s […]
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IMPRESSIVE. There’s a…
IMPRESSIVE. There’s a lot of blogosphere outrage, including here at TAPPED, about this morning’s New York Times story on Hillary Clinton‘s marriage. I’m not so sure there should be. This story answers an essential question for Hillary-watchers, and knocks down one of the major raps against her as a candidate, the allegation that she is […]
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MORE ANALYSIS THAN…
MORE ANALYSIS THAN YOU EVER WANTED ON THIS TOPIC. In regards to the morning’s big Clinton story, it really is all a matter of emphasis. As Matt notes, the actual article spends most of its time hinting that the Clinton’s don’t have much sex (I’ll get back to this in a moment). The piece admits […]
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WHAT A BEAUTIFUL…
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GLASS HOUSE YOU HAVE! To follow up on Matt‘s post about Ramesh Ponnuru‘s complaints that we, among others, won’t review a book that we haven’t been sent review copies for, I just did a search on a book I quite like: The Medical Malpractice Myth, by Tom Baker. Baker is a law […]
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Class Warfare For Me But Not For Thee
Joe Lieberman then: Joe left the campaign as he ran it, warning that Democrats were “drifting towards outdated class-warfare arguments.” Joe Lieberman now: “Having between $90 million and $300 million, Ned Lamont can not only try to buy a seat from Connecticut in the U.S. Senate, he can probably buy a seat in a couple […]
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A BLOG BY…
A BLOG BY ANY OTHER NAME. I’m glad Judith Warner is back as a TimesSelect bonus feature, but what’s the deal with the blurb they’ve given her? Judith Warner: “Domestic Disturbances”The author’s blog on modern parenting returns and will now appear every Friday.” If it appears once a week on a regular schedule, that’s a […]
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WHY NOT JUST…
WHY NOT JUST ASK? Ace New York Times reporter Patrick Healy delivers a big scoop on the Clinton family marriage. Take this shocking revelation: Since the start of 2005, the Clintons have been together about 14 days a month on average, according to aides who reviewed the couple’s schedules. Sometimes it is a full day […]
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Not So Fast
The Good Fight: Why Liberals — and Only Liberals — Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again by Peter Beinart (HarperCollins, 304 pages, $25.95) Has the time come for liberals to put Iraq behind us? The answer depends to some extent on which Iraq we’re talking about. Iraq the […]
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Making McCain Unnecessary
To continue speculating over McCain, Publius has a follow-up post that gets the once-and-future maverick’s strategy just right. “I think everything John McCain does for the next two years must therefore be seen in the context of winning the GOP primary. He doesn’t need to win the heart of the nation — he thinks he […]
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THE HORSE’S MOUTH….
THE HORSE’S MOUTH. Fans of Greg Sargent‘s contributions to Tapped, take note: As part of the Prospect‘s ever-expanding blog empire, we’re now hosting Greg’s own blog on media and politics, The Horse’s Mouth. You’ll want to make it a regular part of your daily TAP online intake. (Greg won’t be a stranger to Tapped, however […]