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 Bizarre Political Moments of '08 

Weird doings with Hillary, Huck and a chucked shoe

Jan 2, 09 5:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Oh-eight was a banner year for politics, and half the time it was a really strange banner. Politico looks back on the weirdest moments in a topsy-turvy year.
  • Mike Huckabee holds a news conference to announce he won’t run a negative ad, then plays the ad for everyone.
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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • politics • Mike Huckabee • shoes • turkeys • Rod Blagojevich • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin • Barbara Streisand

 Tony Blair: 
 Part Obama, 
 Part Bush 

Ex-prime minister optimistic but doesn't regret Iraq war

Dec 29, 08 5:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Tony Blair was both Britain's Barack Obama, promising change, and its George W. Bush, dragging his country into an unpopular war, Jennifer Senior writes in New York. But now the Middle East envoy and superstar Yale lecturer is his own man. He's excited about Obama's victory and urges the president-elect... More »

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Barack Obama • Tony Blair • Middle East • politics • Yale University • UK politics • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Comedy Shows No Joke for
Prez Candidates

110 appearances
4 times higher than candidates last election

Dec 29, 08 5:04 AM CST
(Newser) - This year's presidential candidates made a record 110 late-night comedy show appearances, underlying the programs' importance in the race, AP reports. Half of the appearances occurred during the primaries, when the pack of candidates were vying for precious face-time with voters. Candidates came to prefer the banter—the best of... More »

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politics • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Jon Stewart • Stephen Colbert • David Letterman • Election 2008

OPINION

 Politicians We'll Miss in 2009 

Cheney's delightful brand of unrepentant evil simply unequaled

Dec 26, 08 12:29 PM CST
(Newser) - The election is over, a political era is ending, and a number of this year's frequent headline-makers will step out of the spotlight in 2009. Politico gets misty-eyed about its favorites:
  • Dick Cheney: Who else would tell a senior senator to “go f*** himself”? Who else, when
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Dick Cheney • politics • Chuck Hagel • William Jefferson • list • Ted Stevens • Alan Colmes

GLOSSIES

 2008 Hall of Infamy
Inductees 

A month-by-month gallery of the year's most ignominious figures

Dec 25, 08 8:21 PM CST
(Newser) - As we look back at the great people who made their mark this year, let us not forget to document the schlubby, the sneaky, and the just plain criminal. Vanity Fair has done the legwork, rounding up a month-by-month rogue's gallery. Some highlights:
  • January: Rudy Giuliani's Florida
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Rudy Giuliani • Robert Mugabe • politics • Eliot Spitzer • Carly Fiorina • Lipitor • Radovan Karadzic • Rod Blagojevich • Mark Penn • scandal • Robert Jarvik • He Kexin • Richard Fuld • Joe the Plumber • Best of 2008

10 Places Already Feeling Global Warming's Heat

Hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast has taken the brunt of climate change so far

Dec 25, 08 2:54 PM CST
(Newser) - While some consider global warming a cautionary tale of things to come, its effects are already being felt all over the world, reports Scientific American. The worst-hit:
  • Darfur: The deserts have been crippled by a decades-long drought, and can no longer support farmers or their grazing herds.
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Darfur • politics • global warming • hurricane • Northwest Passage • Gulf Coast • Uganda • Alps • Great Barrier Reef

Bret Baier Replacing Hume
on Fox's Special Report

Chief White House correspondent will take over cable network's nightly newscast

Dec 23, 08 3:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Bret Baier will host Special Report, Fox News’ nightly broadcast from its Washington bureau, after veteran Brit Hume departs, Politico reports. Hume’s farewell show is tonight, but he will continue to work for the channel as a political analyst. Baier is currently Fox’s chief White House correspondent and... More »

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politics • Washington • journalism • Fox News • Brit Hume • Bret Baier

ANALYSIS

Cash-Poor Newspapers Decamp From Washington

Cost of covering DC wins out over concerns about informing the public

Dec 18, 08 2:43 PM CST
(Newser) - US newspapers are shuttering their Washington bureaus—though hardly for lack of news, the New York Times reports. Consolidation and a steep fall-off in ad dollars have forced many to reevaluate their coverage in recent years, leading to a focus on local news and a reliance on agencies for coverage... More »

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newspaper • politics • Washington DC • local news • print journalism • economic downturn • political coverage

(Newser) - A photo of Richard Nixon with Rod Blagojevich has surfaced in what Time Out Chicago describes as an ironic twist of fate and a reminder that politicians should rely on better role models. “In 1980, most twenty-something men probably pined to bump into one of the Beatles or maybe... More »

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politics • Watergate • impeachment • Richard Nixon • resignation • Illinois • Rod Blagojevich • scandal • wiretapping

 McGraw: I'm 
 Not Running 
 for Guv. Yet. 

Singer still interested, but not yet

Dec 16, 08 7:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Those of you drooling at the thought of Gov. Tim McGraw will have to wait a little longer. The country star is not running for governor of Tennessee—yet, People reports. A rep for McGraw denied the rumors, sparked by an item in The New Republic earlier this month, but... More »

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politics • celebrity • Tennessee • country music • Tim McGraw • governor

 Kennedy Center 
 Salutes Freeman, Streisand 

DC meets LA in annual cultural celebration

Dec 8, 08 6:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Entertainment’s elite descended on Washington last night for the 31st annual Kennedy Center Honors, this year saluting Morgan Freeman, Twyla Tharp, George Jones, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, and Barbra Streisand, the Washington Post reports. They were honored by performances and speeches by a no-less star-studded roster. “It's like... More »

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entertainment • Morgan Freeman • politics • awards • Kennedy Center Honors • Barbra Streisand • The Who

Iman Crosson for Prez...
on SNL: Bloggers

Should he be Fred Armisen's replacement?

Nov 27, 08 12:09 PM CST
(Newser) - The race to find a new comedian to impersonate president-elect Barack Obama on Saturday Night Live continues, reports ABC News, and bloggers such as Andrew Sullivan and Anovelista have the man for the job. Meet Iman Crosson, whose Obama imitations can be found on his YouTube AlphaCat channel. More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • politics • parody • humor • Andrew Sullivan • comedian • Fred Armisen • impersonator • Iman Crosson

 Olmert 
 Will Face 
 Corruption 
 Charges 

PM double-billed travel, police allege

Nov 26, 08 1:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Outgoing PM Ehud Olmert will be charged with fraud, abuse of confidence, and falsification of documents, Israel’s attorney general said today, a move that could force Olmert to leave office sooner than his intended February departure, the Times reports. The scandal—involving Olmert’s political appointments, travel expenses, and... More »

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Israel • politics • Ehud Olmert • corruption • prime minister • corruption charges

Meet the Press May Get
New Anchor(s) Soon

PBS' Gwen Ifill, NBC's own Andrea Mitchell, David Gregory among candidates

Nov 26, 08 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - NBC could name a new anchor, or anchors, for Meet the Press by Dec. 7, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sources at the network say that could be interim moderator Tom Brokaw’s last day on the show. Up for consideration are NBC’s David Gregory, Chuck Todd, and Andrea... More »

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NBC • Katie Couric • politics • Washington DC • Tim Russert • Meet the Press • Andrea Mitchell • David Gregory • Gwen Ifill • Ted Koppel • Chuck Todd

 Rosie: View 'Camaraderie' Fake 


Nov 20, 08 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The co-hosts of The View are not friends, Rosie O’Donnell says. “I'm not saying they loathe each other, but the fact of the matter is there was not a lot of camaraderie off camera,” the talkfest's onetime lightning rod says. During an appearance to promote her upcoming... More »

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gay marriage • politics • The View • Rosie O'Donnell • Barbara Walters • celebrity • Elizabeth Hasselbeck • daytime talk show • Proposition 8

 Interviewers Let 
 Palin Off the 
 Hook: Couric 

Couric wonders why Palin wouldn't answer reading question

Nov 20, 08 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin’s non-answer to Katie Couric’s question about what periodicals she reads still has the CBS anchor puzzled. Couric visited with David Letterman last night, and he quizzed her about why post-election interviewers haven’t asked the VP wannabe about her non-response, Gawker reports. Meanwhile, Letterman has a... More »

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Katie Couric • politics • literacy • David Letterman • campaign • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

(Newser) - George Clooney is none too happy with residents of California for passing Proposition 8, reports E! Online. The actor says he looks forward to the day when opponents of gay marriage “will look as outdated as George Wallace standing on the school steps keeping James Hood from entering the... More »

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California • gay marriage • politics • celebrity • George Clooney • marriage rights • Proposition 8

 Enquirer 'Catches' 
 Cindy McCain 
 in Tryst 

Tabloid says wife cheating for years on GOP candidate

Nov 12, 08 2:01 PM CST
(Newser) - The National Enquirer says it has caught Cindy McCain “passionately” locking lips with a long-haired, “washed-up ‘80s rock musician” type. The tabloid revealed its “world exclusive” spy photos—admittedly grainy—of the pair at a 2006 music festival in Phoenix. A Huffington Post reader shed doubt... More »

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John McCain • politics • marriage • presidential politics • affair • National Enquirer • Cindy McCain • campaign • cheating • Sarah Palin

 New Addictions 
 for Election Junkies 

Games and Google Trends, Webisodes and Weaving, there's lots to choose from

Nov 6, 08 7:45 PM CST
(Newser) - With the election finally over, Web-surfing news junkies are in need of a new fix. Slate offers a few ways to fritter away the hours:
  • Follow the financial crisis: Exciting, depressing, full of numbers—the best way to keep that election high going just a little longer. Sites such
... More »

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games • politics • web • time • diversions • boredom

GLOSSIES

 Maddow's Success 
 Defies TV's Formula 

MSNBC's unlikely hit powered by brains, drive

Nov 3, 08 12:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Rachel Maddow is an unlikely cable-news pundit: butch lesbian, holder of a doctorate from Oxford, erstwhile drive-time radio sidekick. But her MSNBC show, launched in September, has been wildly successful, not least because of her good humor and outsider credentials. She plays well with Pat Buchanan, and still snags a... More »

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television • politics • MSNBC • pundits • Rachel Maddow • cable news • Bill Maher Grid

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