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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010
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OPINION

 It's Cheney's Fault 
 Yemen's So Dangerous 

Ex-VP deserves 'warm jihadi thank-you note': former ambassador

best of the decade

 Top Quotes of the '00s 

'Bring 'em on' from George Bush makes the list

Eugene Robinson

 Dick Cheney's a Liar 

'Rottweiler in Winter' tries to use terror attack to score political points

UPDATED

 Shut It, Cheney: White House 

'Bellicose rhetoric' about war failed before, fails now: Pfeiffer

TERROR-ISMS

 Cheney: Obama 'Won't 
 Admit We're at War' 

President is too soft on terrorism, says former VP

john bolton explains why

 Cheney Named 
 'Conservative 
 of the Year' 

Human Events praises ex-VP for anti-Obama crusade

WATCH THE VIDEO

 Grayson to Cheney: 'STFU' 

Mouthy Congressman rips mouthy ex-VP

THOMAS FRIEDMAN

 1% Warming Chance 
 Is Cause Enough to Act

'Cheney Doctrine' should apply to climate change

Interview

 Cheney: Obama Looks Weak 

Ex-VP says Afghan decisions made for 'small 'p' political reasons'

PROFILE

 Biden the 
 Second Most 
 Powerful 
 Vice Prez 

He's scaling back from Cheney, but a major player in his own right

 10 Accidental 
 Celebrities 

None of them sought the spotlight—at first

VALERIE PLAME LEAK

 Cheney: Wilson 
 Mission Was CIA 
 'Amateur Hour' 



New docs show former veep thought ill of Plame husband's Nigeria trip

Cheney on Plame Leak:
I Can't Recall

VP comes up blank on specifics in newly released interview

Marc Ambinder

Is Biden Really Less Popular Than Cheney?

Nope! Recent Gallup numbers don't give whole picture

Even Dems Say Grayson's Nuts

'One fry short of a Happy Meal' after he calls Fed adviser 'a
K Street whore'

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 McCain: 
 Afghan Call 
 Can't Wait 


Troops decision dominates, but everybody backs away from 'dithering' Cheney

Biden on Cheney's Afghan Bluster: 'Who Cares?'

In Europe, VP calls predecessor's review of conflict 'irrelevant'

 White House: 
 Cheney's the 
 Irresponsible One 

He helped get us into mess, Pelosi adds

Kristen Breitweiser

 Cheney Is 
 a 'Maniacal' 
 Hypocrite 

He accuses Obama of endangering troops?

Stop Afghan 'Dithering' as Troops Face Danger: Cheney

'Do what it takes to win,' former VP urges Obama

 Rahm Leads 
 List of DC 
 Power Hitters 
 

Gates No. 2 in poll of the capital's most powerful people, from pols to stylists

Flood of Bush Memoirs
May Trip Up GOP

Six administration figures to release books before midterm elections

maureen dowd

Cheney Dynasty Is
a Chilling Prospect

Cheney-Palin 2012, anybody?

Coming Soon: 
Cheney, Cheney & Cheney?

Dick and Liz likely to join Mary's political consulting biz



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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

It’s the Sex, Stupid   

8
Feb 9, 10 | 7:46 AM BY Michael Wolff

Stories about the sex lives of politicians are just about the hottest copy in the business. So hot, that the hottest story at the New York Times is the rumor of a story about the sex life of David Paterson, New York’s governor. We are all waiting for the great bombshell. Although it may be that we don’t even need an actual story, that having had so many stories about politicians' sex lives, we can all fill in the blanks. There are already reports... More »

For Me, Palin Scores

64
Feb 8, 10 | 7:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Andrew Sullivan , the journalist and blogger, who flirted for many years with conservatism and the Republican party, has become the... More »

Politics Has Lost Its Power. That’s Why There’s Gridlock

28
Feb 5, 10 | 8:39 AM BY Michael Wolff

Everybody’s beating their breasts about Washington gridlock. Let’s defend gridlock for a moment. The opposite of gridlock... More »

Rupert Murdoch Is Mad as Hell

8
Feb 4, 10 | 8:07 AM BY Michael Wolff

Rupert is off the reservation again. This is always a possibility when News Corp.’s quarterly earnings reports are issued and... More »

Sarah Palin, Inc. Has a Problem

16
Feb 3, 10 | 8:00 AM BY Michael Wolff

Before this gets out of hand, I want to try to save the word “retarded,” which seems robust and meaningful and evocative... More »

Obama’s Deficit Faux-Hawk

12
Feb 2, 10 | 12:14 PM BY Kevin Spak

During his State of the Union address, Barack Obama promised to freeze government spending , not this year, but soon, and not on defense,... More »

Jenny Sanford, Andrew Young, Gayle Haggard Tell Everything You Always Want to Know About Sex—Other People's

9
Feb 2, 10 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

Maybe the problem is not so much with sex but with books. The great thing (I mean the really great thing) about books (good books... More »

James O’Keefe: What Did Glenn Beck Know, and When Did He Know It?

18
Feb 1, 10 | 8:12 AM BY Michael Wolff

I can offer some reasonable speculation about where this O’Keefe business is going. There are the perpetrators, the four... More »

JD Salinger, and His Way, Are Dead

38
Jan 29, 10 | 7:02 AM BY Michael Wolff

A number of months ago, when he roused himself to file yet another law suit against another writer who came too close to him, I wrote... More »

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