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24 Jan 2010 22:56

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Politics: Max Headroom: The Democrats look like a deflated balloon. Why?

  • Nice hair, Robbie Robert Gibbs took to “Fox News Sunday” to deflect the Scott Brown thingy for Obama, but really, all we could focus on was the mini-pompadour in his hair. Is he gunning to be Conan’s replacement or something?

  • “Like a thunderbolt”Among other topics that CBS’ “Face The Nation” tackled was the campaign finance ruling in the Supreme Court on Thursday. Their take? The Scott Brown victory (and this decision) came just in time for the GOP to capitalize.

  • Where’s the backbone? Rachel Maddow makes a pretty good slam on what she sees as Democratic wimpiness – taking Erroll Southers out of the TSA nomination, going limp after Scott Brown’s win – with a good point: The Dems are still in power.

21 Jun 2009 23:21

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Politics: Max Headroom: Twitter and Iran are totally on pundits’ minds

  • Tweet-happy McCain On “Face the Nation,” Sen. John McCain gives credit to social networking sites for their huge role in the protests in Iran – and notes, with excitement, that these are American technologies.

  • Go get ’em, Clay!Clay Shirky, one of media’s greatest thinkers, talks on “Fareed Zakaria GPS” about how the whole world is not just watching, but participating, in the Iran conflict. He says it’s too early to tell if it worked.

  • Strange bedfellowsPlaying off a joke Obama made over the weekend, “Fox News Sunday” discusses whether the media is biased towards the president. Ah, the media talking about the media.

14 Jun 2009 18:39

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Politics: Max Headroom: Sunday talk show recap for June 14, 2009

  • Health care heart attack On “Face the Nation,” Sen. Mitch McConnell brings out the doom and gloom of the possible nationalization of the health care system. Just like Canada.

  • Drama doesn’t helpOn “Meet the Press,” Joe Scarborough suggests that the recent Republican drama – against Sonia Sotomayor and David Letterman – might cost votes.

  • Fire the bastardSpeaking of, New York Republican Brian Kolb thinks CBS should fire David Letterman, according to this interview on “Fox & Friends.” Wow. That’s drama.

07 Jun 2009 20:47

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Politics: Max Headroom: Sunday talk show recap for June 7, 2009

  • Hilary’s 3 a.m. test On “This Week,” George Stephanopoulos asked Hilary Clinton whether her boss, Barack Obama, passed the “3 a.m. test” used in a primary campaign ad:

  • Hilary as veep in 2012?CNN’s “State of The Union” went the logical road with Clinton’s statement, with Republican strategist Alex Castellanos saying she could replace Joe Biden:

  • Newt’s talks “racialist”“Face the Nation” provided Newt Gingrich an opportunity to clarify whether he thinks Sonia Sotomayor is racist, but he somehow clouded the issue more: