Economic crisis? Iran close to becoming a nuclear state? Those stories pale in comparison to the New York Times interview with Mitt Romney’s hair stylist. “By far his most distinctive physical feature, Mr. Romney’s head of impeccably coiffed black hair has become something of a cosmetological Rorschach test on the campaign trail, with many seeing in his [...]
New York Times: “[D]espite all the ads that suggest otherwise, the lowest prices tend to come at other times of the year. In the case of toys, stores actually offer the steepest discounts in the weeks immediately following Thanksgiving because they want to unload the inventory not swept up on Black Friday … Manufacturers like [...]
It’s the largest newspaper The St. Petersburg Times has ever delivered to subscribers door steps. “Last year it was a record sized paper, it’s even bigger this year,” said Bruce Faulmann, VP of sales and marketing. The paper will be over three inches thick and weigh more than four pounds. “We call it thud factor. A lot [...]
ABC’s Amy Walter named Gingrich the only Republican candidate who won: http://abcn.ws/tNwFLw. The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza named him as one of three candidate winners: http://wapo.st/rAFyd3. The New York Times’ Nate Silver gave Gingrich an A- [for context: Huntsman A-, Romney B+, Paul B+, Bachmann B+, Santorum B, Perry B, Cain C]. CBS News put Gingrich at the TOP of their list of winners. [...]
Just as President Obama visits New Hampshire, Mitt Romney runs his first advertisement in the state and it’s all about the president. First Read: “Strikingly, Romney’s first ad is NEGATIVE. It blames Obama on the economy and then pivots (with soaring string music) to what Romney wants to do… With grainy video, ominous music and President Obama [...]
Mitt Romney, “who has been cautiously calibrating expectations about his chances in a state full of social conservatives, is now playing to win the Iowa caucuses,” the New York Times reports. “Television commercials are on the way, volunteers are arriving and a stealth operation is ready to burst into view in the weeks leading up to the [...]
St. Petersburg Times - Marco Rubio needs to commit to solving immigration problem Finally, from Florida’s junior U.S. senator comes some common sense advice to fellow Republicans about toning down the hostile rhetoric over immigration. But Marco Rubio’s admonishments to the GOP in recent weeks would be even more impressive if it was matched by action. [...]
New census data to be released next week finds one in three Americans — about 100 million people — is in poverty or just above it, the New York Times reports. “After a lost decade of flat wages and the worst downturn since the Great Depression, the findings can be thought of as putting numbers to the [...]
Mark your calendars for an online AP Stylebook political chat with AP political editor Liz Sidoti on Monday, Nov. 21, 2:30 p.m. – Three out of ten journalism start-ups don’t have a business plan. – Member or not, visit Facebook, and it tracks you: How Facebook compiles tracking logs of Web pages you’ve visited during [...]
Last Friday someone shot at the White House [NYT]. A brief history of such incidents: Since the Brits torched it in 1814, the White House has faced not just gunfire, but fence jumpers, gate crashers, and more than one air assault. … [T]he most dangerous attack actually took place over 150 years ago and fell into none of the [...]
