“Above all else stands the burning question of bipartisanship. Whatever else the politicians might say they're about, our news analysts know that this is the true object of the nation's desire, the topic to which those slippery presidential spokesmen need always to be dragged back.” KnowsNeedsMightDesireNationsObjectsPoliticianNewsBurningPresidentialTopicsAnalystsSlipperyBipartisanship Author:Thomas Frank
“The not-visibly-insane Democrats all claim they'll get rough with the terrorists, but they can't even face Brit Hume. In case you missed this profile in Democrat machismo, the Democratic presidential candidates are refusing to participate in a debate hosted by Fox News Channel because the hosts are "biased." But they'll face down Mahmoud Ahmadinejad! At this, even Hillary Clinton was thinking, "Come on, guys - let's grow a pair."” ThinkingFacesGuyGrowsCasesNewsClaimsDemocraticClintonDemocratDebateTerroristInsanePresidentialCandidatesPairsRoughHostFoxesProfileBiasedFox NewsPresidential CandidateBritsMachismoHumeNews Channels Author:Ann Coulter
“A new presidential poll reveals that Democrats have the edge among voters under 30. The good news for Republicans is that there's only six people under 30 who actually vote.” PeopleRepublicanSixNewsVoteDemocratEdgesPresidentialVotersGood NewsPolls Author:Conan O'Brien
“One of the unwritten rules in a presidential news conference is that he'll answer questions. If he chooses not to, there's not much you can do about it other than make yourself look like an idiot screaming, which to me is counterproductive.” IfsLooksCan DoAnswersNewsIdiotPresidentialConferencesUnwrittenCounterproductiveUnwritten Rules Author:Gwen Ifill
“Republican presidential hopeful Mike Hucka-BS is attacking actress Natalie Portman for getting pregnant without being married. It could get a little awkward if he runs into Sarah and Bristol Palin at Fox News.” IfsLittlesRunningRepublicanMarriedNewsActressesPresidentialHopefulAwkwardPregnantFoxesMikeAttackingBeing MarriedPalinFox NewsBristol Author:Jay Leno
“After starting a blood feud with Fox News, something no Republican presidential candidate has dared to do before, [Donald] Trump seems to have successfully undermine the network in the eyes of its core audience with perception of the Fox News brand among Republican adults hitting its lowest point in three years according to a new YouGov survey.” YearsSeemsEyeThreeAudienceBloodTrumpRepublicanPerceptionNewsAdultsStartingCoreBrandsPresidentialCandidatesThree YearsHittingFoxesLowestSurveysFox NewsPresidential CandidateFeudsLowest Point Author:Chris Hayes
“The brutality of the pace. This was my third presidential campaign and it was a thousand times faster paced than my first one in 2004. The news cycle is constant and there has been an explosion in the number of news outlets covering them. As as result we're witnessing news and entertainment melding together to create what I'd describe as the "American Idolization" of campaigns and politics.” FirstsHas BeensTogetherResultsNumbersThousandNewsThirdsConstantEntertainmentCampaignsFasterPresidentialCyclesPaceOutletsExplosionsCoveringBrutalityPresidential Campaign Author:Kevin Madden
“"The New York Times" is reporting correctly that women had accused a presidential candidate of sexual assault. Now that's news on any level. I mean you can't argue that that's not news.” MeanLevelsNew YorkNewsArguingPresidentialCandidatesAssaultAccusedNew York TimesSexual AssaultPresidential Candidate Author:Megyn Kelly
“You can be guaranteed a story on the presidential campaign is gonna lampoon the Republican candidate in every one of those news agencies.” StoriesRepublicanNewsCampaignsPresidentialAgencyCandidatesPresidential Campaign Author:Rush Limbaugh
“[Two of the most unpopular presidential candidates selected by the two parties in history] indicates that there is a lot of cynicism out there. It indicates that the corrosive nature of everything from talk radio to fake news to negative advertising has made people lack confidence in a lot of our existing institutions.” PeopleMadeTwoPartyNewsNegativeInstitutionsRadioAdvertisingPresidentialFakeCandidatesCynicismSelectedPresidential CandidateTalk Radio Author:Barack Obama
“As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get the kind of news coverage they want is nothing new.” WantKindPoliticalNewsAccessCampaignsPresidentialCandidatesDelusionCoveringCoverageNothing NewBargainingPresidential CampaignNews Coverage Author:Dan Rather