Maegan Carberry
Power of Palin
Sarah Palin’s rise to political stardom has been anything but smooth. Between controversies like “Troopergate” and the mainstream media stoking rumors whether she is the biological mother of her youngest son, her political career has been ridden with scandal and controversy. And though beehive wigs and moose heads may have outsold Clinton and Lewinsky masks [...]
The Ratings Game
Is there a formula for good political TV? Co-hosts Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry and Kristen Soltis take on this question and address the future of political TV on this week’s Wilshire & Washington. In the wake of Eliot Spitzer’s failed CNN show, they question what it takes for political TV to survive the ratings game [...]
Primetime: The Newest Political Platform?
This week’s “Fox News Sunday” featured a combative from the start interview with funny man Jon Stewart. After host Chris Wallace accused Stewart of playing hard to get, the pair provided the greatest “I know you are but what am I?” bickering since you took on your little brother at the dinner table years ago. [...]
Sassing Up the 2012 Twitter Field
It was a nascent force in 2008, but now Twitter’s ubiquity guarantees that candidates will be expected to have a more dynamic presence on the social network in Election 2012. On this week’s show, Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry and new co-host Kristen Soltis discuss their hope that candidates will use Twitter to both engage voters [...]
WilshWash: A Sexy History Lesson
One of my favorite brilliant people in the world, Columbia Professor David Eisenbach, popped on the show Friday to discuss the book he co-authored with Larry Flynt, “One Nation Under Sex.” In apt timing, Rep. Weiner resigned the day before, so we were able to put that little disaster in a bit of perspective. This [...]
My GOP Debate Analysis
I was underwhelmed by the GOP field’s ability to articulate a broader American vision during the big CNN New Hampshire debate. My analysis on HuffPost here.
‘A Literary Sin: On Giving Away Books’
After almost two years, I’m leaving DC! As I was packing and finding it difficult to part ways with my books, I plopped down on the floor in front of my pretty built-in shelf, equipped with a bottle of white wine and eating scrambled eggs for dinner, to write a little blog post about my [...]
See ya later, 2010!
About a year ago I was adamant about kicking off the new decade with a bang, and I’m pleased to say I succeeded. From clean energy rights conventions in the streets of San Antonio, to hosting a party at the House of Blues in Vegas, to bowling a strike on my first try at the [...]
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