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The Hybrid Media Takeover

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ June 17, 2009 ⋅ One comment

As I left the 140 Characters Conference (a.k.a. “The Davos of Twitter”) yesterday afternoon, I was approached by a lovely suit-by-day-DC-based-lifestyle-blogger-by-night who wanted to chat about the business of blogging. The whimsical tone in her voice implied that her relatively interesting day job was not half as rewarding as the passion project she feeds in [...]

Has the Republican Party Died?

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ November 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Elizabeth Blackney of “Media Lizzy” joins Teresa and I to weigh in on Obama’s victory. How did each candidate perform in his post-election speech? Will the McCain camp blame Palin tomorrow morning? What will the Republicans do now to rebuild their party?
To listen, click the blue Blog Talk Radio box to the right >>.

W&W: The Home Stretch: On the Ground with Campus Politico

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ October 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Find out how Perez Hilton edged out The Clooney in the CelebriPresident.com mock election. Marc Mitchell, CelebriFantasy.com founder, joins to talk about the four finalists remaining in our contest.
After the giggles, Campus Politico’s Ben Adler discusses what youth organizers are doing in the final days of the Obama and McCain campaigns. Ted also asks [...]

From John McCain Newsladder: “The Hounds”

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ October 28, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Maxie’s new song and video about McCain’s tactics in the final days of the election. Lyrics at HuffPost.

Good for Barracuda.

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ October 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Ben Smith exposed today what I’ve suspected for some time: Palin is pissed at her handlers and is going to go rogue through election day. From the Politico story:
“‘The campaign as a whole bought completely into what the Washington media said — that she’s completely inexperienced,’ said a close Palin ally outside the campaign who [...]

Looks Like Joe Isn’t Saving John

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ October 20, 2008 ⋅ One comment

TPM’s Greg Sargent blogs about the marginal impact America’s most overexposed plumber has had on voters in mega-swing states, Ohio and Missouri.
“Check out these great numbers buried in a new Suffolk University poll of Ohio and Missouri, which tests the impact of McCain’s frequent claim that Barack Obama wants to pick Joe the Plumber’s pocket [...]

The Case for HOPE: Three Strikes, McCain’s Out (Plus Tonight’s Wilshire & Washington)

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ October 15, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The tired antics and talking points of the first two debates were finally eschewed in tonight’s presidential brawl. Responding to some (actually) interesting questions about the false attack ads, vice presidential preparedness, single-issue voter issues like abortion, etc., the candidates finally showed some enthusiasm and articulated the differences between their respective partisan ideologies. Both candidates [...]

Olbermann’s Special Comment on Recent Violent Hate-Mongering

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ October 15, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

This fired me up. To think of the great risk Obama takes every time he walks on a stage somewhere to speak, and that some Republicans (particularly the ones at the top of their ticket) are not outspoken against their lunatic supporters is absolutely horrifying.