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Kurtz & Sharon Waxman on Barack Obama, Hollywood Celebs and Bill Clinton
June 9th, 2012Does President Obama’s Hollywood hang time look different from L.A.? How about Bill Clinton’s political freelancing? The Wrap founder Sharon Waxman talks to Howard Kurtz in an East-West cultural exchange.
Ashburn & Kurtz: Obama Slight Favorite to Win, But Dems Are Panicking
June 8th, 2012Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz analyze the latest prediction from 538 blogger Nate Silver that the president has a 60 percent chance of winning—but economic bad news could change that dramatically. They also examine Eleanor Clift’s report in the Daily Beast that Democrats are starting to hit the panic button.
Is Mitt Romney a Narc?
June 8th, 2012Mitt Romney opposes marijuana legalization. We get it. But acting as a narc (short for Narcotics officer/tattle-tale) is an entirely different story.
Gawker reports that Romney, on a walk on the beach with his wife, confronted his neighbor, Mr. Quint, who was smoking marijuana. Later on an officer told Quint that his neighbors had complained about his pot smoking, insinuating Romney as the tattle-tale.
Bill Clinton Suffers in the Twitter Age
June 8th, 2012Bill Clinton is taking a lot of heat from Democrats. He’s on the hot seat for defending Bain capital and favoring an extension of Bush-era tax cuts. Even more concerning, Clinton’s words have somehow ended up in Mitt Romney’s press releases. What’s the deal, Bill?
Boys Really Do Have More Germs
June 8th, 2012I wish I hadn’t been eating lunch at my desk when I read this: “We also found a surprising number of bacterial genera associated with the human digestive tract.” This was in reference to swab samples of keyboards, mice and telephones. Gross.
