Lance Armstrong, 51, was called a hypocrite by social media users after he tweeted about the “fairness of trans athletes in sport” this past weekend.
In 2012, Armstrong’s seven Tour de France titles were taken away after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency discovered he used performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career. He later admitted to doping during a 2013 interview with Oprah Winfrey. Armstrong received a lifetime ban from competing in professional cycling.
The former cyclist is planning to discuss the topic of transgender athletes competing against cisgender athletes on his podcast, The Forward. He shared a clip from the series in which he travels to Caitlyn Jenner‘s home in Malibu, California. The podcast begins on Monday, June 26.
Have we really come to a time and place where spirited debate is not only frowned upon, but feared? Where people’s greatest concern is being fired, shamed or cancelled? As someone all too familiar with this phenomenon,...
In 2012, Armstrong’s seven Tour de France titles were taken away after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency discovered he used performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career. He later admitted to doping during a 2013 interview with Oprah Winfrey. Armstrong received a lifetime ban from competing in professional cycling.
The former cyclist is planning to discuss the topic of transgender athletes competing against cisgender athletes on his podcast, The Forward. He shared a clip from the series in which he travels to Caitlyn Jenner‘s home in Malibu, California. The podcast begins on Monday, June 26.
Have we really come to a time and place where spirited debate is not only frowned upon, but feared? Where people’s greatest concern is being fired, shamed or cancelled? As someone all too familiar with this phenomenon,...
- 6/27/2023
- by Alex Nguyen
- Uinterview
In the initial hours after the horrific Texas school massacre, in which 18 children and one adult was killed, CNN’s Jake Tapper noted that politicians’ expressions of thoughts and prayers “has sadly become a cliche at this point.”
But even calling it a cliche seems like a cliche, because the mass shootings, and school massacres in particular, keep happening.
Ed Lavandera, covering the shooting for CNN, was able to give some insight to a reunification center that had been set up for parents at Ross Elementary, as he recalled the same set up for Sandy Hook Elementary. “You could hear the yelling and screaming of the parents who were there,” he said.
Later in the evening, one local reporter at the scene of the Texas shootings, Leigh Waldman of Ksat-tv in San Antonio, wrote on Twitter, “We just heard screams inside the civic center. Yet another family hearing the worst news possible.
But even calling it a cliche seems like a cliche, because the mass shootings, and school massacres in particular, keep happening.
Ed Lavandera, covering the shooting for CNN, was able to give some insight to a reunification center that had been set up for parents at Ross Elementary, as he recalled the same set up for Sandy Hook Elementary. “You could hear the yelling and screaming of the parents who were there,” he said.
Later in the evening, one local reporter at the scene of the Texas shootings, Leigh Waldman of Ksat-tv in San Antonio, wrote on Twitter, “We just heard screams inside the civic center. Yet another family hearing the worst news possible.
- 5/25/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Alex Wagner is returning to MSNBC, where she will serve as senior political analyst and guest anchor.
Her first appearance under her new gig was on Deadline: White House on Monday.
Wagner anchored Now with Alex Wagner as part of MSNBC’s daytime lineup from 2011 to 2015. She is currently a co-host on Showtime’s The Circus and a contributing writer at The Atlantic.
Wagner also was a special correspondent for CBS News and co-host of CBS This Morning: Saturday. She also was a reporter with the Huffington Post and served as White House correspondent for Politics Daily, a venture from AOL. She also had been executive director of the non profit Not On Our Watch.
Wagner also is the author of Futureface: A Family Mystery, An Epic Quest and the Secret to Belonging.
Last week, Matthew Dowd debuted as an MSNBC contributor. The network also hired Symone Sanders as a...
Her first appearance under her new gig was on Deadline: White House on Monday.
Wagner anchored Now with Alex Wagner as part of MSNBC’s daytime lineup from 2011 to 2015. She is currently a co-host on Showtime’s The Circus and a contributing writer at The Atlantic.
Wagner also was a special correspondent for CBS News and co-host of CBS This Morning: Saturday. She also was a reporter with the Huffington Post and served as White House correspondent for Politics Daily, a venture from AOL. She also had been executive director of the non profit Not On Our Watch.
Wagner also is the author of Futureface: A Family Mystery, An Epic Quest and the Secret to Belonging.
Last week, Matthew Dowd debuted as an MSNBC contributor. The network also hired Symone Sanders as a...
- 2/7/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Matthew Dowd has joined MSNBC as political contributor and analyst, in a role that will include field reporting about the threats to U.S. democracy.
Dowd, former political strategist for George W. Bush, last month ended his campaign for lieutenant governor of Texas. He previously was a longtime political analyst for ABC News, joining the network in 2007 and departing last year.
He made his first appearance in his new MSNBC role on Wednesday’s Deadline White House with Nicolle Wallace.
The network plans to feature Dowd in a “hybrid” role, in which he will go into the field across the country to report on the state of democracy in the lead-up to the 2022 midterms.
Dowd is the author of the recent Revelations on the River: Healing Our Nation, Healing Ourselves, and the founder of the group Country Over Party. He’s worked for politicians on both sides of the aisle,...
Dowd, former political strategist for George W. Bush, last month ended his campaign for lieutenant governor of Texas. He previously was a longtime political analyst for ABC News, joining the network in 2007 and departing last year.
He made his first appearance in his new MSNBC role on Wednesday’s Deadline White House with Nicolle Wallace.
The network plans to feature Dowd in a “hybrid” role, in which he will go into the field across the country to report on the state of democracy in the lead-up to the 2022 midterms.
Dowd is the author of the recent Revelations on the River: Healing Our Nation, Healing Ourselves, and the founder of the group Country Over Party. He’s worked for politicians on both sides of the aisle,...
- 2/2/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Meghan McCain made it clear on Tuesday that she will not follow party lines when it comes to supporting Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, who has been accused of sexual assault or misconduct by five women.
“Those of you who have the audacity to demand i defend Roy Moore for the sake of his senate seat – your soul may be for sale, but mine is not,” tweeted McCain, the daughter of Arizona Sen. John McCain and a co-host on The View talk show.
McCain’s comments were met with approval from many Republican and Democratic Twitter users, including one...
“Those of you who have the audacity to demand i defend Roy Moore for the sake of his senate seat – your soul may be for sale, but mine is not,” tweeted McCain, the daughter of Arizona Sen. John McCain and a co-host on The View talk show.
McCain’s comments were met with approval from many Republican and Democratic Twitter users, including one...
- 11/14/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Many on Twitter rejoiced on Friday as multiple news outlets reported that Donald Trump‘s chief strategist, Steve Bannon, was out of the White House in the wake of the president’s disastrous response to the violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement: “White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve’s last day. We are grateful for his service and wish him the best.”
ABC News reported that Bannon, the former executive chairman of Breitbart News,...
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement: “White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve’s last day. We are grateful for his service and wish him the best.”
ABC News reported that Bannon, the former executive chairman of Breitbart News,...
- 8/18/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday to boast that the U.S. nuclear arsenal is “now far stronger and more powerful than ever before,” thanks to his administration.
“My first order as President was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal,” he wrote.
“Hopefully we will never have to use this power, but there will never be a time that we are not the most powerful nation in the world!” he added in a second tweet.
The tweets come amid North Korea’s escalating nuclear threats and one day after Trump issued a warning Tuesday from his golf course in Bedminster,...
“My first order as President was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal,” he wrote.
“Hopefully we will never have to use this power, but there will never be a time that we are not the most powerful nation in the world!” he added in a second tweet.
The tweets come amid North Korea’s escalating nuclear threats and one day after Trump issued a warning Tuesday from his golf course in Bedminster,...
- 8/9/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd went off on President Trump today in response to him telling officers a few days ago they shouldn't be "too nice" to suspects in custody.
- 7/30/2017
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
When Donald Trump takes the oath of office in just a few short days, he will do so as the least popular president in at least 40 years, a new Washington Post-abc News poll says.
According to the national poll, just 40 percent of Americans say they have a favorable impression of the president-elect. That’s 21 points lower than President Barack Obama’s departing favorability rating of 61 percent and easily the lowest popularity for an incoming president since 1977, ABC News reports. Trump trails behind former Presidents Obama (79 percent), Bill Clinton (68 percent), George H.W. Bush (65 percent), Ronald Reagan (58 percent) and Jimmy Carter (78 percent...
According to the national poll, just 40 percent of Americans say they have a favorable impression of the president-elect. That’s 21 points lower than President Barack Obama’s departing favorability rating of 61 percent and easily the lowest popularity for an incoming president since 1977, ABC News reports. Trump trails behind former Presidents Obama (79 percent), Bill Clinton (68 percent), George H.W. Bush (65 percent), Ronald Reagan (58 percent) and Jimmy Carter (78 percent...
- 1/17/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Donald Trump kicked off Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend by criticizing civil-rights icon and John Lewis and accusing him of “all talk ” and “no action or results.”
In a Twitter rant on Saturday, the President-elect said that the Georgia congressman should spent more time trying to fix his “horrible,” “crime-infested” district rather than “falsely complaining” about results of the 2016 presidential election.
Lewis, a Democratic representative and former “freedom rider,” has a long history of political action. As chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s, he marched with Dr. King during the peaceful 1965 voting rights protest on Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma,...
In a Twitter rant on Saturday, the President-elect said that the Georgia congressman should spent more time trying to fix his “horrible,” “crime-infested” district rather than “falsely complaining” about results of the 2016 presidential election.
Lewis, a Democratic representative and former “freedom rider,” has a long history of political action. As chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s, he marched with Dr. King during the peaceful 1965 voting rights protest on Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma,...
- 1/14/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
What a difference a year makes.
When Donald Trump first announced his intention to run for president last July, the announcement was met with snickers. The billionaire businessman was then best known for his popular reality TV show, a feud with President Obama over the leader’s birth certificate and previous, unfulfilled promises to vie for the White House.
Yet, Trump faced off against nearly a dozen more-seasoned politicians, and, one-by-one, eliminated his Gop opposition to clinch the party’s nomination just over a year after his initial declaration of candidacy.
Now, he’ll go up against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton...
When Donald Trump first announced his intention to run for president last July, the announcement was met with snickers. The billionaire businessman was then best known for his popular reality TV show, a feud with President Obama over the leader’s birth certificate and previous, unfulfilled promises to vie for the White House.
Yet, Trump faced off against nearly a dozen more-seasoned politicians, and, one-by-one, eliminated his Gop opposition to clinch the party’s nomination just over a year after his initial declaration of candidacy.
Now, he’ll go up against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton...
- 11/8/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
As live video platforms continue to make a play for the distribution of high-profile events, ABC News announced today that it will partner with Facebook to broadcast the four general-election debates, which include three presidential debates as well as one vice presidential face-off.
While each of the ninety-minute debates will air on ABC News’ Facebook page without any advertising (they will also air on TV without commercial breaks), ABC will precede the debates with two hours of analysis from contributors Matthew Dowd, Elzie Lee ‘Lz’ Granderson, Dan Harris, and Amna Nawaz, according to Variety. On each debate day, ABC News’ Facebook page will also feature streams from viewing parties across the country, as well as from inside spin rooms (where reporters can interface with debaters and campaign reps).
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While each of the ninety-minute debates will air on ABC News’ Facebook page without any advertising (they will also air on TV without commercial breaks), ABC will precede the debates with two hours of analysis from contributors Matthew Dowd, Elzie Lee ‘Lz’ Granderson, Dan Harris, and Amna Nawaz, according to Variety. On each debate day, ABC News’ Facebook page will also feature streams from viewing parties across the country, as well as from inside spin rooms (where reporters can interface with debaters and campaign reps).
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- 9/20/2016
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Could Donald Trump Drop Out? Gop Officials 'Actively Exploring' How to Replace Nominee If He Resigns
Donald Trump is nothing if not unpredictable - and his increasingly erratic behavior now has senior Gop officials "actively exploring" how to replace him on the ballot should he unexpectedly drop out of the race, ABC News reported Wednesday. The new report has set Republican circles abuzz with speculation about what could happen if Trump withdrew - or whether such a thing is even likely. Trump, for his part, is saying he has no intention to leave his campaign for the White House. Spokesperson Hope Hicks tells People of the speculation, "There is no truth to this whatsoever." ABC political correspondent Jonathan Karl,...
- 8/3/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Maria Shriver was a very satisfied customer after some morning activity with her longtime boyfriend. Maria and political analyst Matthew Dowd took a stroll around her Brentwood neighborhood, and they both looked very amused. They could be laughing about the fact she's Still married to Arnold Schwarzenegger -- nearly Five years after she filed to divorce him! As TMZ first reported ... Arnold's dragging his feet on signing the docs, even though they've settled on how to split their assets.
- 5/25/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Party front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton each lost Tuesday's key Wisconsin primary by 13 points to their respective rivals, Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders. So what do these results mean - and where do the candidates go from here? Could Sanders' Wisconsin victory help him win the nomination?Wisconsin is a significant victory for the Vermont senator and will likely earn him millions in fundraising dollars, and give him a momentum boost going into the upcoming New York primary. But the Midwestern state is not a game-changer in the vein of Florida or Ohio. Sanders didn't win Wisconsin by quite...
- 4/6/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Party front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton each lost Tuesday's key Wisconsin primary by 13 points to their respective rivals, Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders. So what do these results mean - and where do the candidates go from here? Could Sanders' Wisconsin victory help him win the nomination?Wisconsin is a significant victory for the Vermont senator and will likely earn him millions in fundraising dollars, and give him a momentum boost going into the upcoming New York primary. But the Midwestern state is not a game-changer in the vein of Florida or Ohio. Sanders didn't win Wisconsin by quite...
- 4/6/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
When they're not chewing over the latest Donald Trump controversy, the political media is hard at work obsessing over "delegate math," which is like regular math mixed with sleeping pills. On Tuesday morning's Good Morning America, ABC News political commentator Matthew Dowd attempted to inject some suspense into the Democratic contest by asserting that insurgent candidate Bernie Sanders has a better chance of overtaking frontrunner Hillary Clinton's lead in pledged delegates than Ted Cruz does of taking the delegate lead from Donald Trump.
- 4/5/2016
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
ABC political analyst Matthew Dowd invoked a campaign term on Wednesday at Donald Trump’s expense. Speaking with George Stephanopoulos ahead of the third Gop debate, Dowd analyzed Trump’s sliding poll numbers in Iowa. “He makes me smile, watching him yesterday, it’s like a guy with Iowa electile dysfunction,” Dowd said about Trump’s sliding poll numbers, which recently saw him fall to second place in the crucial first voting state behind Dr. Ben Carson. Also Read: Donald Trump Begs Iowa Voters to Boost Poll Numbers: 'I Refuse to Say Get Your Asses in Gear' (Video) He added...
- 10/28/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
TheWrap’s guide to television coverage of President Barack Obama’s speech, including who’s anchoring the broadcasts and providing analysis
President Barack Obama will give his seventh annual State of the Union address on Tuesday night at 9 p.m. Et, with expected topics including national security, immigration, health care and the environment. Sen. Jon Ernst (R-ia) is expected to provide the Republican response.
After the president’s address, while the Republicans are giving their response and the networks are starting to break down their analyses, Obama will be preparing for something altogether different. His administration has invited three YouTube...
President Barack Obama will give his seventh annual State of the Union address on Tuesday night at 9 p.m. Et, with expected topics including national security, immigration, health care and the environment. Sen. Jon Ernst (R-ia) is expected to provide the Republican response.
After the president’s address, while the Republicans are giving their response and the networks are starting to break down their analyses, Obama will be preparing for something altogether different. His administration has invited three YouTube...
- 1/20/2015
- by Jason Hughes
- The Wrap
A panel on This Week with George Stephanopoulos Sunday morning debated ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd's theory that the tea party had taken hold of the mainstream Gop, despite its electoral losses in primaries this past week. White House senior advisor David Plouffe argued that the current crop of Gop candidates was nearly identical in policy positions to the tea party, however they moderated their rhetoric.
- 5/25/2014
- by Evan McMurry
- Mediaite - TV
Leave it to a former speechwriter to be the last person still clinging to the “one great speech” fallacy. Long after even President Barack Obama’s supporters abandoned the canard that suggests the president can orate his way out of any predicament, apparently former George W. Bush wordsmith and Good Morning America contributor Matthew Dowd refuses to give up the ghost.
- 1/28/2014
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Appearing on ABC’s Good Morning America on Thursday, columnist Matthew Dowd revealed that he thinks the scandal surrounding Chris Christie and the closure of two lanes of the George Washington Bridge may end up helping him in the long run. Dowd said that triumphing over political adversity ultimately benefits candidates and, presuming no additional damning information is revealed, Christie will be strengthened by his experience defusing this damaging political scandal.
- 1/10/2014
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
During a panel discussion Sunday on ABC's "This Week," a former top aid for President George W. Bush said that Sarah Palin should not have been invited to the Conservative Political Action Conference (Cpac), since she wasn't even competent enough to hold down her job at Fox News.
Matthew Dowd, a chief strategist for George W. Bush's reelection, slammed Cpac (scheduled to kick off in mid-March) for inviting the one-time vice presidential candidate to the popular conference, while passing over New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R).
"Cpac, to me, has totally diminished its credibility as an organization,” Dowd said. “And you invite Sarah Palin, who wasn’t competent enough to keep a Fox News contract? But she’s invited to a Cpac meeting?”
It was announced in January that Palin and Fox News would be parting ways, following her sometimes contentious final year as a network contributor.
Cpac's move...
Matthew Dowd, a chief strategist for George W. Bush's reelection, slammed Cpac (scheduled to kick off in mid-March) for inviting the one-time vice presidential candidate to the popular conference, while passing over New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R).
"Cpac, to me, has totally diminished its credibility as an organization,” Dowd said. “And you invite Sarah Palin, who wasn’t competent enough to keep a Fox News contract? But she’s invited to a Cpac meeting?”
It was announced in January that Palin and Fox News would be parting ways, following her sometimes contentious final year as a network contributor.
Cpac's move...
- 3/4/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
During the panel round of ABC's This Week, ABC News senior political analyst and former Bush/Cheney adviser Matthew Dowd took a few strong shots at Grover Norquist, calling the anti-tax activist an "impediment to good government" and mocking that the only good thing about the outspoken conservative is that he shares a name with a particular Sesame Street character.
- 11/25/2012
- by Andrew Kirell
- Mediaite - TV
(Updates to add that Nate Silver said that of the likely scenarios, the most likely was Obama winning with 332 electoral votes.) President Obama wasn't the only big winner Tuesday. A handful of prognosticators won in the race to correctly predict Obama's victory, among them Nate Silver's 538 blog for the New York Times, the Huffington Post, Politico and ABC News' Matthew Dowd. Among those who were off was Unskewed, a conservative blog that has personally mocked Silver. Republican strategist and Fox News analyst Karl Rove was out of step even after results...
- 11/7/2012
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
It's rather difficult to pull off Election Day coverage without electricity. But that's exactly what ABC News was forced to do when the main anchor desk at its Times Square studios went out at 10:51 p.m. Est, leaving Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos in the dark. Luckily, the power failure occurred when the network was on a commercial break. Photos: Hollywood Hits the Campaign Trail for Obama, Romney At 10:52 p.m., contributor Matthew Dowd walked through the control room and facetiously asked anxious producers, "Do you guys need any help?" When they returned from the break at 10:54
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- 11/7/2012
- by Marisa Guthrie
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Presidential election nights historically bring out the best, the worst and sometimes just the weirdest in the men and women whose job it is to bring us the news.
Dan Rather was a veritable quote machine in his days at CBS, and as the results flowed in Tuesday (Nov. 6) in the contest between President Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, he found a number of spiritual successors. Here's a collection of some of the head-scratchingest quotes from the night's news coverage (refresh the page for updates).
"The feeling that people have about Barack Obama, that he's a hero and a historic figure. ... I think we're finding that people really don't want to let go of that, a great many people." -- Fox News analyst Brit Hume on why the race figures to be so close in the face of a sluggish economy
"There are a lot of lawyers in Ohio.
Dan Rather was a veritable quote machine in his days at CBS, and as the results flowed in Tuesday (Nov. 6) in the contest between President Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, he found a number of spiritual successors. Here's a collection of some of the head-scratchingest quotes from the night's news coverage (refresh the page for updates).
"The feeling that people have about Barack Obama, that he's a hero and a historic figure. ... I think we're finding that people really don't want to let go of that, a great many people." -- Fox News analyst Brit Hume on why the race figures to be so close in the face of a sluggish economy
"There are a lot of lawyers in Ohio.
- 11/7/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The broadcast and cable networks will be going all out for coverage of the 2012 presidential election, which now kicks off less than 24 hours from now. Most results shows will ramp up between 6-7 Pm Et on Election Day and all seem to be planning for a long night in the presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Here’s a rundown of plans: Broadcast ABC: “ABC News Your Voice, Your Vote – Election Night Coverage” will originate live from Times Square, with real-time results appearing on Times Square screens. Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos will host beginning with a special edition of “World News with Diane Sawyer” at 6:30 Pm Et and continuing until at least 2 Am. A special edition of Nightline will air at 2:35 Am Et. Team: Jake Tapper, David Muir, Katie Couric, Barbara Walters, Jonathan Karl, Ron Brownstein and Cokie Roberts, Josh Elliott, Amy Robach, Cecilia Vega,...
- 11/5/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
The panel on This Week today argued over whether Mitt Romney should release more years of tax returns in order to disclose his finances for the past few years. Mary Matalin said the whole thing is a distraction, but Matthew Dowd told her if she were running the campaign, she would disclose the information. He also thought of Obama's powerful attacks on Romney as "karma" for when Romney launched similarly strong attacks on his Republican primary rivals.
- 7/15/2012
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
"[McCain] knows in his gut that he put somebody unqualified on the ballot. He knows that in his gut, and when this race is over that is something he will have to live with ... He put somebody unqualified on that ballot and he put the country at risk; he knows that." -- Matthew Dowd, Republican political strategist, fall 2008
Few made-for-television movies have arrived with the amount of fanfare, anticipation and attendant hyperbole as has HBO's political docudrama Game Change, which chronicles Sarah Palin's erratic and polarizing performance as the Republican Party's vice-presidential nominee during the historic 2008 presidential election. Almost as soon as the HBO production of John Heilemann and Mark Halperin's blockbuster was announced, critics -- particularly those from the Republican right -- began taking potshots at it. That chatter has built up to a veritable crescendo in advance of Game Change'spremiere Friday on HBO at 9 p.m.
Few made-for-television movies have arrived with the amount of fanfare, anticipation and attendant hyperbole as has HBO's political docudrama Game Change, which chronicles Sarah Palin's erratic and polarizing performance as the Republican Party's vice-presidential nominee during the historic 2008 presidential election. Almost as soon as the HBO production of John Heilemann and Mark Halperin's blockbuster was announced, critics -- particularly those from the Republican right -- began taking potshots at it. That chatter has built up to a veritable crescendo in advance of Game Change'spremiere Friday on HBO at 9 p.m.
- 3/11/2012
- by Geoffrey Dunn
- Aol TV.
ABC political analyst and former George W. Bush election strategist Matthew Dowd was very impressed by Rick Perry on This Week today, but he thinks one of Perry's problems going forward in the election is that he reminds people too much of his predecessor. Dowd described Perry as "an incredible campaigner," and described the current Texas governor as a better campaigner than his former boss. However, to many voters, Perry and Bush might be just a little too similar.
- 8/14/2011
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
Republican voters are fired up and ready to take on President Obama-but with no Daniels, Huckabee, or Barbour in the race, they're in need of a true champion. On their wish list: Christie, Ryan, Perry. Jill Lawrence reports. Plus, Jack W. Germond on candidates' insane path to the presidency.
Help Wanted: Civil, thoughtful social conservative more interested in red ink than red meat, with potential to win over independents and moderates in a general election. Must have enthusiastic family.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Osama Eulogies: Ayman Zawahiri and al Qaeda Vow Revenge
It's hard to overstate the void left by Mitch Daniels' exit from the Republican presidential race. There's nobody quite like the Indiana governor in the field or in the wings, though Jeb Bush comes close and Tim Pawlenty, an official candidate at last, is trying to claim Daniels' fiscal mantle with his "time for truth" slogan.
Help Wanted: Civil, thoughtful social conservative more interested in red ink than red meat, with potential to win over independents and moderates in a general election. Must have enthusiastic family.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Osama Eulogies: Ayman Zawahiri and al Qaeda Vow Revenge
It's hard to overstate the void left by Mitch Daniels' exit from the Republican presidential race. There's nobody quite like the Indiana governor in the field or in the wings, though Jeb Bush comes close and Tim Pawlenty, an official candidate at last, is trying to claim Daniels' fiscal mantle with his "time for truth" slogan.
- 5/24/2011
- by Jill Lawrence
- The Daily Beast
Meghan McCain just provided a nice, bloggy, shot in the arm to today's Sunday show line-up. McCain was a panelist on today's This Week roundtable (along with Terry Moran, Matthew Dowd, and a sort of skeptical-looking George Will) and she did not pull any punches when it came to voicing her opinion on Christine O'Donnell and the Tea Party movement. Actually, she called O'Donnell a 'nutjob.'...
- 10/17/2010
- by Glynnis MacNicol
- Mediaite - TV
Perhaps it was too early in the morning, or something about being reunited with old pal George Stephanopoulos made him feel open to being emotional, but James Carville looked uncommonly vulnerable today discussing the 2010 midterm elections and health care reform on ABC’s Good Morning America. Joining Stephanopoulos and former Bush strategist Matthew Dowd, Carville revived the Sen. Jim DeMint's term “Obama’s Waterloo” and admitted to feeling “frightened” and believing some of the hype that “Democrats can’t govern.”...
- 3/1/2010
- by Frances Martel
- Mediaite - TV
IFC First Take
NEW YORK -- While there has been no recent shortage of politically themed documentaries, this effort from co-directors James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo distinguishes itself with its clearheaded approach and (mostly) lack of bias. An examination of the 2004 presidential election centering on the controversial race in Ohio, So Goes the Nation is particularly valuable for its insightful and ultimately depressing portrait of political machinations.
Not since The War Room has a film gone into such depth as to the nuts and bolts of a political campaign. Incorporating interviews with campaign strategists from both sides, it examines the contrasting methods of the Democrats and the Republicans, with the latter, not surprisingly, coming out far ahead in terms of effectiveness.
The central figures interviewed include Edward Gillespie and Terry McAuliffe (chairmen of the Republican and Democratic national committees, respectively), Ken Mehlman and Mary Beth Cahill (President Bush and John Kerry's respective campaign managers), Matthew Dowd and Tad Devine (their campaign strategists), Mark McKinnon (Bush's media strategist) and Paul Begala (senior Democrat adviser).
But the film also looks at various unknown figures in the campaign, including several of the thousands of volunteers on both sides whose work would figure so prominently in the election.
There is one thing that both sides clearly agree on: The Republicans ran the superior campaign. While Bush was playing to his strengths and mustering support from his own base, Kerry's team was looking to appeal to the swing voter, with little success.
The contrasting messages of the two candidates are scrutinized as well. Bush's team emphasized the war on terrorism above all else, to great effect. Meanwhile Kerry, according to Begala, ineffectively tried to cover all bases with a strategy awkwardly shortened to JHOS (jobs, health, oil and security).
The film vividly and credibly makes the sad case that current presidential elections are decided not so much on the basis of the issues involved or the comparative attributes of the candidates, but rather by which party has the best marketing team.
NEW YORK -- While there has been no recent shortage of politically themed documentaries, this effort from co-directors James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo distinguishes itself with its clearheaded approach and (mostly) lack of bias. An examination of the 2004 presidential election centering on the controversial race in Ohio, So Goes the Nation is particularly valuable for its insightful and ultimately depressing portrait of political machinations.
Not since The War Room has a film gone into such depth as to the nuts and bolts of a political campaign. Incorporating interviews with campaign strategists from both sides, it examines the contrasting methods of the Democrats and the Republicans, with the latter, not surprisingly, coming out far ahead in terms of effectiveness.
The central figures interviewed include Edward Gillespie and Terry McAuliffe (chairmen of the Republican and Democratic national committees, respectively), Ken Mehlman and Mary Beth Cahill (President Bush and John Kerry's respective campaign managers), Matthew Dowd and Tad Devine (their campaign strategists), Mark McKinnon (Bush's media strategist) and Paul Begala (senior Democrat adviser).
But the film also looks at various unknown figures in the campaign, including several of the thousands of volunteers on both sides whose work would figure so prominently in the election.
There is one thing that both sides clearly agree on: The Republicans ran the superior campaign. While Bush was playing to his strengths and mustering support from his own base, Kerry's team was looking to appeal to the swing voter, with little success.
The contrasting messages of the two candidates are scrutinized as well. Bush's team emphasized the war on terrorism above all else, to great effect. Meanwhile Kerry, according to Begala, ineffectively tried to cover all bases with a strategy awkwardly shortened to JHOS (jobs, health, oil and security).
The film vividly and credibly makes the sad case that current presidential elections are decided not so much on the basis of the issues involved or the comparative attributes of the candidates, but rather by which party has the best marketing team.
- 10/17/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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