• Sections
  • The Latest
  • Newsletters
  • Podcasts
  • Support TPM
  • Shop Merch
  • Site Info
  • About
Follow TPM
© 2026 TPM MEDIA LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
  • Sections
  • Editors' Blog
  • News
  • Live Blog
  • Cafe
  • Muckraker
  • The Brief
  • Morning Memo
  • Where Things Stand
  • The Weekender
  • The Franchise
  • Features
Follow TPM
© 2026 TPM MEDIA LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
  • Support TPM
  • Memberships
  • The TPM Journalism Fund
Follow TPM
© 2026 TPM MEDIA LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
  • Site Info
  • FAQ
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Site Status
Follow TPM
© 2026 TPM MEDIA LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
  • About
  • About TPM
  • Mission
  • Masthead
  • Financials
  • Careers
  • Pitch Us
Follow TPM
© 2026 TPM MEDIA LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Talking Points Memo Logo
Send Tips
TPM 25th Anniversary Badge
Editors' Blog

Fluffery

by David Kurtz
09.28.11 | 5:42 am

The only people more desperate for Chris Christie to enter the GOP race than Republican bigwigs are national political reporters. Much easier to cover the candidates jockeying for position than, say, the assorted economic and budget issues that should define the race.

Send Tips
David Kurtz is TPM's editor at large.
LATEST
News
A MAGA Rapper And ‘Conservative’ Democratic Dairy Farmer Are In A Tight Race In New York’s ‘North Country’ 
11.01.26 | 10:57 am
News
The Most Extreme, Toxic, Bizarre, Scandal-Plagued Candidates of the 2026 Midterms
10.31.26 | 10:51 am
Morning Memo
Trump’s Initial Attack on Free and Fair Midterms Has Been Effectively Thwarted
10.31.26 | 10:13 am
The Weekender
A Spooky Halloween With Peter Thiel and the Antichrist
10.31.26 | 7:30 am
Talking Points Memo
© 2026 TPM MEDIA LLC.
Masthead Contact Privacy Policy
  • About
  • Memberships
  • Careers
  • Advertise
  • Site Status
  • FAQ
  • Newsletters
  • Pitch Us
  • Terms of Use
  • CCPA Notice