With Roman Polanski and his past making another unexpected appearance in headlines across the world I wanted to call (or remind) everyone’s attention to the masterful 2008 documentary about his case: “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired” by Marina Zenovich The link is to a review in Newsweek. And here’s the entry at IMDB. I saw it because it had a run on HBO. Read More
I’m fascinated to see what kind of book “Sarah Palin” can turn around in 4 months.
There’s been a lot of talk recently about whether the Drudge Report — such an undeniable link-driving powerhouse for most of the last decade — has lost its edge and relevance. And I’ve wondered whether this is why the site (not sure who’s actually running it on a day to day basis now) has gone in so heavily for racist appeals over the last few months, particularly ones linking President Obama to black nationalism and violence committed by African-Americans.
Tonight’s example comes after a day of press reports about the Obamas visiting Europe to press Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Olympics …
Ready for a new election year? It’s almost upon us. That and the day’s other political news in the TPMDC Morning Roundup.
Rachel Maddow picks up on the birther infomerical we first reported on last week. Watch.
(And if you missed our highlight reel of said infomercial, you missed a classic.)
Anything less than a superduper majority of 65 votes for health care reform in the Senate will not be legitimate, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) tells voters back home.
For the record, Nelson first won election in 2000 with just 51% of the vote and won re-election in 2006 just shy of his new superduper legitimacy standard, with 64%.
Leno and Maher read the forbidden electronic missives of Mark Foley and Mark Sanford. Watch.
For the true health reform/public option mavens among you, Brian Beutler is doing live updates of the Finance Committee mark-up and debate and votes on the public option amendments in this post.
Sen. John Ensign (R-NV): The U.S. health care system would beat out European health care if it were treating Europeans rather than Americans, who get in car accidents and shoot each other and stuff like that.