Editors’ Blog - 2012
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04.20.12 | 1:34 pm
Tough Choices

One question I have about Gov. Jerry Brown’s push to fund high speed rail in California: Have proponents stripped the project down so far to make it politically palatable that they’ve doomed it with unworkable practical, technical, or economic constraints?

Honest question. I don’t know the answer. But it seems like the ingredients — or more specifically, the pressures — are there to create that kind of result. Curious what our California readers have to say on this point.

04.20.12 | 2:07 pm
Happy Birthday, Fenway

You’ve probably heard that today is the 100th birthday of Fenway Park, but you probably haven’t seen this old photo of the park or the first ball pitched at the park’s 1912 grand opening or this photo from the 1912 World Series in Boston.

04.22.12 | 3:59 pm
Check The Source … Unlike Some People

Fox News host adds a few additional words to President Obama’s “I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth” comment and the new “quote” gets picked up by WaPo (since corrected) and others.

04.22.12 | 5:11 pm
NYT Pub Ed: Is Obama Manchurian Candidate?

Today the New York Times Public Editor Arthur Brisbane threw in his lot with those who say President Obama was never truly ‘vetted’ during the 2008 campaign and that Times itself was a major part of that failure. Read More

04.23.12 | 3:51 am
Memory Lane

John Edwards trial opens today.

04.23.12 | 3:59 am
Shoot’em Up

Win Arizona? After watching this video, I started to wonder if Obama can win New Mexico.

04.23.12 | 5:01 am
Free For Now

George Zimmerman made bail and was released from jail around midnight last night.

04.23.12 | 6:22 am
Is Youth Vote Fired Up And Ready To Go?

The big theme of the week for the Obama campaign is winning younger voters. It’s an open question whether Obama can replicate his overwhelming success in 2008 with this segment of the electorate. Benjy Sarlin has our report.

04.23.12 | 6:48 am
CISPA Moves Toward House Vote

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and primary sponsor of CISPA talks to TPM about the prospects for the controversial cybersecurity bill.

04.23.12 | 8:02 am
Another Play for the Supremes?

Fresh off Health Care Reform, the Supreme Court is now ready to hear arguments on Arizona’s draconian anti-immigration bill.