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BedellBrave
11-26-2013, 03:10 PM
I haven't watched any of the news channels in a long time. This guy writes for Time and is a contributor to MSNBC. Who is he? Is he a token moderate or conservative voice? I watched/listened to the following interview via RCP (though it's a NewsMax interview - and I'm not really a fan of Newsmax).

Talks about Iran, ACA (including news bias and death panels - at the 8 minute mark), & the Senate nuclear option.

Link (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/11/25/mark_halperin_obamacare_contains_death_panels.html )

50PoundHead
11-26-2013, 07:18 PM
Generally considered to be on the conservative side, but isn't readily pigeon-holed.

Conservatives hate him because he criticized the Bush 2004 campaign for distorting more than Kerry. Liberals hate him (and MSNBC suspended him) because he called Obama "kind of a d*ck" on national television.

I don't follow him that much. Read a couple of reviews of his book on the 2012 election that really pounded on it, but I imagine, like Liberace, he's crying all the way to the bank.

The Chosen One
11-26-2013, 08:08 PM
Co-author of the book Game Change.

50PoundHead
11-26-2013, 08:23 PM
Co-author of the book Game Change.

Game Change and Game Change 2012. He jingles when he walks now.

BedellBrave
11-27-2013, 12:31 AM
Where those just post-election books?

Btw, thanks guys.

The Chosen One
11-27-2013, 12:33 AM
Where those just post-election books?

Btw, thanks guys.

Yeah. Game Change (2009) actually was made into an HBO film last year I think it was.

I don't think Game Change 2 is out yet.