Eleanor Clift http://www.eleanorclift.com Eleanor Clift: Politics as Usual. Fri, 11 May 2012 07:50:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Vernon Jordan Speaks Out http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/30/vernon-jordan-speaks-out/ http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/30/vernon-jordan-speaks-out/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:14:31 +0000 admin http://www.eleanorclift.com/?p=332 Like everybody else, Vernon Jordan hears the complaints about President Obama, that he hasn’t done enough for the people who elected him, and that includes black Americans. “And there is some legitimacy to it,” Jordan told The Daily Beast. “But he’s done a lot more in this area of inequality than George Bush, and he [Bush] [...]]]> Like everybody else, Vernon Jordan hears the complaints about President Obama, that he hasn’t done enough for the people who elected him, and that includes black Americans. “And there is some legitimacy to it,” Jordan told The Daily Beast. “But he’s done a lot more in this area of inequality than George Bush, and he [Bush] got reelected.”

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]]> http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/30/vernon-jordan-speaks-out/feed/ 0 Demographics Favor Obama http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/30/demographics-favor-obama/ http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/30/demographics-favor-obama/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:10:36 +0000 admin http://www.eleanorclift.com/?p=329 It was no fluke four years ago that America elected its first black president, and the trends that helped Barack Obama make history are evident today in demographics that favor his reelection. Millennials, the most liberal generation, are increasing at the rate of 4 million a year; there were 48 million in ’08, there are [...]]]> It was no fluke four years ago that America elected its first black president, and the trends that helped Barack Obama make history are evident today in demographics that favor his reelection. Millennials, the most liberal generation, are increasing at the rate of 4 million a year; there were 48 million in ’08, there are 64 million today, and Obama won them by 66 percent.

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]]> http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/30/demographics-favor-obama/feed/ 0 Commentary on HBO’s ‘Veep’ http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/23/commentary-on-hbos-veep/ http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/23/commentary-on-hbos-veep/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:30:21 +0000 admin http://www.eleanorclift.com/?p=325 If you’re turned off by politics and yearning to confirm your worst instincts about what politicians are like, you’ll love HBO’s new series Veep. It’s satire, and British satire at that, and for Americans who basked in the idealism of The West Wing and how it foreshadowed Barack Obama’s election, Veep does the opposite. It looks back, elevating a Sarah [...]]]> If you’re turned off by politics and yearning to confirm your worst instincts about what politicians are like, you’ll love HBO’s new series Veep. It’s satire, and British satire at that, and for Americans who basked in the idealism of The West Wing and how it foreshadowed Barack Obama’s election, Veep does the opposite. It looks back, elevating a Sarah Palin–like figure to the vice presidency with a narrative that relies on one-liners that provoke uneasy laughter and expose the smallness of the veep’s vision.

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]]> http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/23/commentary-on-hbos-veep/feed/ 0 For Your Ears Only– Radio Segment http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/16/for-your-ears-only-radio-segment/ http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/16/for-your-ears-only-radio-segment/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:32:15 +0000 admin http://www.eleanorclift.com/?p=322 Here’s a piece on Romney from Saturday’s radio program For Your Ears Only:  https://rcpt.yousendit.com/1463014251/c821d4d51b282cdc691777c1d1c9dfa7

]]> Here’s a piece on Romney from Saturday’s radio program For Your Ears Only:  https://rcpt.yousendit.com/1463014251/c821d4d51b282cdc691777c1d1c9dfa7

]]> http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/16/for-your-ears-only-radio-segment/feed/ 0 Could Nikki Haley win women voters back for Republicans? http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/15/could-nikki-haley-win-women-voters-back-for-republicans/ http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/15/could-nikki-haley-win-women-voters-back-for-republicans/#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:00:22 +0000 admin http://www.eleanorclift.com/?p=314 South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s memoir about her unlikely rise to the top of the good-ol’-boy statehouse in a conservative state sounds a little like Sarah Palin’s story.

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]]> South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s memoir about her unlikely rise to the top of the good-ol’-boy statehouse in a conservative state sounds a little like Sarah Palin’s story.

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]]> http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/15/could-nikki-haley-win-women-voters-back-for-republicans/feed/ 0 ‘Mad Men’ Cover Story http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/11/mad-men-cover-story-2/ http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/11/mad-men-cover-story-2/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:13:41 +0000 admin http://www.eleanorclift.com/?p=305 It’s a rainy morning in Los Angeles, and Elisabeth Moss, who plays Peggy in the television series Mad Men, is standing outside the stage door smoking. On the set the actors are restricted to herbal cigarettes, which is why she has ducked out for what she calls “the real thing.” I explain who I am (a reporter [...]]]> It’s a rainy morning in Los Angeles, and Elisabeth Moss, who plays Peggy in the television series Mad Men, is standing outside the stage door smoking. On the set the actors are restricted to herbal cigarettes, which is why she has ducked out for what she calls “the real thing.” I explain who I am (a reporter from Newsweek) and why I’m there (I started as a secretary), and she exclaims, “I am you!”

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]]> http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/11/mad-men-cover-story-2/feed/ 0 Mike Wallace Dead at 93: His Enduring TV Legacy http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/09/mike-wallace-dead-at-93-his-enduring-tv-legacy/ http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/09/mike-wallace-dead-at-93-his-enduring-tv-legacy/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:31:53 +0000 admin http://www.eleanorclift.com/?p=290 Before he became a legend on 60 Minutes, Mike Wallace gained fame as atough-guy interviewer on local television in New York. The show was Night Beat, and throughout the 1950s Wallace grilled everybody from screen stars Gloria Swanson and Dagmar to Democratic icon Adlai Stevenson and segregationist governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus.

 

READ FULL ARTICLE [...]]]> Before he became a legend on 60 Minutes, Mike Wallace gained fame as atough-guy interviewer on local television in New York. The show was Night Beat, and throughout the 1950s Wallace grilled everybody from screen stars Gloria Swanson and Dagmar to Democratic icon Adlai Stevenson and segregationist governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus.

 

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]]> http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/04/09/mike-wallace-dead-at-93-his-enduring-tv-legacy/feed/ 0 New Pakistan Ambassador Brings Frank Talk to Washington Relations http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/02/23/new-pakistan-ambassador-brings-frank-talk-to-washington-relations/ http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/02/23/new-pakistan-ambassador-brings-frank-talk-to-washington-relations/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:15:52 +0000 admin http://www.eleanorclift.com/?p=280 Pakistan’s new ambassador brings glamour to her critical post, along with a willingness to play hardball. Sherry Rehman embodies the beauty and the boldness of her friend and mentor, Benazir Bhutto.

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]]> Pakistan’s new ambassador brings glamour to her critical post, along with a willingness to play hardball. Sherry Rehman embodies the beauty and the boldness of her friend and mentor, Benazir Bhutto.

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]]> http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/02/23/new-pakistan-ambassador-brings-frank-talk-to-washington-relations/feed/ 0 Can Richard Cordray Win Over Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Foes? http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/02/23/274/ http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/02/23/274/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:12:14 +0000 admin http://www.eleanorclift.com/?p=274 Richard Cordray remembers visiting Washington as a kid, and one of the really hot destinations was always the FBI building. “They had all this cool stuff,” he says, citing the weaponry on display along with the photos that told the story of Prohibition-era bank robber John Dillinger and the G-men who launched a new and [...]]]> Richard Cordray remembers visiting Washington as a kid, and one of the really hot destinations was always the FBI building. “They had all this cool stuff,” he says, citing the weaponry on display along with the photos that told the story of Prohibition-era bank robber John Dillinger and the G-men who launched a new and more glamorous era of crimefighting.

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]]> http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/02/23/274/feed/ 0 Joe Kennedy III Takes the Torch From Retiring Barney Frank http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/02/22/joe-kennedy-iii-takes-the-torch-from-retiring-barney-frank/ http://www.eleanorclift.com/2012/02/22/joe-kennedy-iii-takes-the-torch-from-retiring-barney-frank/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:17:22 +0000 admin http://www.eleanorclift.com/?p=256 Barney Frank is quick to say he would not automatically support someone because his name is Kennedy, but his long identification with the Kennedy family and its brand of liberal politics makes his endorsement pretty much a slam-dunk for Joseph P. Kennedy III.

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]]> Barney Frank is quick to say he would not automatically support someone because his name is Kennedy, but his long identification with the Kennedy family and its brand of liberal politics makes his endorsement pretty much a slam-dunk for Joseph P. Kennedy III.

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