Tag Archives: John Heilemann

Mark Halperin Continues to Fail Up

Posted on December 13, 2012 at 7:22 am by Bob Cesca

My Thursday column: I don’t care how much fun it was to read the harrowing tales of various Sarah Palin meltdowns in Mark Halperin’s Game Change, there’s just something intellectually violent about Halperin basically owning the printed record of the … Continue reading →

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Fighting a Nonexistent Obama in the Post-Reality Era

Posted on September 11, 2012 at 7:19 am by Bob Cesca

My Tuesday column tackles the most popular activity in American politics: attacking an Obama that simply doesn’t exist. I hate to beat this to death, but the more I think about Clint Eastwood’s convention performance art, the more I’m convinced … Continue reading →

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This is What's Wrong with Political Coverage

Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:25 pm by Bob Cesca

John Heilemann’s review of the Republican debate over the weekend is a fantastic example of why American political coverage is so awful, superficial and stupid. He graded it based on style and “punches” rather than content, validity and accuracy. This, … Continue reading →

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