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Opinion - Richard Reeves

THE FIVE WEEKS OF SARAH PALIN

Fri Oct 3, 7:58 PM ET

LOS ANGELES -- I would like to pay due deference to the Republican candidate for vice president of the United States. I am happy for her that she was not asked a question during last Thursday night's "debate" that she could not robo-answer with memorized talking points.

  • PANIC ON THE POTOMAC Fri Sep 26, 7:59 PM ET

    GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- The 43rd president, George W. Bush, added a couple more quotes for historians to consider after he finally gives up the leadership of the country, which is what he seemed to be trying to do last week:

  • WWRD ... WHAT WOULD ROOSEVELT DO? Fri Sep 19, 7:59 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES -- Like most political journalists, I don't claim to know all that much about economics or the details of the current economic crisis. Usually, we don't make enough money to be players. The only stock I've ever owned was in companies I worked for that had small stock-option plans for small players.

  • THE YEAR OF CAMPAIGN LYING Tue Sep 16, 6:08 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES -- Driving to work on Thursday morning, I heard a radio report that began with the words: "Good news!" That news turned out to be that gasoline prices at California pumps had dropped to $3.78 a gallon, down from more than $4 a month ago.

  • IS OBAMA ALREADY PRESIDENT? Mon Sep 8, 10:01 AM ET

    NEW YORK -- As a member of the Elite Eastern Media in good standing (I hope), I would like to say that St. Paul was the most educational and enjoyable Republican National Convention I have ever watched. Thrilling, really. I did not know that we, the people like me, were running the country until hearing it from John McCain, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani and the rest of that wonderful bunch from real America.