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  • TPMtv: It's the Surge, Stupid

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, JULY 24 2008 02:10 PM | PERMALINK

    It's the Surge, Stupid

    Your Daily Politics Video Blog: If you're desperate to be John McCain's vice presidential nominee, you better get on TV and start talking up the Surge as the single most important issue in this year's presidential campaign.  And if you're serious about getting picked it wouldn't be a bad idea to say John McCain invented the idea of the surge and maybe even coined the word.  In today's episode of TPMtv we check in on some of the wannabes to see just how bad they want it.

  • TPMtv: Just a Matter of History

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, JULY 23 2008 04:29 PM | PERMALINK

    Just a Matter of History

    Your Daily Politics Video Blog: In the past week John McCain and his surrogates have done their best to focus the entire McCain-Obama debate on the question of which candidate was right about the troop surge in Iraq. So it was a little surprising to see McCain on the CBS Evening News last night get a basic historical fact about the surge so plainly wrong.

  • TPMtv: "Progress" Report

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, APRIL 09 2008 03:32 PM | PERMALINK

    "Progress" Report

    Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Seven months after the start of the "surge," General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker returned to Capitol Hill Tuesday to update senators on the "fragile and reversible" progress in Iraq. We have the highlights.

  • TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: Petraeus Part Deux

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, APRIL 07 2008 11:13 AM | PERMALINK

    Sunday Show Roundup: Petraeus Part Deux

    Your Daily Politics Video Blog: In advance of Tuesday's congressional appearances by Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker, the Sunday shows were all Iraq. Was the Basra offensive successful? Did the surge work? Is political reconciliation occurring? It's all good, if you're a Republican deadender.

  • TPMtv: McCain's Achilles Heel

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, MARCH 26 2008 11:14 AM | PERMALINK

    McCain's Achilles Heel

    Your Daily Politics Video Blog: 100 years?  1,000 years?  10,000 years!?!  Think what you want about who's being unfair, who should drop and the like in the primary race.  The Democrats are missing a big opportunity to strike early at John McCain's Achilles heel -- his lockstep support for an extremely unpopular war.  We lay out the key points in today's episode of TPMtv.

  • Coulter Endorses Hillary!

    POSTED BY RALEIGH-ELIZABETH SMITH, FEBRUARY 01 2008 11:57 AM | PERMALINK

    Apparently deciding to trade abject hate and stupidity for civic engagement, Ann Coulter endorses Hillary if her other option is John McCain:  "I'll campaign for her if it's McCain!  I was touched when she cried!" 

  • TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: The Sweet Smell of Success?

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, NOVEMBER 26 2007 10:47 AM | PERMALINK

    Sunday Show Roundup: The Sweet Smell of Success?

    Onward and upward in Iraq? So says John McCain. And Lindsey Graham says the "surge" is probably the most successful counterinsurgency program in the history of the world. But what about political reconciliation? And when do we leave exactly? Catch up on the latest spin in today's Sunday Show Roundup episode of TPMtv.

    Today's Must Read: What Happened to the Benchmarks?

  • TPMtv: John McCain vs. The Video Tape

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, SEPTEMBER 17 2007 12:50 PM | PERMALINK

    John McCain vs. The Video Tape

    2008 Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) went on Meet the Press Sunday to debate the war in Iraq with Senator John Kerry (D-MA). And what a show it was. With McCain's deluge of devastating points and dizzying rhetorical takedowns, Kerry was clearly no match. But the real contest was the debate between McCain and videographic evidence of statements made previously in the week. We match the two toe-to-toe, and let the viewer decide the ultimate debate...

  • TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: Enter Petraeus

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, SEPTEMBER 10 2007 12:28 PM | PERMALINK

    Sunday Show Roundup: Enter Petraeus

    Today is the day. No longer can a politician evade a question about the quagmire in Iraq with, "Let's wait until September." Today we hear from General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker about exactly where we stand in Iraq with the both the military and political components of the troop surge implemented by President Bush at the start of 2007. We took a look through the Sunday morning talk shows to see what we might expect from the Iraq progress report.

  • TPMtv: TPMtv Extra: John Edwards Interview Clip

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, SEPTEMBER 07 2007 05:27 PM | PERMALINK

    TPMtv Extra: John Edwards Interview Clip

    Following his major policy speech in New York City on terrorism and the war in Iraq, TPMtv caught up with Senator John Edwards to chat with him about, well, terrorism and the war in Iraq. Today we bring you just a short segment, but stay tuned for the full interview coming up next week.

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