Politics Buzz Rep. Brad Sherman sent Jewish voters a picture of his family including his mother, while other voters got the same picture, minus mom. Today, he claimed it was a clever scheme aimed at forcing the press to print pictures of his family. He doesn't seem to be joking. Read More ›
Politics Buzz Mitt Romney and his Democratic critics are fighting over his involvement in the failure of the office supply company Ampad. In 1995, Romney wrote this letter to a former worker who had criticized him, saying it wasn't his fault, but that he'd tried to help. (The letter was first printed with the definitive Ampad story in Bloomberg Businessweek.) Read More ›
Politics Buzz In 2008, Rick Wilson made the slashing, late ad attacking Obama with Jeremiah Wright's sermons. He says he wishes he had Twitter back then — but he doesn't believe planned Wright ads can work in 2012. Read More ›
Politics Buzz A top Democrat made the ethnic remark on Twitter last night of Gov. Nikki Haley. The remark “has brought shame on our state and offended honorable South Carolinians,” writes the GOP Chairman. Read More ›
Politics Buzz A conservative billionaire is considering spending $10 million on a slashing ad campaign tying Barack Obama to Rev. Jeremiah Wright and depicting him as a “metrosexual, black Abe Lincoln. An obscure GOP group actually tried something like this at the end of the 2008 campaign, spending more than $7 million on this ad. Read More ›
Politics Buzz The political director of the South Carolina Senate Democratic Caucus takes an ethnically-charged jab at Governor Nikki Haley. “Bigotry abounds,” says her spokesman. Read More ›
Politics Buzz A memo obtained by BuzzFeed details the strategy — and the worry. “The final messaging will be either celebratory or agitational in tone depending on the result,” Van Vranken writes. Read More ›
Politics Buzz The veepstakes frontrunner gives no ground on Bain. He's not trying to be exciting, or boring. Read More ›
Politics Buzz Here's tomorrow's cover of the liberal French newspaper Libération, celebrating both Obama's and President-elect Hollande's support for same-sex marriage. “They said yes!” reads the headline, calling it “a turning point.” Read More ›
Politics Buzz Conservatives borrow the meme for a favorite automotive target. Read More ›
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Mike started at BuzzFeed on March 21, 2011
