Oct 16 2010

Brett Favre and the Sex Factor: Who’s at Fault?

NEW YORK – By now the bombshell allegations involving Brett Favre and the graphic pictures and suggestive voice-mail messages he sent to a female New York Jets employee are the focus of an N.F.L. investigation, but a side issue is simmering once again: Do women ask for it?Last week, on Oct. 7, the Web site [...]


Oct 14 2010

Scott Ashjian’s Tea Party Candidacy Still a Factor in Nevada Senate Contest

One story about the Nevada Senate race between Republican Sharron Angle and Democrat Harry Reid that made a big stir was the disclosure of a tape in which Angle asked Scott Ashjian, who is running as the Tea Party of Nevada nominee, to drop out of the race and promised him access to top Republicans [...]


Aug 12 2010

‘Enthusiasm’ Factor Helping Republicans in Ohio Senate, Governor Races

Republicans have a big edge when it comes to the “enthusiasm” factor among Ohio voters, and their candidates have the edge in the races for governor and senator, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Aug. 6-8. Former Republican Rep. John Kasich is leading Democratic incumbent Ted Strickland in the governor’s race by 48 percent to [...]


Jul 19 2010

Internet Only One Factor in Journalism’s Slide Into the Superficial

Five Politics Daily staffers — Carl Cannon, Melinda Henneberger, Walter Shapiro, David Wood and James Grady — are joining in an online discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg about politics and the press as seen through the prism of his new book, “Beyond The Killing Fields.” In today’s essay, Schanberg [...]