January 25, 2008
Hotline After Dark -- A Picture's Worth ...
On the "Today" show this a.m., NBC's Lauer showed a picture of Hillary Clinton and ex-Pres. Clinton with lobbyist Tony Rezko. Lauer said NBC did not know when the pic was taken but thought it was when Bill Clinton was POTUS.
Asked if she knew when it was taken, HRC: "No I don't know. I probably have taken hundreds of thousands of pictures. ... I don't know the man. ... I don't have a 17-year relationship with him."
More HRC: "There's a big difference between standing and taking a picture with someone you don't know and haven't seen since and having a 17-year relationship with him" ("Today").
HUGGING IT OUT
Reax to the GOP debate held in FL and shown on MSNBC last night:
NBC's Todd: "Our NBC affiliates here in Florida were taking this debate. I think all of these guys realized they were giving a first impression, not a last. All the other debates we've had were almost their last impression to South Carolina where they've lived or New Hampshire where they lived or Michigan where they spent a lot of time. Here, because there's just millions more people in the State of Florida, they treated this debate like this was their introduction to a lot of voters and it really was. And I think that's why you didn't see a lot of contentiousness" (MSNBC, 1/24).
NBC's Mitchell: "I actually thought John McCain did well. I thought Mitt Romney on the economic issues did, indeed, but that John McCain I think was reassuring to Republican conservatives" (MSNBC, 1/24).
NBC's Russert: "They clearly decided on stage there was going to be a nonaggression pact. They obviously had watched the Democratic debate and decided they didn't want to imitate it. Although ironically we were being inundated with e-mails from their campaign and campaign staffs during the debate challenging the other candidates" (MSNBC, 1/24).
CNN's J. King: "If you want to get a degree in economics or learn about how Republicans like tax cuts, this is the debate to watch" ("AC 360," 1/24).
CNN's Borger: "I just don't think that any of these folks really wanted to make a major mistake. Nobody could afford to do that. And everybody played to type" ("AC 360," 1/24).
Rudy Giuliani was on MSNBC after the debate and asked what he thought of the New York Times endorsing McCain and giving him a scathing review: "That was one of the kinder ones. I have got about 90 that are worse. It's a total difference of opinion about society and how it moves, about taxes, about what to do about homelessness, what to do about welfare, what to do about crime, what to do about Iraq. I believe we should have victory in Iraq. The New York Times is in favor of what I would consider precipitous withdrawal from Iraq" (1/24). [EMILY GOODIN]
Posted at 08:59 AM
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