Tag Archives: Joy Reid

Today’s Herald column: will the 2012 election be Rick Scott’s Waterloo (and Charlie Crist’s opportunity)?

Posted on November 15, 2012 by jreid

In my Herald column this week, I explore the many ways in which Florida once again screwed up the election — and it (once again) didn’t even matter. But you know who it might matter to?

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This week’s Herald column: who controls the GOP?

Posted on August 23, 2012 by jreid

I talked about this subject Wednesday on the “Martin Bashir Show” and on “The Last Word” last night. But it bears repeating: the Republican Party’s political operatives, and its media hacks (think Rush, Hannity, Coulter…) have been rolling the conservative … Continue reading →

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(Video) Charles Blow’s epic TLW rant: ‘the GOP’s drunk uncle loses it’

Posted on July 18, 2012 by jreid

This has to have been one of my favorite appearances on “The Last Word” with the great Lawrence O’Donnell … tied with the night before, when Lawrence gave the Limbaugh take down for the ages. Tonight, however, it was Charles … Continue reading →

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This week’s Herald column: GOP gaming the vote

Posted on May 31, 2012 by jreid

A clip: An insidious trend has emerged over the last several election cycles, whereby the Republican Party, faced with looming demographic Armageddon, has found ever more creative ways to kneecap the opposing team. In shorthand: The game is that if … Continue reading →

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Race, Romney and what Jimmy Williams and I actually said about South Carolina

Posted on January 16, 2012 by jreid

Today’s discussion on “NOW With Alex Wagner” about Mitt Romney, race, religion and the South Carolina primary sparked all kinds of debate online. Some of it was even wildly inaccurate. For starters, here’s the segment in which Democratic strategist Jimmy … Continue reading →

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(Video) Riots in the streets? Joy debates Michael Steele, Dinesh D’Souza and Larry Kudlow

Posted on September 17, 2011 by jreid

One of my favorite shows to appear on, The Kudlow Report, invited me on-set for their “free market Friday” panel, to discuss New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s comments about “riots in the streets” if young Americans don’t start seeing the … Continue reading →

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In which I appear in the same broadcast as Brian Williams

Posted on August 30, 2011 by jreid

When I was growing up, my mother watched the broadcast network news every single night, bouncing back and forth between Walter Cronkite and then after junior high school, Dan Rather on CBS, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, and occasionally … Continue reading →

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This week’s Herald column: think you hate the debt ceiling deal? The tea party hates it more.

Posted on August 4, 2011 by jreid

The reality: the debt ceiling deal really wasn’t that bad for Democrats (although it could have been better had Nancy Pelosi known ahead of time just how far from 217 votes John Boehner was in the House.) Dems managed to … Continue reading →

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(Video) Joy on MSNBC: Bachmann, Palin overdrive

Posted on July 11, 2011 by jreid

Bachmann reps the crazy, Palin just tries to keep the money coming in. Here’s my debate with GOPer Joe Watkins on MSNBC’s Jansing & Company on Monday, with Richard Lui sitting in. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and … Continue reading →

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(Video) Joy Reid and Princella Smith debate Jon Huntsman

Posted on June 20, 2011 by jreid

Does Huntsman have a shot? Princella and I debated that question on MSNBC Monday: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy And in case you missed it…

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