video This might be Rachel Maddow at her most Rachel Maddow-iest, so make sure you write down tonight in your e-planner or whatever for the date when our favorite MSNBC host went supernova on Liz Cheney's "Keep America Safe" campaign. (more...)

Even though the release of Game Change has made it seem like a relic, it was only Friday when former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani stated that there had been "no domestic attacks under Bush."

Robert Gibbs responded with a dose of reality, but he hadn't had a chance to react to Rudy's later clarification (through a spokesman). I asked Gibbs about it yesterday, and he just seemed glad that Giuliani had cleared up the most glaring omission.

video The media reaction to Rudy Giuliani's "no domestic attacks under Bush" super gaffe has been both huge and varied. The former mayor claims he was misunderstood -- he meant post-9/11 and on American soil. But here's a big surprise: that wasn't enough for Rachel Maddow, who last night attempted to eviscerate Giuliani on her broadcast, relentlessly proving the one-time presidential candidate wrong with history and his own words. (more...)

At today's White House briefing, Huffington Post's Sam Stein asked Robert Gibbs about Rudy Giuliani's remarks on ABC's Good Morning America. Gibbs succeeded where George Stephanopoulos failed, calling Rudy out for his inconsistent statements on civilian justice for terrorists, and observing that much of what Hizzoner said didn't "quite gibe with reality." You might say he took Giuliani to Schooliani.

Update: Stephanopoulos and Giuliani respond. (more...)

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Rudy Giuliani, who once threw a fundraiser where he asked for donations of $9.11, has suddenly forgotten all about the worst terrorist attack on American soil in history. He told GMA host George Stephanopoulos that there were no domestic attacks under George W. Bush, while there has been one under President Obama.

Perhaps worse than that, Stephanopoulos seems to have forgotten about 9/11, the anthrax attacks, and the "Shoe bomber," too.

Update: Giuliani and Stephanopoulos respond here.

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video Last night, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, and Rachel Maddow all took to the airwaves to criticize Republican lawmakers for their reluctance to see Khalid Sheikh Mohammed tried before a civilian court in New York. The trial seems poised to become the media spectacle we predicted it would this past weekend -- but why? Do the left-right battle lines along which this seems to be falling even make sense? (more...)

Soon, my friends - soon we will know who the Gods of Journalistic Objectivity have determined to be the "Person of the Year," as featured in Time magazine. You may have heard that the two people leading the pack right now are Mr. Twitter and Dame Economy. (more...)

It’s Friday, which means it’s time to separate the chumps from the champs in Mediaite’s new “Winners and Losers” — our scorecard of who rocked and who flopped in the week’s headlines.

This week's contenders include: Tracy Morgan, dropping F-bombs on former co-stars, Rush Limbaugh, dropped from his NFL bid, and Meghan McCain, threatening to drop Twitter. Our picks:

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Who wants Eliot Spitzer back in office more, Spitzer or the New York Post? This morning's cover of the Post (a classic in Post terms) says Spitzer is looking to run for office again ("say it ain't, ho!"). The article quotes anonymous sources who say he is considering returning to public office, perhaps statewide, but provides scant evidence otherwise. But does it really matter how much truth is behind the headline? Or is it a matter of the paper creating the headline in the hopes the story will follow? The New York Post knows where its bread is buttered, if Spitzer were to run for office again just imagine the headlines (today's is just the tip of the iceberg)! It would be the best thing to happen to the paper since Rudy Giuliani's short-lived run against Hillary Clinton for New York's Senate seat back in 2000. In all likelihood the Post probably took one look at the current statewide political field, which is dire pretty much across the board, and decided some action was necessary. Between another Bloomberg term, Gillibrand and Schumer ensconced in the Senate, and Cuomo in line for Gov, we're not talking headline grabbers. Plus, Paterson's numbers are so in the tank he's almost already out of the picture. Spitzer, however, is a gift! Leave it to the Post to create for themselves a story that will carry them through another year of slumping newspaper sales. Just wait. This story will get picked up in enough places over the next week that Spitzer will have to issue some sort of denial while simultaneously testing the waters to see in another run at something is a possibility. Also, Spitzer back in office is not that much of a stretch. Did anyone really believe the man was out of politics for good? Everyone loves a good redemption story, and New Yorkers a willing to forgive a lot in the face of ambition. And anyway, if Mark Sanford can cling to office in spite of his Buenos Aires jaunts, and Ted Kennedy can be heralded everywhere for his life-long tenacity in the face of scandals, it may be the Post, in suggesting Spitzer will soon returned to elected office, is just one step ahead of everyone else.

When the Times reported today that former Mayor Rudy Giuliani is considering running for Governor of New York -- and really the field could not be any more wide open -- my first thought (after the panic subsided) was how thrilled the New York Post would be to have Hizzoner Rudy back as a regular cover subject: elephant dung wars, the public dumping of his second wife, Rudy's eight year term was really a match made in Heaven for the Post. My second thought was a nice little round-up of the best Post covers from the Giuliani era might be a fun dog days August afternoon post. (more...)

I can't say I started crying during the opening credits of the upcoming HBO documentary By The People: The Election of Barack Obama, because I got to the theater five minutes late. But as I slid into my seat and arranged my concessions — at the Landmark Sunshine theater, where the movie just finished screening for a week, they have 12 kinds of flavored powder you can sprinkle on your popcorn, and it's magical — the smiling faces of Sasha and Malia popped up on the screen and I lost all hope of keeping my composure. (more...)