How the AP Sees Things

During his unsuccessful campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee was a vocal supporter of the fair tax , a plan which would abolish the Internal Revenue Service and replace the federal income tax and most other federal taxes with a 30 percent sales tax. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Huckabee was in Georgia last weekend to support Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), another fair tax advocate, who is headed into a December 2nd r... more

Today on The View, it was the four main hosts. The first topic was Sherri Shepherd’s weekend in Orlando for Super Soap Weekend. She has lost her voice a bit and Joy Behar said it was sexy and she was strangely attracted to her. Joy had lunch with Dustin Hoffman yesterday, but had to turn down a movie invitation with him because she had other commitments. Joy will be interviewing Alec Baldwin on Larry King Live on Monday. Elisabeth said that they are getting jealous of her relationshi... more

TIME says Mike Huckabee’s new book “Do the Right Thing” is a chance for Huck not only to lay out his political future, but to take swipes at former rivals such as Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson. Huck wronte in his book of Mitt Romney that Romney was “anything but conservative until he changed the light [...]... more

Lisa Friedman, just laid off at the LA Daily News is the new deputy editor of ClimateWire, which will launch later this month....... more

Washington Post: The Battle That Clinton Didn’t Expect Washington Times: Obama almost as big with GOP as McCain Washington Examiner: Fairfax woman arrested in husband’s slaying N.Y. Times: Bob Herbert: The $2 Trillion Nightmare L.A. Times: Clinton, Obama make last...... more

Exhibit A: This isolated quote from the Roll Call columnist’s recent appearance on Roll Call TV: You really do have to have a gimmick. Like they say about strippers: You gotta get a gimmick....... more