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Despite only donating to Democrats in the past, the director and writers of the new HBO film “Game Change” say that the movie is a fair and accurate portrayal of Sarah Palin and John McCain’s campaign for the White House. (more)

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has already weighed in on the upcoming HBO special based on Mark Halperin and John Heilemann’s book “Game Change.” And now her running mate in the 2008 election, former Republican presidential nominee and Arizona Sen. John McCain, is echoing her sentiment. (more)

Newt Gingrich has won the South Carolina primary, and won big. But will the former House Speaker’s new momentum be enough to stop the Mitt Romney juggernaut? (more)

The promptness with which MSNBC management reacted to Mark Halperin’s ill-advised remarks on Thursday’s “Morning Joe” was remarkable, considering it took the same outlet nearly two days to suspend “The Ed Show” host Ed Schultz after he called conservative talker Laura Ingraham “a slut” on his radio show. (more)

You can give money to political candidates. You can call a conservative radio talk show “a slut.” And you can even go as far as suggesting a former First Lady is “pimping” her daughter out and get a slap on the wrist. (more)

This was a bad week for glamour in Washington. In other news, a dog recently bit a man. (more)

“The Kids Are All Right” actress, Julianne Moore will portray former vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin in HBO’s upcoming film, “Game Change,” reports The Wrap. (more)

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During a discussion on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Tuesday, the panel conceded that conservatives and Tea Party activists were unfairly scapegoated in the wake of Jared Lee Loughner’s shooting spree in Tucson, Ariz., which killed six and left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords fighting for her life after a gunshot wound to the head. Mark Halperin of Time just thinks conservatives shouldn’t bother defending themselves, so as to avoid further political escalation. (more)

Sarah Palin fired back at critics in the media Thursday who highlighted a moment this week in which she accidentally mixed up North and South Korea during a recent radio interview with Glenn Beck. (more)

New Hampshire voters polled by phone on their feelings about The Donald and 2012. (more)

I’ve always been convinced that Hillary Clinton would find her way back to the Oval Office one way or another. (more)

Former White House communications director Anita Dunn on Tuesday launched a furious attack against Republicans who have criticized President Obama’s remarks on the Ground Zero mosque, labeling the GOP as the party of intolerance. (more)

If the Republican nomination in 2012 shapes up as a two-way race between former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and 2008 presidential candidate Mitt Romney, expect fireworks to fly. (more)

These days the left isn’t all too happy with President Obama. (more)

Joe Biden was tapped as vice president with the role of attack dog in mind. That was one of the less explosive revelations from Mark Halperin and John Heilemann’s book “Game Change.” As the nation will recall, the then-senator took his duty in an ironic direction. Yes, he was an attack dog of sorts, but the only leg he sank his teeth into was that of his running mate. (more)

Reason number 105,001 Nevada voters need to replace Senator Harry Reid: He still thinks it’s1950 and light-skinned Negroes can pass as long as they check their ghetto dialect at the door. The aging statesman’s racially charged remarks recently revealed in the new book “Game Change,” by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, may have consumed the cable talk show circuit but whether you agree or disagree that Reid’s remarks are racist is almost irrelevant. (more)

There’s nothing wrong with what Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) said about President Barack Obama, two well-known media figures say. (more)

The first signs of abandonment from within Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid‘s own party emerged Sunday, as some Democrats said his racially charged comments about President Obama have placed his already perilous reelection prospects on the precipice. (more)

Bill Clinton has been embroiled in fresh controversy after it was claimed he made a disparaging remark about Barack Obama in a conversation with Senator Ted Kennedy. (more)