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Romney's Secret Meetings With Voters: What Gives?

Kevin Spak — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:25:05 CDT

Mitt Romney says he's been secretly meeting with voters to hear about their economic suffering. In an interview last week, Romney said he met with "three or four families almost every day," according to the AP . The revelation shocked "nearly everyone who has covered him," writes John Dickerson of Slate...

Bachmann: CBS Conspired Against Me

Mary Papenfuss — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:00:00 CST

A misdirected CBS email has triggered a charge by Michele Bachmann's campaign that the network is trying to freeze out the candidate because of its liberal bias. An email sent by CBS political analyst John Dickerson—whose recipients mistakenly included a member of Bachmann's campaign—stated that Bachmann would likely...

5 Twitter Superstars You Don't Know

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:03:52 CDT

Paris Hilton may be famous for being famous, but there are at least five Twitter users with more followers than her—even though most people wouldn’t recognize them on the street. CNN runs down five of the top 200 Twitter users, each with more than 1.2 million followers, that...

Scooter Won't Need to Beg for Pardon

Dustin Lushing — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:28:21 CDT

President Bush will step in and save Scooter Libby for two reasons, argues Slate 's John Dickerson. First, to repay Dick Cheney for not throwing Karl Rove under the bus. And second, pardoning Libby could help Bush regain Republican support by appeasing conservatives who opposed the CIA leak investigation from...