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The Breakthrough by Gwen Ifill - Hardcover
ABOUT THIS BOOK In THE BREAKTHROUGH, veteran journalist Gwen Ifill surveys the American political landscape, shedding new light on the impact of Barack Obama’s stunning presidential campaign and introducing the emerging young African American politicians forging a bold new path to political ...
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    Email address to contact Janet Brown, Executive Director Debates Commission

    jb@debates.org
    or call the Commission at 202-872-1020
     
    To request the dismissal of Gwen Ifill as VP Moderator.  Her new book The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama, sheds 'new light on the impact of Barack Obama's stunning presidential campaign'.  It is set to release on Inauguration Day.
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Gwen Ifill: VP Debate Moderator, Obama Shill.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... a woman who has written a book entitled "Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.". Particularly when it's scheduled to come out on 01/20/2009. (Via ...

Defining “moderator”
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... moderate the debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden: In an imaginary world where liberal journalists are held to the same standards as everyone else, Ifill would be required to make a full disclosure at the start of the debate. She would be required to turn to the cameras and tell the national audience that she has a book coming out on January 20, 2009 – a date that just happens to coincide with the inauguration of the next president of the United States. The title of Ifill’s book? “Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.” Nonpartisan my foot. Ifill’s ...

Meet the Biased VP Debate Moderator
Stop The ACLU — Meet PBS anchor Gwen Ifill. She will be “moderating” Thursday night’s vice presidential debates. She is also the author of the book titled, “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.” The book is set to come out on January 20, 2009, coinciding with the presidential inaugaration. “In The Breakthrough, veteran journalist Gwen Ifill surveys the American political landscape, shedding new light on the impact of Barack Obama’s stunning presidential campaign and introducing the emerging young African American politicians forging a bold new path to political ...

Amanda Carpenter: Re: Malkin's Column
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — The most important thing about Malkin's column is that it notes Gwen Ifill, who will be moderating Thursday's VP debate, wrote, what's being marketed as, a pro-Obama book. It's titled "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama" and is published by Random House. There's no way of knowing how pro-Obama it is yet. (But we can certainly guess). It won't be released until January 20, 2009. Drawing on interviews with power brokers like Senator Obama, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Vernon Jordan, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, and many others, as well as her own ...

For the record...
Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator — ... candidate, her oxygen delivery line is running out. In an imaginary world where liberal journalists are held to the same standards as everyone else, Ifill would be required to make a full disclosure at the start of the debate. She would be required to turn to the cameras and tell the national audience that she has a book coming out on January 20, 2009 – a date that just happens to coincide with the inauguration of the next president of the United States. The title of Ifill’s book? “ Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. ” Nonpartisan my foot. "The Age of Obama." ...

PBS’ Gwen Ifill, an Obama groupie, moderates the veep debate
Rathergate.com — Gwenn Ifill of PBS is set to moderate Thursday night’s vice presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden. Next January, he new book will be released: Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama . It is due to be released on Janary 20 of 2009, the day the next President is to be inaugurated, and it will be anything from worth less to worthless if Obama does not win November’s election. For more on this one, ...

PBS' Ifill Writing Obama Book
Hotline On Call Part Deux — It seems as PBS' Gwen Ifill preps to moderate the only veep debate of the season, she's also readying to debut another project entirely -- a book titled "Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama." Now, Ifill is well-respected, beloved even, in Washington journo circles. But, readers, in light of the book project, which at least in its promo appears to marvel at the historic nature of Barack Obama's candidacy, should the Commission on Presidential Debates have selected her to moderate the vice presidential debate? Did ...

McCain: "Gwen Ifill is a professional"
Michael Calderone's Blog — ... There's been an uproar today over Ifill's forthcoming book, “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.”  As I ...

Journalism is dead.
Wizbang — The fair and balanced government funded PBS will be supplying the moderator for tomorrow night's vice presidential debate. Meet Gwen Ifill, Obama groupie and author of the book Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama . Here's the summary of the book: "In The Breakthrough, veteran journalist Gwen Ifill surveys the American political landscape, shedding new light on the impact of Barack Obama's stunning presidential campaign and introducing the emerging young African American politicians forging a bold new path to political power...Drawing on interviews with power ...

Gwen Ifill My Pockets?
Pundit Review — ... started waiving the race card around , saying how sad it was for people (conservatives) to charge that Ifill can’t be impartial towards Obama becuase she is black. I was surprised to hear this. She’s black? I hadn’t even thought of that. All I can see is a woman with an obvious conflict of interest. All I can see is a woman who has a direct financial interest in the outcome of this election. Simple question : If Barack Obama loses the election, how well do you think a book titled The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama will do? If he wins, she’ll sell a lot ...

McCarthy: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
Articles on National Review Online — ... and his campaign. No, no, no, cry Ifill s cronies. Conflicts are for Roger Clemens and his nanny. Our Gwen s book is not Obama-centric, much less Obamaphilic. Not at all. It is about a whole series of African American leaders now shattering the Black political structure of the civil-rights era. Uh-huh. That must be why Gwen decided a fitting subtitle for The Breakthrough would be Politics and Race in the Age of Obama . It must be why the first sentence in the publisher s description of the book raves that Ifill has set about shedding new light on the impact of Barack ...

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PBS Debate Moderator Writes 'Breakthrough' Book About 'Upstanding' Obama, Black Democrats
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Ifill's Book is no Secret
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Gwen Ifill Should Not Moderate The Debate
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Chris Goldberg: Picking Gwen Ifill: McCain's Latest Stunt?Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
As we hurdle closer and closer to the dramatic showdown between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin tonight, the right is on fire about the moderator Gwen Ifill, the veteran PBS journalist (and African American woman) who is currently writing a book called "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age ...
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McCain now wishes ‘they hadn’t picked’ Gwen Ifill to moderate VP debate.Think Progress
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McCain: Just Because Ifill's a pistol packin' mama doesn't mean she'll shoot.AMERICAN DIGEST
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Gwen's Gotta GoPundits Blog
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McCain laments selection of Ifill - Mike Allen - Politico.com Hours ahead of the vice presidential debate, Sen John McCain (R-Ariz.) criticized the selection of PBS’s Gwen Ifill as moderator because she is writing a book called “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of ...
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Fox News' Kelly falsely suggested Ifill's book about Obama was made "public" only after she was announced as debate moderatorMedia Matters for America - Latest Items
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