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Moderator of Palin Debate Has Pro-Obama Book Coming Out on Inauguration Day
Patterico's Pontifications — ... Gwen Ifill, the moderator of Thursday’s Vice-Presidential debate, has a book coming out in January called “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.” ...

Say Good Bye Gwen Ifill
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... What a disgrace that the Commission on Presidential debates did NOT vett Gwen Ifill as the moderator of the Thursday Vice Presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden. Or did they decide this is NOT a conflict of interest? ...

Attacked by Drudge and Malkin, Gwen Ifill breaks an ankle.
Althouse — ... , etc., lay into Ifill -- the chosen moderator for the VP debate -- because she's got a book coming out about the success of various black politicians, notably Barack Obama. ...

ThinkFast: October 1, 2008
Think Progress — ... .” The book takes note of “Obama’s stunning presidential campaign” to introduce the emerging “young African American politicians forging a bold new path to political power .” The Senate will vote on its version of the bailout bill today , which added tax breaks for businesses and alternative energy and ...

Bill Dyer: Is Veep debate moderator Gwen Ifill biased?
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog — (Guest Post by Bill Dyer a/k/a Beldar ) Michelle Malkin performs a valuable service by alerting us to the fact that vice presidential debate moderator Gwen Ifill of PBS' NewsHour program has an upcoming book, due to be released at about the time the next president is inaugurated, entitled Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama . As Michelle points out, Ms. Ifill's financial interest in the success of the book might reasonably be thought to be linked to its subject's success in the general election. Therefore, if for no other reason than the potential appearance of a conflict of interest, Gwen Ifill should publicly disclose her book's impending release and title to the ...

Conservatives target Ifill on eve of debate
Political Animal — CONSERVATIVES TARGET IFILL ON EVE OF DEBATE.... The goal among Republicans has been to lower expectations for Sarah Palin's performance in tomorrow night's vice presidential debate. The new goal, apparently, is to make the post-debate spin easier by discrediting the moderator. The right is in an uproar this morning because PBS's Gwen Ifill, the moderator for the debate -- she also refereed the 2004 V.P. debate -- is poised to publish a book about "emerging young African American politicians forging a bold new path to political power." The book, according to the publisher, ...

Mrs. Bates on Gov. Palin
BatesLine — ... -- Inauguration Day. It's called Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama . I'd say a book with the phrase "Age of Obama" in the title is headed to the bestseller list if Obama and Biden win. If McCain and Palin win it's going straight to the remainder bin, next to ...

McCain responds: ‘I have confidence that Gwen Ifill will do a professional job.’
Think Progress — ... Today, Fox News’s Carl Cameron asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) if he still supports having PBS’s Gwen Ifill moderate Thursday’s vice presidential debate, in light of the fact that she is writing a book about Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL). McCain said that he retains full confidence in her ability to be objective: ...

Raising expectations: Talking up Palin's debating skills
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings WSJ: "Palin Proved to Be Formidable Foe in Alaska Debates." NYT: "Past Debates Show a Confident Palin, at Times Fluent but Often Vague." LAT: "Underestimate Palin at your own risk, former rivals say." ABC: "Sarah Palin, Debate Champ." HuffPo: "Why Sarah Palin Is A Better Debater Than You Think." Politico: "On small stage, Palin scored big debate ...

A Quick Take On Two Controversies,
Stubborn Facts — ... over the fact that Gwen Ifill, the moderator for the debate tonight, has written a book that features Obama heavily. They argue that if Obama wins, she gains financially, so it's a conflict of interest. ...

ThinkFast: October 1, 2008
The Hollywood Liberal — ... .” The book takes note of “Obama’s stunning presidential campaign” to introduce the emerging “young African American politicians forging a bold new path to political power .” The Senate will vote on its version of the bailout bill today , which added tax breaks for businesses and alternative energy and ...

10/2: The Expectations Game
Blogometer — October 02, 2008 10/2: The Expectations Game Conservative bloggers continue to launch accusations of bias at the moderator of tonight's VP debate, PBS' Gwen Ifill , whose upcoming book is titled The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama . Righty bloggers believe that Ifill has ...

"The natural order of the world is chaos, not calm"
sisu — ... ,' said an unnamed spokesman for the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), the bi-partisan organization that sponsors the forum," writes our online satirist of choice, Scott Ott of Scrappleface re the repercussions of the fact that the "neutral moderator" of tonight's VP debate — Gwen The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obamam Ifil, is in the tank for you know who: ...

One of These Things Is Not Like the Others
Fraters Libertas — ... Luke Emrich said, "I'm telling you straight up I would choose life. I would cast a vote for John McCain and Sarah Palin." 7) The well-known preacher Hamza Yusuf, who is particularly influential among the young, received thunderous applause when he called on America's Muslims to vote for the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, Barack Obama. it's a brain teaser. Please give it some deep thought and send me your guesses. The winning contestant will receive a free copy of The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama upon its release on inauguration day. Good ...

Bradley hosts party for Ifill
Michael Calderone's Blog — ... Last night, Atlantic publisher David Bradley hosted a party for Gwen Ifill in his Embassy Row mansion to celebrate her new book, "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the age of Obama." ...

Ifill Responds To Juan Williams: People Should ‘Make A Better Effort To Know What They’re Talking About’
Think Progress — ... on her new book, The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. Afterward, she sat down with ThinkProgress, and we asked her about her thoughts on NPR analyst Juan Williams’s recent comments comparing Michelle Obama to ...

Ifill: The GOP Does Not Have Any ‘Breakthrough’ Candidates, They ‘Seem To Have Gone Backwards’
Think Progress — ... and CAP President John Podesta about Ifill’s new book, “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.” After the event, Ifill sat down for ...