If you are believing POLITICO, take some time to head over to MEDIAMATTERS and do a little research

[emulatorloo]

http://mediamatters.org

Do a Search for POLITICO
http://mediamatters.org/search/index?qstring=Politico&x=0&y=0

Search for the authors of the story:

MIKE ALLEN
http://mediamatters.org/search/index?qstring=Mike+Allen&x=0&y=0

JIM VANDEHEI
http://mediamatters.org/search/index?qstring=Jim+Vandehei&x=0&y=0

You will find many times when these guys have misrepresented Democrats and Reality.

Many times politico just transmits whatever bs the Republican Party wants out there, and they often portray Democrats in the worst light.

They are not to be trusted.

[WeDidIt]

1. They're trying to force Obama's hand early

and deny the reports.

[emulatorloo]

4. The whole "unnamed aide" and "unnamed top officials" thing just seems so transparently bogus

Knowing POLITICO's history and funding source (Right Wingers) it seems very very fishy.

[Lorax7844]

2. here here, their guy on MSNBC is a fucker!

k and r

[meegbear]

3. And Glenn Greenwall, thank you very bloody much ...

http://search.salon.com/results/?query=Politico%20glenn&breadth=archive

[emulatorloo]

5. That outta be a sticky on the DU home page. Thanks for putting that together EOM

[spanone]

6. it seems almost suddenly politico's pundits are everywhere being taken as gospel

[scheming daemons]

7. "But..... doing research is HARD! And it cuts into my pout time..."

:sarcasm:

[emulatorloo]

8. HA HA -- that's ok, I did it for you and added links in the OP like meegbear did for Salon

You can keep pouting while you are clicking! :toast:

[Horse with no Name]

9. Quite a few of us caught on to that at its first inception

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=230720&mesg_id=230720

and have been fighting the battle every since to keep it from being allowed to be a credible news source here.
It isn't any better than Drudge or NewsMax, yet a sizable cadre of folks here tend to read it and source it religiously and regularly.

[malaise]

10. Politico =

Republican funders and hacks.

[lamp_shade]

11. Thanks. There's a whole herd of politico groupies that hang out here at DU.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

12. Sadly, we here in Washington, D.C. are given the Politico for free...

...and everyone here acts as if it's the "publication of record" when it comes to behind-the-scenes look at politics. I hope everyone knows who Ben Stein is! :puke: