GOP considers overhaul to 2016 primary process
Amy Holmes, Christina Bellatoni, Peter Hamby and Stelter discuss Hamby's reporting on possible GOP plans to tighten their control over primary debates during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Twitter on the campaign trail
CNN Digital’s National Political Reporter Peter Hamby joins Kevin Madden, Christina Bellantoni and guest host Frank Sesno to share his recent findings from a study focused on social media and the 2012 presidential campaign season.
GOP admits critics were right
Bill Press, Tim Carney and Howard Kurtz on the GOP ‘autopsy’ report and whether the media was right all along on the Republican Party’s inability to reach out to minorities during the 2012 campaign.
Romney Breaks Media Silence
Tim Carney, Jackie Kucinich, Cenk Uygur and Howard Kurtz dissect Mitt Romney’s first national TV interview as a former presidential nominee.
Stuart Stevens web exclusive
An exclusive interview with Stuart Stevens, former senior strategist for Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign.
MSNBC Hires Ex-Obama Aides
David Zurawik and Howard Kurtz on what the hiring of David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs means for the future of the left-leaning network.
Romney’s Man on the Media
Howard Kurtz sits down with Romney campaign chief strategist Stuart Stevens to discuss media bias and the 2012 election.
Stuart Stevens on the 2012 Campaign
More with Stuart Stevens as he tells Howard Kurtz what went right and wrong with Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign.
EXCLUSIVE: Stuart Stevens on the 2012 campaign
In an exclusive interview, Howard Kurtz speaks about the 2012 political race with Stuart Stevens, former senior strategist for the Romney campaign.
Tune in Sunday at 11am ET to see the full interview.
From the desk of Howard Kurtz: Hijacking the media - Trump shows how easy it is
Editor's note: Howard Kurtz is the host of CNN's "Reliable Sources" and is Newsweek's Washington bureau chief. He is also a contributor to the website Daily Download.
(CNN) - After a year of national gridlock that ended on the precipice of a cliff, Donald Trump went nuclear.
The man who called Barack Obama's re-election a travesty said Republicans could gain control of the budget showdown because they "are sitting there with a nuclear weapon": the specter of voting against a rise in the debt ceiling in the coming weeks. In other words, the GOP could get its way by again threatening to push the country into default.
The remarkable thing here is not Trump's apocalyptic advice but that the man who still doesn't concede that the president was born in Hawaii draws attention no matter what he says. The colorful businessman has a knack for hijacking the media - and he's hardly alone.
So who else does Howie think hijacked the media? Find out here.
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