Roger Simon

Morning Chatter - Posted December 22, 2011
INCONSIDERATE CELL PHONE MAN: Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and his big buttocks captured in the Delta Crown lounge at Reagan National Airport Wednesday afternoon. The congressman chats away on his cell phone, talking about first lady Michelle Obama's "... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted November 2, 2011
Quotes of the Day All in a day's work "Haven't gotten out of my bathrobe, but working the phones, talking to sources, making shit happen." -- Labor journo Mike Elk. Editor falls prey to office t... [FishbowlDC]

What's on Roger Simon's Mind? - Posted October 11, 2011
Chicago Magazine's Carol Feisenthal has a sincerely touching two-part series on Politico Columnist Roger Simon... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted October 5, 2011
Quotes of the Day -- the Chris Christie "No Means No" Edition ... [FishbowlDC]

Royal Turnout for Prince Edward Reception - Posted June 22, 2011
HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, made an unusual appearance in Washington for a reception at the US Capitol Monday evening. Co-hosted by Sen. Roger Wicker, Sen. Mary Landrieu, Sen. Kay Hagan, and Sen. Thad Cochran, the royal reception ... [FishbowlDC]

Politico Reporters/Editors: The Chosen Ones - Posted May 2, 2011
We've learned specifics on which Politico reporters received the exclusive invite to the boss's house on Sunday. As many know by now, Politico's Robert Allbritton and wife, Elena, held a post WHCD brunch at their Georgetown home, but only a small select group of ... [FishbowlDC]

Haddad Honored - Posted December 9, 2010
Media maven Tammy Haddad was feted for her work with the Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE) last night. The event was hosted by Susan Axelrod and ... [FishbowlDC]

In Case You Didn't Know Who's Sponsoring... - Posted October 20, 2010
Can anyone possibly count the whopping number of Politico logos at the publication's midterm conversation event this morning at the Newseum? We counted an approximate 68 Politico logos. Featured at the "Covering the Midterms 2010" event were Editor-in-Chief John Harris, Senior Political Reporter Maggie Haberman... [FishbowlDC]

Congresswoman Visits Playboy Mansion - Posted September 1, 2010
Our lead of the day comes from HuffPost. It is by no bylined writer. Talk about constituent outreach. Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) had lunch Tuesday at a unique location: the Playboy Mansion. Read full post ... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted July 12, 2010
Quote of the Day A journalist's confession "It's easy to be brave when you have no other choice. I mean, it was either this or sit in a lump in a hospital bed." --Politico's Roger Simon on CNN's "Reliable Sources" Sunday with host Howard Kurtz discussing Simon's coma, being brought back to life... [FishbowlDC]

Guests Need No 'Title', Kurtz Says - Posted June 22, 2010
A report out today by Politico called "Kurtz's Teacher's Pets" questions CNN "Reliable Sources" host ... [FishbowlDC]

Politico's Simon: Enough About Me - Posted June 17, 2010
Politico is running this "Welcome Back" ad for columnist Roger Simon this week. The caricature in the ad is the longtime publication art for Simon and does not reflect the hardships he has endured in the past eight months, which is exactly how Simon wants it. While a reader inquired whether... [FishbowlDC]

Roger Simon Lands Supreme Interview - Posted June 11, 2010
Politico's Roger Simon is back and making quite a splash. We hear the scribe landed an interview with President Obama on his first day back to the publication. Watch for the story. We're told he'll post his piece this weekend. For those who want to know more about Simon's intensely difficult ti... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted June 11, 2010
Quote(s) of the Day Seriously disturbing "yo dudes -- pls, PLEASE, do NOT text WHILE urinating then have the GALL to NOT wash your hands. #notcoolatall" --A Facebook post Thursday night from Jose Antonio Vargas , a senior contributing editor at HuffPost in Manhattan. He's a former WaPo reporter. Page is unofficial welcoming committee for... [FishbowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted September 18, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: President Barack Obama, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), WaPo's Eugene Robinson and Politico's Roger Simon CBS' Face the Nation: President Barack Obama, RNC Chairman Michael Steele ABC's This Week: President Barack Obama and a roundtable with D... [FishbowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted September 11, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), former DNC Chairman Howard Dean, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) and a roundtable with CNBC's Erin Burnett, author Joshua Cooper Ramo and NBC's Chuck Todd... [FishbowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 24, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton CBS' Face the Nation: White House senior advisor David Axelrod, Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) and historian Douglas Brinkley ABC's This Week: Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and a roundtable with NYT's David Brooks... [FishbowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 10, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and a roundtable with former adviser to Pres. George W. Bush, Karen Hughes, NBC's Andrea Mitchell, Democratic Strategist Bob Shrum and Politico's ... [FishbowlDC]

Mike Allen's "Surprise" Birthday Party, Brought To You By Starbucks - Posted June 18, 2009
Most of DC wakes up to him, even more of DC wonders if and when he ever sleeps, Politico's Mike Allen never seems to stop. So last ... [FishbowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted May 15, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: DNC's Tim Kaine and RNC's Michael Steele and a roundtable with CFR president Richard Haas, Newsweek's Jon Meacham, WSJ's Peggy Noonan and NJ's Ron Brownstein CBS' Face the Nation: R... [FishbowlDC]

Meanwhile at the Newseum... - Posted May 11, 2009
On Friday evening, New York's finest comedians (or those that were free) offered Washingtonians a break from the WHCD hoopla at the Writers Guild East's "Writers Speak!" Emceed by Colbert Report's Opus Moreschi, the event packed the Newseum with journos and DC notables seeking refuge from the Hollywood onslaught. Spotted were... [FishbowlDC]

Atlantic/NJ Poll of Prominent Journos Says Journalism Hurt By Internet; Obama Coverage "Right" - Posted April 10, 2009
The Atlantic and National Journal turned to the big dogs to get a read on the state of traditional journalism. They polled 43 prominent journalists on whether journalism has been helped or hurt by the Internet- 65 percent said it has been hurt more, while 34 percent said it has been helped... [FishbowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted February 13, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Obama senior advisor David Axelrod and a political roundtable of National Journal's Ron Brownstein, WaPo's Eugene Robinson, Politico's Roger Simon and WSJ's ... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 01.30.09 - Posted January 30, 2009
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the... [FishbowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted January 9, 2009
Meet the Press: Bill Cosby, DC Mayor Adrian Fenty, Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, Rep. Maxine Waters and a roundtable with former Rep. ... [FishbowlDC]

Journalists Are Now Artifacts - Posted November 20, 2008
This fella was at Tuesday night's re-opening of the National Museum of American History, posing as a mid-century reporter. We still think he likes like a hybrid of Harry Jaffe and Roger Simon. ... [FishbowlDC]

Chuck Todd's Alarming Interview - Posted November 4, 2008
Chuck Todd interviewed Politico's Roger Simon and Time Magazine's Jay Carney during the NoonET hour of MSNBC this afternoon. But Simon had some added distraction on his end — a fire alarm going off for the duration of the interview. "Looks like ... [TVNewser]

On Brokaw & The Candidates: "Is Tom Supposed to Wrestle Them to the Ground?" - Posted October 12, 2008
This morning on CNN's Reliable Source, Howard Kurtz asked Politico's Roger Simon whether he thought Tom Brokaw lost control of last Tuesday's debate? Simon: No. I think he really was trying to play by the rules. And if he appeared to lose control, it's because it's live TV, and both the guys... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted October 10, 2008
Meet the Press: NJ Gov. Jon Corzine (D), former Rep. Rob Portman (R-OH), Wall Street Journal's Paul Gigot and Discovery Channel's Ted Koppel. Face the Nation: ... [FishbowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted September 5, 2008
Meet The Press: Sen. Joe Biden and New York Times' Tom Friedman. Face The Nation: Sen. John McCain. This Week: Sen. Barack Obama and a roundtable with T... [FishbowlDC]

RNC Loves America - Hates Media, Attempts Killing Messengers - Posted September 4, 2008
Both LAT and NYT ran stories about Republican Veep Nominee Sarah Palin's 'rapport' with the press. NYT's wonders why John McCain is turning ... [FishbowlLA]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 29, 2008
Meet the Press: Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) and a roundtable with presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, NBC's David Gregory, NBC's Andrea Mitchell... [FishbowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 1, 2008
Meet the Press: Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and a roundtable with NBC's Andrea Mitchell, NBC's Chuck Todd and PBS' ... [FishbowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted March 22, 2008
Meet the Press: CNBC's Maria Bartiromo, CNBC's Erin Burnett, Newsweek's Jon Meacham, Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan, Washington Post's Eugene Robinson, NBC's Political Director Chuck Todd Face the Nation: Senators Lindsey Graham (R-NC) and Jack Reed (D-RI) and Ana Marie Cox, Time.com, Roger Simon, Politico.com and... [FishbowlDC]

Manchester-to-DC - Posted January 10, 2008
Fun flight from Manchester to D.C. yesterday... The 1 p.m. flight featured lots of journos, including Marc Ambinder, Roger Simon, Christina Bellantoni, David Lightman and Wayne Slater. It was a truly bipartisan flight with Obama and Hillary folks sitting next to each other. Said the pilot: "We notice a lot of Obama and... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 12.06.07 - Posted December 6, 2007
Good morning Washington. On this day in 1877, the Washington Post rolled out its first paper (via MicCheck). And it's the birthday of The Hill's Hugo Gurdon. But first, our occasional "Sentence Only The Style Section Could Write": "How come snow nev... [FishbowlDC]

The Latest Journo Game - Posted July 10, 2007
From Roger Simon: Speaking of life on the road, in order to stay sane, we reporters invent little games to keep ourselves alert and make each other look bad. Here is the current one: Name the eight U.S. presidents with one-syllable last names. An experienced political reporter should be able to come up... [FishbowlDC]

Update: Politico, "Meet" and CBS - Posted June 25, 2007
The Monday Conspiracy Theory we dropped earlier isn't really a conspiracy at all: There's something to it and we've dug a big deeper to find out. The reason "Meet the Press" had to identify the Politico's Roger Simon as a "syndicated columnist" instead of "Politico's chief political columnist" on yesterday's show is... [FishbowlDC]

Politico and Meet the Press - Posted June 25, 2007
Try this Monday Conspiracy Theory on for size: Did "Meet the Press" go out of its way to avoid mentioning the Politico? Roger Simon, the Politico's chief political columnist, went on "Meet the Press" yesterday but was consistently referred to as "a syndicated columnist" (Russert: "You wrote an article as a syndicated... [FishbowlDC]

Is Pajamas Media Serious About Pajamas Video? - Posted April 25, 2007
Is Pajamas Media getting serious about tv-on-the-net? We hear that former F'Bowler Michael Sonnenschein is taking his tv expertise and applying it to Pajamas Video. Pajamas foun... [FishbowlLA]

Meet, Face, Politico - Posted February 9, 2007
So the Politico had an ad from "Meet the Press" in the first issue, despite having established a pretty tight relationship with "Face the Nation." Now, the Politico's Roger Simon will be the first Politico'r to ... [FishbowlDC]