Rachel Sklar is Sensational...istic - Posted July 21, 2008
We were trolling Huffpo and came across Rachel Sklar's latest: Obama's Revenge: New Yorker Reporter Banned From Press Plane For Overseas Trip So Ryan Lizza who wrote (no drawing) a 15,000 word flattering piece on Barack Obama is now banned? Really? Is that how it works? Sklar takes it up a notch: Or maybe, like... [FishBowlLA]

And the First Obama Overseas Interview Goes To... - Posted July 20, 2008
CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Lara Logan, who just relocated to Washington DC, was the first correspondent to interview Barack Obama during his just-begun, but much talked-about overseas trip. The discussion happened today in Afghanistan and aired this morning on Face the Nation and on CBS Evening News. Politico's Mike... [TVNewser]

An Afternoon of MSNBC Highlights - Posted July 14, 2008
Chris Matthews taking his turn in botching Sen. Barack Obama's name, Salon's Joan Walsh sounding rather in love with herself and New Yorker's Ryan Lizza doing his best "I'm too sexy for this camera look." Join us after the jump... ... [FishBowlDC]

An Afternoon of MSNBC Highlights - Posted July 14, 2008
Chris Matthews taking his turn in botching Sen. Barack Obama's name, Salon's Joan Walsh sounding rather in love with herself and New Yorker's Ryan Lizza doing his best "I'm too sexy for this camera look." Join us after the jump... ... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 04.15.08 - Posted April 15, 2008
Happy Tax Day Washington. Playbook tells us that "Patrick Henry, Ed's son, is 7." Here's your TV coverage of the Pope's visit. Here's the full text of Sen. John McCain's remarks to the AP annual meeting yesterday. Sen. Hillary Clinton speaks today. And be sure to check out TVNewser's ongoing coverage... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 02.21.08 - Posted February 21, 2008
Good morning Washington. Jennifer Love Hewitt is 29! (But don't you dare say size 29...) Yesterday was David Corn's bday. He's also just 29. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | WEST WING REPORTAGE | JOBS For the network you'd rather have... [FishBowlDC]

Obama First Pol To Grace GQ Cover In 15 Years - Posted August 13, 2007
First on FishbowlDC... GQ asks: Does "the new star of the Democratic Party" have "the nerve, the political spine, and the will to do the (sometimes dirty) work it takes to get to the White House?" That was then (Nov. 1992)... ...this is now (Sept. 2007)... FishbowlDC has learned that Sen. Barack Obama will grace... [FishBowlDC]

Maybe Milbank Will Make This List... - Posted May 23, 2007
(earlier) FishbowlDC hears that Ryan Lizza is working on a project about the 100 most powerful people in Washington for GQ. This list will be a mix of the usual suspects (senatorial, cabinet, running-for-president types), the somewhat well known (a stealthily influential congressman, a top committee staffer, big shot lobbyists), and the... [FishBowlDC]

Lizza Scores Book Deal - Posted March 30, 2007
TNR/GQ's Ryan Lizza has sold his untitled book to David Hirshey at Harper. The book will examine the underlying shifts in American politics by following the 2008 major presidential candidates. ... [FishBowlDC]

Peretz Says Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na To W. Post / NYTimes / Time Mag - Posted March 9, 2007
From an email sent recent from TNR's Marty Peretz (via Gawker): The first new New Republic will feature a long and deep article on Barack Obama by our own Ryan Lizza, the brilliant young journalist who The New York Times and The Washington Post and Time tried to hire away. What I... [FishBowlDC]