November 2, 2007 - “Dems’ Debate ‘Almost Mattered’” This week, David Corn and NY Sun’s Eli Lake -sitting in for Richard Miniter- go back to last Tuesday’s Dem debate, almost a ‘Hillary Clinton vs the other candidates’ affair with stellar moments such as the question on driver’s…

October 26, 2007 - “NH Polls Revealing” Latest polls in New Hampshire show Hillary Clinton’s lead over Democrat rivals widening. Is the “secret inevitability machine” at play? What’s the reason for the quite surprising results in the GOP field? In this week’s show, David Corn and…

October 19, 2007 - “GOP Race Casualties” Sam Browback dropping out? John McCain keeping up? David Corn and Richard Miniter discuss this and more, like Barack Obama’s Tonight Show’s appearance, GOP candidates aiming at their party rivals’ personal lives, and Rep. Bobby Jindal as a rising star…

October 12, 2007 - “Fred’s First Debate” Fred Thompson’s first appearance (and his big pause) in the Republican debate last Tuesday is the opening topic of this week’s discussion between David Corn and Richard Miniter. Was he prepared enough? Also, the increasingly bitter spats between Mitt Romney…

October 5, 2007 - “Money, Money” The 3rd quarter fundraising season has ended, and this week David Corn and Richard Miniter ponder the reasons why Democrats are clearly outpacing Republicans both in presidential and Congressional campaigns, for the 1st time in years. And the big…

September 28, 2007 - “Dems in Iraq by 2013” The first Democratic debate after Labor Day is the opening topic of this week’s show: the big news there was that none of the candidates, not even Dennis Kucinich, guaranteed a total pullout from Iraq by 2013 if they…

September 21, 2007 - “Sparks Flying” Elizabeth Edwards vs Hillary; Vilsack vs Giuliani, Giuliani vs MoveOn, Biden vs Richardson… This week, David Corn and Richard Miniter agree that the presidential campaigns seem to be getting a little nastier. Also, McCain’s cash crunch, how Democratic candidates…

September 14, 2007 - “Petraeus and the Democrats” It’s not the name of a rock & roll band, but the main topic of this week’s chat between David Corn and Richard Miniter. They also discuss some dirty tricks between campaigns, Sandy Berger joining Hillary Clinton’s team of…

September 7, 2007 - “Fred Is In” The GOP debate and Fred Thompson’s announcement is not suprisingly the first topic discussed by David Corn and Richard Miniter, back from their vacation. Also, Clinton’s Hsu issues, Oprah and Obama, the forthcoming Petraeus report, and much more…

August 24, 2007 - “The Netroots Factor” With both David Corn and Richard Miniter on vacation, this week it’s New York Sun’s Eli Lake and The New Republic’s Michelle Cottle who sit down and discuss the uproar from the netroots after Hillary Clinton’s somewhat positive comments…

August 17, 2007 - “Rove’s Gone. Now What?” Not surprisingly, the first topic of this week’s show is Karl Rove leaving the White House. With David Corn still on vacation, Michelle Cottle, senior editor for The New Republic, sits in with Richard Miniter to discuss this, Hillary’s…

August 3, 2007 - “Polls, Polls, Polls” Why are Obama’s numbers dropping? Why is Hillary’s support holding steady? How are Giuliani, Fred Thompson and the rest of Republicans doing? Why is Congress’s approval rate so low, even lower than President Bush’s? This week, Democratic strategist Joe…

July 27, 2007 - “The First YouTube Debate” The CNN YouTube debate and the barbs traded between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on foreign policy are, not surprisingly, the opening topic in this week’s show with David Corn and Richard Miniter. But that’s not all, and they’ve…

July 20, 2007 - #17 Are the CNN YouTube debates something really new or just a gimmick? Is it necessary for candidates to have a strong web presence? John Edwards and Barack Obama competing on poverty issues — who will win? Watch David Corn…

July 13, 2007 - #16 The McCain campaign has been reduced to second-tier status by fund-raising woes. But there’s a “new McCain” on the rise in the form of a much anticipated and perpetually delayed announcement from Fred Thompson. While Fred’s “trophy wife” is…

June 29, 2007 - #15 The GOP is coping with defections on Iraq from several senators, but the defeat of the immigration bill comes as a blessing in disguise for John McCain. Now all he has to deal with is the Fred Thompson phenomenon….

June 15, 2007 - #14 David Corn and Richard Miniter decipher the promises made and missed in the Giuliani campaign’s “12 Commitments to America”. Also on the table this week are Barack Obama’s “flat-out dumb” real estate dealings with indicted Syrian-born businessman Antoin “Tony”…

June 8, 2007 - #13 It’s oysters with politics time again as David Corn and Richard Miniter do the post-game wrap up on this week’s Democratic and Republican debates. For the Dems, it’s Hillary way out in front with her first “presidential moment,” and Obama…

June 1, 2007 - #12 Fred Thompson’s official big toe in the water leads David Corn and Richard Miniter to talk in this week’s show about the iCandidate. How likely he is to announce soon and what will happen once he gets on the campaign…

May 25, 2007 - #11 In this week’s show, David Corn and Richard Miniter discuss Hillary’s campaign memo advising her to skip Iowa, McCain’s testy exchange with Romney and the impact of immigration on the GOP. They also talk about the latest Gallup poll…

May 18, 2007 - #10 Who won and who lost in the GOP debate in South Carolina? How does the health status and age of the candidates affect their prospects? And the never-dying question: will Al Gore finally run? David Corn and Richard Miniter discuss…

May 11, 2007 - #9 This week, David Corn and Richard Miniter discuss humor in political campaign ads; the media excitement in the first black presidential candidate over the first Hispanic candidate. On the Republicans’ side, they try to figure out Rudy Giuliani’s position on…

May 4, 2007 - #8 Back from Iraq, Richard Miniter joins David Corn again and tells of what he saw there, how the bombing in the parliament building galvanized the lawmaker’s will to stand up to terrorists and the role of neighboring Iran. In the…

April 27, 2007 - #7 Who says the Corn & Miniter Show doesn’t have reach? At last week’s White House Correspondent’s Dinner, David Bass (subbing for Rich Miniter) approached Fred Thompson for his view of what’s going on with the weekly presidential candidate evaluations…

April 20, 2007 - #6 David Corn, Washington editor of The Nation, chats again this week with David Bass of Qorvis. (Richard Miniter is still on assignment in Iraq.) Bass and Corn talk about “the guy who is not in the race,” Fred Thompson,…

April 13, 2007 - #5 David Corn, Washington editor of The Nation, chats with David Bass of Qorvis. (Richard Miniter is on assignment in Iraq.) It’s a fast-paced review our current crop of presidential contenders. Bass and Corn go at John McCain putting all…

April 6, 2007 - #4 The Corn & Miniter Show continues as David Corn and Eli Lake hash out last week’s presidential campaign gossip, including Giuliani’s social views, Gingrich’s stilted Spanish and Obama’s cash. Rich Miniter is on assignment for PJM in the Middle…

March 30, 2007 - #3 Eli Lake of the NY Sun sits in for Rich Miniter (in Turkey and Iraq for PJM - exclusives soon) on the third Corn & Miniter Show. He and David Corn discuss the rise of Fred Thompson, the possible…

March 27, 2007 - #2 In their second show, Pajamas Media Washington Editor Richard Miniter and Nation Washington Editor David Corn eat oysters, drink martinis and Arnold Palmers and duke it over John Edwards, the Pajamas Poll and the rise of the Fred Thompson….

March 22, 2007 - #1 Author and blogger David Corn and PJM Washington Editor and author Richard Miniter talk about what’s breaking and shaking in Washington, DC this week. First of a series….