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[struggle4progress]

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[Berlum]

1. She is down on her freaking RepubliMole knees

[tanyev]

2. But when the Obamas go to NYC for their anniversary, it's BAAAAADDDD!!!1!!

[sadbear]

3. But, but, but,.....

President Obama attended Martha Raddatz's wedding. That's more significant.

[NYC_SKP]

4. Her tweets suggest that she's a big Ryan fan.

Looks to me.

https://twitter.com/ShepherdCNN

Maybe she just means that she's on a Ryan story in NY so will celebrate with hubby.

[struggle4progress]

8. That's credible

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. This stinks to high heaven.

Quid pro quo?

[MadrasT]

6. Ummm...

Paul Ryan had events in NYC yesterday. http://manhattan.ny1.com/content/top_stories/170785/gop-bigwigs-attend-paul-ryan-fundraiser-at-intrepid-museum

If she is part of his press pool, presumably she went to NYC along with him as part of her job.

Her husband is Craig Minassian http://www.politico.com/playbook/1011/playbook1574.html

Who works in New York as a consultant to HBO. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/craig-minassian/4/8ba/85b

So Ryan's schedule allowed her to see her husband on their first anniversary. I think it was a joke.

I found out all that in 2 minutes of Googling.

[exboyfil]

7. I agree

but on the other hand after this campaign season, serious (or those who want to be serious news organizaions) should consider how this pool reporting following candidates works. I think they should be required to rotate every two weeks from one campaign to another - crossing parties with each rotation (such as Obama, Ryan, Biden, Romney).

[struggle4progress]

9. Fair enough

[struggle4progress]

10. #4 and #6 convinced me, so I'll self delete

For the record, the OP linked to this: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2012/10/first-the-soup-kitchen-now-the-anniversary-gift-the-devolving-political-and-media-ethics-surrounding-the-ryan-campaign/