JimRutenberg
2/7/2012 4:19 PM ET
Obama decides that Super PACs aren't such a "threat to democracy" after all, but the Times barely acknowledges the flip-flop: "...a milestone in Mr. Obamas evolving stances on political fund-raising."
1/18/2012 11:37 AM ET
Jim Rutenberg from Charleston: "But like the historic slave plantations that draw tourists on the outskirts of town, the legacy of that past has not been totally wiped from the politics of today. ...
1/11/2012 4:48 PM ET
Welcome to South Carolina, "a place famous for surfacing the dark undercurrents of American politics," says campaign reporter Jim Rutenberg. But is there any evidence for his claims of a racially ...
1/10/2012 3:01 PM ET
In New Hampshire, Times reporters Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg eagerly forward crude anti-business stereotypes of Mitt Romney as a "job-killing corporate villain" and "greedy titan."
1/5/2012 4:33 PM ET
The New York Times used the word "conservative" 12 times in a campaign story from New Hampshire, but in 2008 reporter Michael Powell called Michael Dukakis a "pragmatist" and ultra-liberal ...
1/5/2012 2:02 PM ET
The Times used the word "conservative" 12 times in a campaign story from New Hampshire, but in 2008 reporter Michael Powell called Michael Dukakis a "pragmatist" and ultra-liberal politicians John ...
12/8/2011 2:09 PM ET
Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg: "The jabs at Mr. Gingrich are one part gleeful mischief-making and one part serious due diligence....Their unrelenting attacks on Mr. Romney, which culminated in a ...
11/16/2011 7:49 PM ET
There they go again. Reporters Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg: "The easy treatment of Mr. Romney has also allowed him to avoid getting mired in promises to the far right wing of his party...."
11/16/2011 2:00 PM ET
There they go again. Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg: "The easy treatment of Mr. Romney has also allowed him to avoid getting mired in promises to the far right wing of his party...."
6/13/2011 3:36 PM ET
Jim Rutenberg and William Yardley damn the former Alaska governor with faint praise: "She was also, in the years before her national emergence, more open to compromise and political dealing than ...