As a reporter for The Washington Post, Milbank writes "Washington Sketch", an observational column about political theater in the White House, Congress, and elsewhere in the capital. Before coming to the Post as a political writer in 2000, he covered the Clinton White House for The New Republic and Congress for The Wall Street Journal.
Milbank is the author of Smash Mouth: Two Years in the Gutter with Al Gore and George W. Bush--Notes from the 2000 Campaign Trail. A new book, Homo Politicus: The Strange and Scary Tribes that Run Our Government, was published by Random House in January 2008.[6]
Milbank was criticized for a July 30, 2008 article[7] in which, in part by using snippets of quotations, he portrayed Barack Obama as being presumptuous.[8][9] A few days later MSNBC's Keith Olbermann stated that Milbank would not be allowed back onto his show, which Milbank had appeared on since 2004, until Milbank submitted "a correction or an explanation." [10] However, Milbank had apparently already left Olbermann's show for another show on CNN.[11] Milbank stated that he has been dissatisfied since he was criticized by Olbermann's staff over making a positive comment about Charlie Black, a McCain senior advisor, and as a result had already been negotiating with CNN.[12]
References
^ Lloyd Grove, "Yale Bones Connect Kerry, Bush", New York Daily News, March 4, 2004
^ Deborah Mitchell, "A Rich Bounty, Gone For Good", New York Daily News, January 28, 2001
^ "Kerry versus Bush: Eight is Enough", The Hotline, March 4, 2004.
