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Last Monday, November 14th, the National Broadcasting Corporation announced that have hired the estimable Chelsea Clinton as a full-time special correspondent for NBC News. The appointment, effective immediately, will assign Ms. Clinton to stories on the NBC Nightly News and its “Making A Difference” series, according to Steve Capus, President of NBC News. Capus, who insists that this is a serious hire for a legitimate job, told the New York Times that he had been contacted by an “intermediary” on young Chelsea’s behalf and that this rather shadowy figure indicated that Ms. Clinton was interested in a career as a...

Since others like Mediaite and Eric Wemple in the Washington Post have commented on my denunciation of NBC News on CNN's "Reliable Sources" Sunday for hiring the woefully unqualified Chelsea Clinton as a special correspondent, I guess I better explain how I really feel. I was only warming up in denouncing this inside job among the elite one-percenters when I said: "At a time when young people who have played by the rules, who have gone to college, who have worked hard are camping out in American cities because the system has failed them in terms of providing jobs, to...

The irony that Chelsea Clinton has spent much of her life avoiding the media but now she's about to join their ranks is not lost on fellow reporters, some of who covered Clinton when she stumped for her mother Hillary Clinton during her Senate campaigns and the 2008 presidential race. Responding to NBC's announcement that Clinton will report on-air for the nightly newscast, Politico's Glenn Thrush tweeted, "In '08, Chelsea Clinton (in N.H.) told me "Sorry, I don't talk to the media." I said, 'But you are all grown up now.' Now she IS the media." Jodi Kantor at The...

Chelsea Clinton is going to work for NBC News. The network said Monday that it has hired the 31-year-old Clinton to work on projects for the "NBC Nightly News" and Brian Williams' newsmagazine "Rock Center." She will do projects in the "Making a Difference" series, generally positive stories about individuals and companies.

Chelsea Clinton will not run for Congress, her spokesman said, squelching a simmering rumor that the scion of the famous political family will follow in her parents’ footsteps and seek elected office. “This is 100 percent false. She’s not running for Congress in the 18th District or any other,” spokesman Matt McKenna told New York’s Daily News Wednesday. The New Rochelle, N.Y., blog “Talk of the Sound” wrote Tuesday that the young Clinton was considering a run to replace Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., in 2012. Clinton had been “approached by the right people” in the state Democratic Party to consider...

NY-18 Rep. Nita Lowey's office says it's not true she's leaving the office she won in 1988 to pave the way for a Chelsea Clinton bid for Congress. chelsea clinton.jpgA New Rochelle blog, Talk of the Sound, ran a story this afternoon which said, in part that "Clinton has been approached by "the right people" in the New York Democratic Party, according to one source in Albany. While no decision has been made, Clinton is said to be "actively considering" a Congressional run from New York State in 2012. UPDATE: "This is 100% false. She is not running for Congress...

Talk of the Sound has learned that Chelsea Clinton may run for Congress next year. Clinton has been approached by "the right people" in the New York Democratic Party, according to one source in Albany. While no decision has been made, Clinton is said to be "actively considering" a Congressional run from New York State in 2012. Chelsea Clinton, 31, is the only child of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. The discussions of running Chelsea Clinton for a house seat grew out of the redistricting plans currently underway in the New York...

Chelsea Clinton joins IAC board mug.cnnmoney3 By: CNNMoney.com's Julianne Pepitone New York (CNNMoney) - Chelsea Clinton has joined the board of directors at IAC, the Internet media giant said late Monday. IAC, headed by media mogul Barry Diller,..............

Chelsea Clinton's hedge funder husband, Marc Mezvinsky, is reportedly close to launching his own firm after he quit 3G Capital last year and shacked up in Jackson Hole, the Daily News reports. Mezvinsky has "decided to spearhead his own private [hedge] fund with two other guys," one of his buddies said. It will apparently launch in the next few months. He'll be setting up shop with "two guys from Goldman Sachs." Mezvinsky worked at the bank for six years before he scored his gig at 3G. As for all those pesky rumors that he was "cracking up" and things with...

Is Chelsea Clinton's husband headed for a breakdown? Friends claim Marc Mezvinsky needs mental care By Daily Mail Reporter 23rd February 2011 Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky have made a huge show of togetherness since rumours of a split rocked their marriage earlier this month. But it seems the couple's efforts have been in vain, as friends are now claiming Mr Mezvinsky, 33, is on the verge of a breakdown. A source who claims to be close to the couple told the National Enquirer: 'There's fear Marc is headed to a mental hospital. 'In public, Chelsea is taking Marc everywhere...

According to American tabloid the National Enquirer, Marc Mezvinsky sparked fears for his mental health after he abruptly quit his cushy job with a Wall Street investment bank and headed to Wyoming to be a ski bum. “Marc has us ALL worried. I think he’s clearly undergoing a crisis,” said Marc’s first cousin, Andrea Mezvinsky. “He’s known Chelsea for a long time, but I think he’s having trouble coping with the pressure of being in the spotlight.” Recent reports claimed Marc walked out on Chelsea after a fight about starting a family.

They've been dogged by rumours their marriage is on the rocks. But today Chelsea Clinton and husband of seven-months Marc Mezvinsky put on a united front as they went for an early-morning workout in New York.

CHELSEA CLINTON's new husband walked out on her after a knock-down, drag-out fight over starting a family, sources say, and now the former first daughter wants an annulment! Just six months after marrying into the Clinton clan, Marc Mezvinsky has quit his cushy Wall Street job to be a ski bum in Wyoming, leaving a devastated Chelsea behind in their New York apartment, insiders say.

Their lavish wedding last summer had the world captivated. But it seems that the honeymoon period is already over for Chelsea Clinton and her new husband. Marc Mezvinsky has quit his job as an investment banker in favour of a three-month break at the exclusive ski resort of Jackson Hole in Wyoming. But rather than accompanying her husband on the extended break, the Secretary of State's daughter will be remaining in New York instead. The nature of the couple's temporary separation remains something of a mystery. Mr Mezvinsky, 33, is still listed as a partner on the website of hedge...

It’s a lie that might have once been true: Republicans are the party of the rich; Democrats represent the little guy. Not so today. Not for quite some time now. Consider the daughters of two former presidents, one Democrat, one Republican: Daughter A’s wedding cost $100,000, Daughter B’s wedding anywhere from $2–5 million. Daughter A attended a state college, the University of Texas. Daughter B got her BA at uppity Stanford and her Master’s at even more uppity Oxford. Upon graduation from college, Daughter A taught at a charter school for disadvantaged children. She also published a biography about a...

He comes from a crooked family. His father stole at least $10 Million from investors and still owes at least $9.4 Million. I guess birds of a feather......

Concerning Right to Life - As America kills its offspring in the womb, we hear about it being a "social issue". It is not a "social issue". It is the violation of an important founding principle. Now, if someone were to do a study of whether it was Bill or Hillary Clinton who had the most venereal disease (if any), THAT would be a "social issue"! Come on, Democrats, media, and others, - let's get it right!

The saga of Senator John Kerry's $ 7 million sailing yacht tied up on the Newport waterfront in the tax haven of Rhode Island proved again how adept Democrats are at spending other people's money. This time the $7 million was presumably spent from his wife's inherited fortune. But the larger story here isn't about tax havens. And it isn't about hypocrisy. And it's far less about trophy wives with trust funds. It's not even about being a lifelong leech working in government jobs sucking the blood out of beleaguered taxpayers. It's about the increasing distance and disconnects between the...

As imagined by Ron Wadden, on the eve of the nuptials of Ms. Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky in Rhinebeck, N.Y. MONDAY It happened again today, while Marc and I were at Party Palace to pick up the folding chairs. A Rhinebeck yokel shouts: "HEY CHELSEA, MEZVINSKY RHYMES WITH LEWINSKY." It doesn't even make sense, but that hasn't stopped people from belting it out like it's the funniest thing since the Palin campaign. (Mom's even cracked it a couple of times herself, but only when Dad's nearby.) Marc doesn't seem bothered. He knows I'm not so shallow as to choose my...

It's "royal." It's of "historic proportions." It's Chelsea Clinton's wedding, and CBS apologizes for letting actual news get in the way of its breathless coverage. Anchoring the coverage in Rhinebeck, Early Show weekend co-host Erica Hill, after referring to the event as "America's royal wedding," threw it back to a remorseful Chris Wragge in the studio, who promised to get back to Erica in "just a couple of minutes" after a couple of news items "we have to address." When she got the ball back, Hill described the wedding as being of "historic proportions. View video here.