Covering Obama, with Christina Bellantoni

Meet Christina Bellantoni, 29, the newest White House correspondent for “The Washington Times.” 
Bellantoni has been with the Times for five years, working her way up from covering Virginia politics to covering Congress to following the Obama campaign for nearly two years. Beginning in January, she’ll complete a team of three covering the Obama White House [...]

The CJP Meltdown Survival Guide, with Anya Kamenetz

Gals, this week we interviewed Anya Kamenetz (at left), Yahoo’s financial columnist and author of “Generation Debt,” about what Janes need to do to weather the economic meltdown.  
Even though we’ve all been distracted by Rod Blagojevich’s shenanigans this week, the Am-Ex bill is still waiting for you to pay up, so we asked Anya about [...]

The CJP Interview with Dee Dee Myers

Janes, this week we spoke with former White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers, who recently authored the book Why Women Should Rule the World. Perfect title, we love it already! Her argument? More women in positions of power would be better for the world — not because women are the same as men but [...]

Newt Gingrich speaks to CJP about Sarah Palin

A few minutes in St. Paul, and look who we get an interview with– former Speak of the House Newt Gingrich. We talked about Gov. Sarah Palin, her appeal to women and why she might make the difference with the base.

Michelle Obama talks to CJP

Some things are worth traveling for- a Super Target, a sister’s birthday, and the chance to speak to Michelle Obama. As of today, we’ve traveled for all three.
We went to Carroll, Iowa to see Mrs. Obama speak to a capacity-plus crowd at Coffee World coffee shop. If you’ve never been to Carroll, it’s [...]

Matt Lauer Talks to CJP

Janes, sometimes providence smiles upon you, and sometimes providence sits down right next to you and buys you a drink. Such was the case in Salem, New Hampshire last night when we spoke with Matt Lauer, former Providence, R.I. cub reporter and and now king of morning television on NBC’s “Today” show.
Who else could [...]

Sen. Lindsey Graham talks to CJP about his buddy, John McCain

CJP recently went to a John McCain event that was so packed, even the reporters were standing outside before the candidate arrived. While we cooled our heels outside, we saw Sen. Lindsey Graham, of South Carolina, one of McCain’s strongest supporters. We asked Senator Graham why he thinks Senator McCain would be the [...]

Mitt Romney Speaks to CJP

As you make your decisions about whom to support in your caucuses or elections, do you ever just wonder why you as a woman should vote for candidate x? Us too! And since we hardly ever hear that question asked and answered, we’ve taken matters into our own hands, gone to [...]