Mark Katz

We might have seen this coming. If there were an archive of Anthony Weiner’s crotch-shot correspondence, it’d probably look like this.

Two weeks after Boston, Barack Obama will have to walk a line between heartfelt and funny at this weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. For Clinton speechwriter Mark Katz, that’s an eerily familiar challenge.

<p>It's that time again: The White House Correspondents' Dinner, when presidents get onstage and yuk it up for a roomful of reporters they normally prefer to evade. But real-world problems sometimes get in the way, as they did in 1995 when Bill Clinton's planned speech was <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/26/the-funniest-whcd-speech-bill-clinton-never-delivered.html" target="_blank">dropped</a> in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing. Speechwriter Mark Katz quickly scrambled to tone down the jokes. Herewith, the Clinton speech that could have been.</p>

What the liberal lion taught me about empathy, politics, and lost causes worth waging. By Mark Katz.

Mitt’s choice for VP should be clear: not Romney. By Mark Katz.

Obama scores points by poking fun at Romney’s fusty elocution.

<p>The Daily Beast’s Tactical Humorist takes a closer look at the candidate-generated humor of Campaign 2012. This week: a Santorum gaffe and Mitt’s <i>mishegoss</i> in Michigan.</p>

Decoding the laugh track of the CNN Debate in Arizona, featuring references to George Costanza and bogeyman Mike Dukakis.

Silent Cal was a funny president just by being himself—take note, Mitt Romney.

Mitt Romney bids to humanize himself and President Obama jokes about his daughters’ blossoming sexuality.