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Obama: Deficits could last ‘for years’ 6 Jan 2009, 3:36 pm
Obama warned that $1T deficit could stick around as he sought to make the case for budget reforms.
Source: Politico Top Stories |
Coleman contesting recount 6 Jan 2009, 3:33 pm
Coleman is filing a lawsuit to contest the results of the Minn. recount that declared Franken the winner.
Source: Politico Top Stories |
Swearing-in the 111th Congress 6 Jan 2009, 2:52 pm
Politico welcomes the newest members of the 111th Congress.
Source: Politico Top Stories |
Jeb won’t run for Senate 6 Jan 2009, 2:35 pm
Jeb Bush has decided not to run for the Senate in Florida, according to former state House Speaker.
Source: Politico Top Stories |
Bob Graham backs Panetta pick 6 Jan 2009, 1:42 pm
After a hostile reception yesterday, Panetta is finding more allies today.
Source: Politico Top Stories |
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CNN: Gupta approached about surgeon general post (AP) 6 Jan 2009, 3:46 pm
AP - President-elect Barack Obama has approached CNN’s chief medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta, to be the country’s next surgeon general, the cable news network said Tuesday. CNN said it has kept Gu. […]
Source: Yahoo! News: Politics News |
Burris turned away as he tries to claim Obama seat (AP) 6 Jan 2009, 3:45 pm
AP - Roland Burris tried to take President-elect Barack Obama’s Illinois Senate seat Tuesday but failed in a scripted piece of political theater staged just before the opening of the 111th Congress. M. […]
Source: Yahoo! News: Politics News |
Former Blackwater guards plead not guilty (AP) 6 Jan 2009, 3:45 pm
AP - Five former Blackwater Worldwide security guards pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal manslaughter and gun charges resulting from a 2007 shooting in a crowded Baghdad square that killed 17 Iraqi. […]
Source: Yahoo! News: Politics News |
Economic crisis, Obama response face new Congress (AP) 6 Jan 2009, 3:45 pm
AP - The new Congress opened for business at the stroke of noon on Tuesday, eager to join President-elect Barack Obama in tackling the worst economic crisis in generations. Democrats celebrated last f. […]
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Obama’s CIA pick unlikely to face Senate challenge (AP) 6 Jan 2009, 3:44 pm
AP - President-elect Barack Obama is defending his unexpected CIA nominee Leon Panetta, who faced a surge of skepticism in Congress on Tuesday but is not expected to draw serious opposition when his c. […]
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Farewell 2008 Campaign; Congratulations President-Elect Obama 11 Nov 2008, 4:35 pm
Congratulations to Barack Obama, soon to be our 44th President and a man who had made history this week by becoming the first person of African-American descent to be elected to chief executive of the. […]
Source: The Ruckus | Newsweek
The Moderate Voice: Fox News Blames Stock Market Ills On (You Guessed It) Barack Obama 7 Nov 2008, 11:52 am
The stock market is still in turmoil. So who is to blame? If you’re a financial expert, a typical American, or an economist you’d stand back and point to a bunch of factors, which would include puttin. […]
Source: The Ruckus | Anonymous
The Moderate Voice: Could Obama Actually Win an Electoral Vote in Nebraska? 7 Nov 2008, 11:30 am
Believe it or not, yes (like Maine, Nebraska apportions its electoral votes by congressional district): [Obama's] odds of bagging an electoral vote in Nebraska grew stronger this morning, with word th. […]
Source: The Ruckus | Anonymous
The Moderate Voice: The Funniest Election Season Ever: A Retrospective & Analysis 7 Nov 2008, 11:26 am
It’s difficult to imagine having made it through the long and hard fought 2008 campaign without so many memorable comic moments. We’re used to election news making good comedy but this year we had goo. […]
Source: The Ruckus | Anonymous
Writes Like She Talks: Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner’s achievement 7 Nov 2008, 11:14 am
The judging will continue through the 2010 election season when the Ohio Republican Party continues to work at discrediting Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner. I have no doubt they’ll find more. […]
Source: The Ruckus | Anonymous
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Video: Colbert gets token liberal co-host 6 Jan 2009, 3:35 pm
There can only be one.
Source: Hot Air » Top Picks | Allahpundit
Let the Games Continue 6 Jan 2009, 3:34 pm
The battle over Rod Blagojevich’s appointment of Roland Burris to fill Barack Obama’s unexpired Senate term is one that we Republicans can only sit back and enjoy. This morning, Burris showed up at th. […]
Source: Power Line | John
French TV Shows Gazans Killed By Hamas, Blames Israel 6 Jan 2009, 3:28 pm
Public television network France 2 has admitted that earlier today, it showed photos of dozens of bodies of members of Hamas and civilians who it said were killed in an Israeli bombing raid on January. […]
Source: Power Line | John
Basketball Game Suspended in Turkey 6 Jan 2009, 3:22 pm
A ULEB Eurocup Group D basketball game between Israel’s Bnei Hasharon and Turkey’s Turk Telekom in Ankara was suspended today when Turkish fans began chanting Israel, killers! and throwing objects at. […]
Source: Power Line | John
CNN’s Sanjay Gupta for surgeon general. What next? 6 Jan 2009, 3:05 pm
In 2003, he was named one of PEOPLE magazine’s ‘Sexiest Men Alive’ and a ‘pop culture icon’ by USA Today.
Source: Michelle Malkin | Michelle Malkin
Jeb: I’m not running 6 Jan 2009, 3:00 pm
Bushed.
Source: Hot Air » Top Picks | Allahpundit
Video: Israeli spokesman says UN school in Gaza contained explosives; Update: Anti-tank missiles found at school? 6 Jan 2009, 2:30 pm
Plus: Hamas leadership in disarray?
Source: Hot Air » Top Picks | Allahpundit
“There’s no pain-free cure for recession” 6 Jan 2009, 2:18 pm
Read this post »
Source: Michelle Malkin | Michelle Malkin
Raiding the Lockbox: The hypocrisy of Obama’s tax “cuts” 6 Jan 2009, 2:00 pm
Attack on Social Security.
Source: Hot Air » Top Picks | Ed Morrissey
Surprise: NBC reschedules Coulter 6 Jan 2009, 1:15 pm
Lifetime ban = one day.
Source: Hot Air » Top Picks | Allahpundit
We Got Mail! 6 Jan 2009, 1:12 pm
The conflict in Gaza has really stirred up the wackos, and they’re pouring their fury into illiterate emails sent to little old me. Here are the latest two messages sent through our contact form by. […]
Source: Little Green Footballs |
UN Schools Notorious for Shielding Terrorists 6 Jan 2009, 12:55 pm
As the world screams about the UN school incident in Gaza, here’s a reminder of what goes on at these places: EXCLUSIVE-Gaza headmaster was Islamic Jihad ‘rocket-maker’. RAFAH, Gaza Strip, May 5. […]
Source: Little Green Footballs |
Lesson not learned: SUV sales outpace sedans 6 Jan 2009, 12:47 pm
Amnesia.
Source: Hot Air » Top Picks | Ed Morrissey
Alaska Senate poll: Murkowski 57, Palin 33 6 Jan 2009, 12:15 pm
‘Cuda beached!
Source: Hot Air » Top Picks | Allahpundit
The Ed Morrissey Show: Mary Katharine Ham, Larry Schweikart 6 Jan 2009, 12:00 pm
Special Time: 2:30 pm ET!
Source: Hot Air » Top Picks | Ed Morrissey
UN School Used by Terrorists As a Weapons Dump 6 Jan 2009, 11:52 am
The UN and the mainstream media are wailing and accusing Israel of war crimes (yes, again) after the IDF returned fire at a UN school from which Palestinians were firing mortars. The explosives and bo. […]
Source: Little Green Footballs |
Blagorahma: Does Judicial Watch have the goods on Obama’s denials? 6 Jan 2009, 11:50 am
Not proof, but an interesting discovery nonetheless.
Source: Hot Air » Top Picks | Ed Morrissey
Emerson: Why Does The New York Times Love Hamas? 6 Jan 2009, 11:35 am
Steve Emerson asks: Why Does The New York Times Love Hamas? In the past week, the Fourth Estate’s Hamas cheerleaders have stripped away any pretense of being honest or neutral, with the New York Tim. […]
Source: Little Green Footballs |
Rejected: Senate denies Burris 6 Jan 2009, 11:20 am
Heart-ache.
Source: Hot Air » Top Picks | Allahpundit
About that Israeli strike on the UN “school” Updated 6 Jan 2009, 11:14 am
The old human shield ploy.
Source: Michelle Malkin | Michelle Malkin
Left Blogs
House language becomes gender neutral. 6 Jan 2009, 3:40 pm
In its new package of rule changes, the House has finally decided to make its official language gender neutral, recognizing the growing representation of women in Congress (including as Speaker of the. […]
Source: Think Progress | Amanda Terkel
Welcome Fellow Travelers to the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy! 6 Jan 2009, 3:35 pm
I don’t have any opinion as to whether Panetta will be good, bad or otherwise. But just because the Intel whiners and their bruised egos are shrieking about Panetta’s lack of competence and complainin. […]
Source: Firedoglake | Jane Hamsher
End of a Dynasty? (One Can Hope) 6 Jan 2009, 3:07 pm
Jeb Bush not going to run for empty Florida Senate seat in ‘10….
Source: Talking Points Memo | David Kurtz
Feinstein, Harman, and Panetta: Obama Apologizes to Feinstein 6 Jan 2009, 3:06 pm
Obama has had a hard time finding a prospective CIA chief who isn’t tainted by either involvement in Bush’s torture regime or who backed Bush’s illicit wiretapping. He was compelled to reject Californ. […]
Source: Firedoglake | Phoenix Woman
Your New Congressfolk 6 Jan 2009, 3:00 pm
Today is swearing-in day, as you know. Here are the new faces in the 111th Congress, pending the confirmations of Hillary Clinton and Ken Salazar, the legal challenges in Minnesota, the whole Burris b. […]
Source: Daily Kos |
Coleman Heads Back to Court 6 Jan 2009, 2:56 pm
Norm Coleman makes it official: He’s going to sue to keep his seat….
Source: Talking Points Memo | David Kurtz
Bush will use federal funds to install security gate to protect his Dallas home. 6 Jan 2009, 2:51 pm
After he leaves office on Jan. 20, President Bush will be giving up his photo-op Crawford ranch and moving to the affluent Dallas neighborhood known as Preston Hollow. Newsweek noted that the Bush fam. […]
Source: Think Progress | Faiz Shakir
Proving Bush is Guilty: The al-Haramain Dates 6 Jan 2009, 2:37 pm
It appears that Judge Vaughn Walker will soon have proof that the Bush Administration tapped al-Haramain on days when the illegal wiretap program operated under only Bush’s authorization itself, with. […]
Source: Firedoglake | emptywheel
Blagojevich Sets Special Election Dates for Rahm’s Seat 6 Jan 2009, 2:31 pm
Governor Rod Blagojevich set a March 3 special election primary and an April 7 special election for the successor to Rahm Emanuel, who resigned from the House of Representatives effective January 2 to. […]
Source: Firedoglake | Teddy Partridge
Kurtz: Obama to tap Sanjay Gupta as surgeon general 6 Jan 2009, 2:14 pm
Another unconventional choice from President-Elect Obama, as Howard Kurtz reports that CNN’s Sanjay Gupta appears on the road to be tapped as surgeon general: President-elect Barack Obama has offered. […]
Source: Daily Kos |
Bush Rewards Iraq War Loyalists Blair, Howard, And Uribe With His Departing Medals Of Freedom 6 Jan 2009, 2:00 pm
Yesterday, White House Press Secretary announced that “President Bush will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, and former Prime Ministers Tony Blair of the U. […]
Source: Think Progress | Satyam Khanna
Leverett on Countdown: Time for Obama to Speak Out on Gaza Violence 6 Jan 2009, 1:50 pm
Appearing on Countdown, Middle East expert Hillary Mann Leverett had some pointed comments about President-elect Obama’s refusal to say anything on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, other than repeatin. […]
Source: Firedoglake | Scarecrow
Midday Open Thread 6 Jan 2009, 1:45 pm
Scott Horton is very pleased with Obama’s choices for director of the CIA (Leon Panetta) and national intelligence director (Admiral Dennis Blair). mcjoan notes that Mother Jones also has a positive t. […]
Source: Daily Kos |
Stay Tuned … 6 Jan 2009, 1:34 pm
Norm Coleman is set to speak publicly at 4 p.m. ET for the first time since the recount ended in Minnesota. Will he concede? Vow to fight on in the courts? Try to prove he’s got a better stand-up rout. […]
Source: Talking Points Memo | David Kurtz
Obama’s Press Conference on the Economy 6 Jan 2009, 1:33 pm
Lot of people slipping into poverty. Hope Congress can remember that when they’re passing out favors to their rich friends.
Source: Firedoglake | egregious
Echoes of Bushism 6 Jan 2009, 1:20 pm
It’s been clear that in addition to Sen. Feinstein, at least as aggrieved is Sen. Rockefeller, the out-going chair of the senate intel committee. When asked this afternoon whether the Panetta appointm. […]
Source: Talking Points Memo | Josh Marshall
Laura Bush’s memoir fetches less than Hillary Clinton, Nancy Reagan, and Barbara Bush’s. 6 Jan 2009, 1:04 pm
Scribner announced yesterday that it would publish the memoirs of Laura Bush in 2010. Today, the New York Post reports that the First Lady “received an advance of $1.6 million” on the book deal, f. […]
Source: Think Progress | Ryan Powers
Does This Count as Bipartisan? 6 Jan 2009, 12:59 pm
Feinstein and Rockefeller may not be on board with the Panetta pick, but former intel chair Pat Roberts (R-KS) tells TPM Election Central he’s just fine with it….
Source: Talking Points Memo | David Kurtz
Al-Haramain Spying Case to Proceed 6 Jan 2009, 12:50 pm
The Bush administration has had another defeat at the hands of Chief Judge Vaughn Walker in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco. Walker denied the administration’s third motion to dismiss the cas. […]
Source: Daily Kos |
RNC Chair Candidates Unveil GOP Comeback Strategy: Reagan, Guns, Abortion, Reagan, Facebook, Twitter, And Reagan 6 Jan 2009, 12:40 pm
After reading Dana Milbank’s piece on the RNC chairman candidates debate at the National Press Club yesterday, I feel even better about 2010.
Source: Firedoglake | Blue Texan
