Pledged Delegate Count, 2/13

While my colleague has written about Maureen Dowd’s concern about Obama naming Hillary Clinton to the Secretary of State post, and feels that it night be too hard for him to control both Clinton’s, Michael Hirsh has just the opposite view and believes that the Secratary of State’s job, while powerful and influential can be a very lonely one when your President decides your handling of things is not to his liking.   Here he gives us examples of the fate that has been... more

Early Obama supporter Tom Daschle has been rewarded for his endorsement with the plum appointment of Secretary of Health and Human Services, which gives him command of the Centers for Disease Control, the Rats of NIMH and the very simple task of reforming the nation’s health insurance system. Wait, didn’t Daschle work as a lobbyist after getting booted from the Senate? Although not a registered lobbyist, he provides "strategic advice" to commercial clients in the fields of ... more

The will-she-or-won’t-she questions surrounding Hillary Clinton and the State Department took yet another turn this morning . Seems like Bill Clinton is willing to make some concessions to help his wife land the job: Clinton has agreed to release the names of several major donors to his charitable foundation and will submit future foundation activities and paid speeches to a strict ethics review, said Democrats knowledgeable about the discussions. They also said that Clinton would st... more

CONCORD, NH – The Concord Police Department is asking the public for their assistance in identifying the suspects in a recent Home Invasion that occurred at 30 Airport Road, Concord. On November 18th at approximately 9:20 pm, individuals illegally entered the residence at 30 Airport Road. The individuals gained entry through a door on the south [...]... more

CONCORD — A New Hampshire think tank says the state will have to change a number of laws if it wants to control spending. ... more

Prescription data aggregators IMS Health and Verispan were handed a setback yesterday when a federal court rejected their efforts to overturn a New Hampshire law prohibiting the sale of data showing what physicians were prescribing what drugs. This is potentially very bad news for these companies and the pharmaceutical industry if other states follow New Hampshire’s lead. The reason for this is that the pharmaceutical industry depends heavily on these data to manage its large and expensi... more

Wow. I’ve been busy with daily, detail-oriented, deadline-driven work until just now. So, I missed this. It probably isn’t news to anyone else, but half the day goes by before I get to catch up news, etc. eHarmony has changed its tune on queers . Sorta. The California-based company will begin providing same-sex matches under as part of a settlement with New Jersey’s Civil Rights Division. Garden State resident Eric McKinley filed a complaint against the onli... more

With her first TV interview set for Friday, Ashley Alexandra Dupre also sat down with People, telling the celebrity news magazine that she’s "a normal girl." "Everyone just knows me as ’ that girl ,’ but I’m not just ’that girl,’" the 23-year-old former hooker of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and many others says in the new issue of the magazine. "I have a lot of depth, a lot of layers." Enduring the scrutiny that included seeing her photos splashed on ... more

When the Nets arena in New Jersey was known as Continental Arena, it use to be a house of horrors for the Cavaliers. Now known as the IZOD Center, the Cavs made it more of an area of their own on Tuesday night topping the young Nets 106-82. The team is rolling, eight straight wins, playing well on both sides of the ball, and looking more and more like a team that can make a serious run at the NBA Title in June. The team was led by LeBronJames, who put on a show with 31 points, 8 reboun... more

If you ski in Santa Fe, head to the Japanese onsen-like Ten Thousand Waves for a glorious soak in a private outdoor hot tub. Some tubs are located in the midst of trees that glisten in the snow and moonlight. …[Source] unknown ... more

An appeals panel with the Environmental Protection Agency is being asked by New Mexico’s top prosecutor to consider new evidence in the case of a proposed $3 billion coal-fired power plant.... more

Espanola — One man has died as a result of a house fire in the Chimayo area in Northern Santa Fe County. Emergency crews responded to 91 B off Santa Fe County Rd. 94 just after 8:00 AM this morning. La Puebla and Chimayo volunteer fire personnel worked to put the fire out that had fully [...]... more

Depressing media news for anyone who enjoys a good sports read - the New York Times shut down Play Magazine. “It was on the schedule. It was in the budget. I knew everything was back under review.” In the end, “The company needs to make some pretty considerable cuts going forward,” Bryant explained and his magazine was a victim. Sure, it might not have been economically viable - but in these trying economic times, what media outlet is? Before you say blogs are, ... more

About New York Contemplating Heaven, but Drilling Deep Down New York Times, United States - 50 minutes ago More Articles in New York Region » A version of this article appeared in print on November 19, 2008, on page A29 of the New York edition. ... more

New York Daily News Boxing facing toughest test - Ultimate Fighting New York Daily News, NY - 34 minutes ago The MGM Grand in Las Vegas played host to UFC 91, a mixed martial arts extravaganza, last week. The promoters hauled in a $5 million gate and they expect a … ... more

Michael Moore was on CNN arguing with Dr. Sanjay Gupta about Sicko, claiming that Americans shouldn’t be hurried along the path of bankruptcy and death because of a horrible health care system. Gupta argued that in Canada and England, people have to wait in line to die. And after all, who wants to wait in line? - Lee Camp, Laughing Liberally ... more

This post is a response to yesterday’s article, Why Did Democratic Women Do So Poorly In 2006 House Elections? . I also would like to personally thank EMILY’s List for coming to Open Left and moving this conversation forward. I hope that other groups and organizations will take up our standing Right to Respond offer as Open Left develops--Chris In many ways 2006 was an extraordinary year for pro-choice Democratic women and for EMILY’s List.  We helped elect two... more

...presented by Living Liberally by Josh Bolotsky This past 4th of July, Boing Boing posted a patriotic report on how some movie-goers in Dallas turned their reel passion into real civic engagement after a screening of Sicko : When the credits rolled the audience filed out and into the bathrooms. At the urinals, my redneck friend couldn’t stop talking about the film, and I kept listening. He struck up a conversation with a random black man in his 40s standing next to him, ... more

I’m doing a piece on strategies around impeachment that I’d like your help on.  The gist of the piece is that there is no serious coalition behind impeachment, which means that relatively high pro-impeachment polling numbers and a series of illegitimate acts by the executive are not translating into a real political countermove.  By contrast, the right worked since 1990 against Clinton, with a serious organized and well-funded coalition to delegitimize him and turn every po... more