too much blogging Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Dec 01 2008 22:58:15
image by mamassage via flickrits been a long time since i blogged daily for a week much less a full month. i gotta admit it has been exhausting to do so. researching sketching out and then writing each of those challenges every day was much more work than id originally thought it would be. however as i look back on it i cant help but think to myself was i doi...... [Show More]
bill clinton will not stand in the way of his wife becoming barack obamas secretary of state. the former president has agreed to nine conditions. most notably he will release the names of the 208000 donors to his foundation and will submit future speeches and business deals to state department and white house ethics reviews.
new york times via political wire
the former p...... [Show More]
looks like there are more than a few folks looking for a job with the new administration. teagan goddard reports that resumes are pouring into dc from people looking for that golden job out of the plum book .
290000 resumes so far
so far the transition team has received 290000 applications for jobs in the obama administration through its website www.change.gov and offici...... [Show More]
nate silver over at fivethirtyeight isnt retiring now that the election is over.
no yesturday he came out with a story that notes that chris matthews is hiring staff and preparing for a run against pennsylvania senator arlen specter .
seems that a number of sources are confirming that matthews is in talks with veteran obama staffers attempting to get them on board with his cam...... [Show More]
ann telnaes christmas bailout .
headzup michael savage cuts the racist mustard .
rahm has a message via political wire .
headzup the hannity and colmes breakup .
craig ferguson with a ted haggard update .
letterman with obamas secret economic plan via onegoodmove .
schuster they should just shutup
twitter journalism .
headzup bush ...... [Show More]
presidentelect barack obama is on the defensive a bit over his appointments of clintonera people to his administration.
this quote was too amazing to pass up
what we are going to do is combine experience with fresh thinking mr obama said at his third press conference in as many days. he said he would be foolish at such a critical time in our history to pick people who h...... [Show More]
the los angeles times reports television talk show host chris matthews has been toying with a u.s. senate run in pennsylvania for months and this
week he sat down with state democrats to discuss the prospect of taking
on sen. arlen specter rpa in 2010. matthews 62 who didnt respond to a request for comment has
dismissed questions about a run...... [Show More]
so far the transition team has received 290000 applications for jobs in the obama administration through its website www.change.gov and officials believe they could wind up with 1 million jobseekers by the time obama is sworn into office on jan. 20 the los angeles times reports.
by comparison before president bush took office in 2001 he received just 44000 reque...... [Show More]
i happen to think the media is up to a bit of mischief here. i think the media wants to take sarah palin and make her subliminally the face of the republican party. they want to make her this is what republicans are the face of the party the leader of the party because it amuses them to do that.
former white house speechwriter peggy noonan on msnbc .
during the pr...... [Show More]
after a series of depressing announcements barack obama will finally turn to an economic adviser who wasnt directly responsible for the current crisis or mentored by someone who was. according to a report in the wall street journal the presidentelect wants former fed chair paul volcker to lead a new presidential advisory board focused on saving america from financial ruin.
according ...... [Show More]
an excerpt of the barbara walters interview with presidentelect obama to air tomorrow night on abc news
walters how are you going to get along without your blackberry
obama laughs. this is a problem. i you know one of the things that im going to have to work through is how to break through the isolation the bubble that exists around the president. and im...... [Show More]
the new york city mayoral race stands a good chance of being the marquee municipal matchup of 2009. im nerd enough to say that with a straight face. quinnipiac takes an early look at two potential matchups 111823 registered voters
anthony weiner d 34
michael bloomberg iinc 50
undecided 13
moe a2.5
william t...... [Show More]
former iowa governor tom vilsack d who had been widely favored for the position of agriculture secretary in the obama cabinet said he was never interviewed for the job and is not in the running according to cq politics .
said vilsack i will not be secretary of agriculture and i was not asked by any member of the transition team to submit any information for ...... [Show More]
delaware gov. ruth ann minners office said she will make an announcement this afternoon about the u.s. senate seat that will be vacated by vice presidentelect joe biden according to the wilmington news journal .
a press conference is scheduled for 230 p.m. et.
the only problem earlier reports suggested biden may not resign until hes sworn in as vice president...... [Show More]
missing from todays roll out of presidentelect obamas economic team peter orszag rumored to be the next director of the office of management and budget.
ben smith offers a possible clue oba mas staff wont elaborate but the presidentelect said just now
that hed roll out a plan to cut the federal budget tomorrow
something both presidenti...... [Show More]
hopefully its all coming of the dod. unfortunately too many legacy thinkers involved for that to be the case. maybe well see one or two platforms die but i imagine this will be minor housecleaning of bureaucrats and such. hope to be wrong though....... [Show More]
incentives matter Post Source: www.pushback.org Posted: Nov 24 2008 15:17:38
i never cease to be amazed at the degree to which an election in which americas leftofcenter party won 365 electoral votes and at least 58 senate seats is interpreted as a sweeping mandate for centerright governance. the los angeles times editorial today arguing that obama should hire the people who cheered along the iraq invasion is only the latest example
many obama support...... [Show More]
presidentelect obama and vice presidentelect biden will hold a press conference on monday morning in chicago to officially announce members of their economic team.
expected in attendance
tim geithner secretary of the treasury
larry summers chair of the national economic council
bill richardson secretary of commerce
peter orszag director of the office of management and bud...... [Show More]
we noted that he was advising presidentelect obama and now the wall street journal says many of the republicans emerging as potential members of the obama
administration have professional and ideological ties to brent
scowcroft a former nationalsecurity adviser turned public critic of
the bush white house.
the relationship between the presidentelect and the republ...... [Show More]
quote of the day Post Source: thedemocraticdaily.com Posted: Nov 23 2008 23:06:12
in contrast to the late president kennedy
i think hes impatient. i think my summation he doesnt like homework. and homework means reading or getting briefed or having a debate. and part of the presidency part of governing particularly in this area is homework homework homework.
bob woodward reflecting on president bushs governing style.
h...... [Show More]
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