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Tone May Be Key to Obama's Agenda

Rarely have lawmakers confronted an agenda as ambitious as the one Congress will face upon convening this week, with an incoming president pushing to stabilize an economy on the brink of long-term rec...
Six Are Vying to Become Next RNC Chairman

Following an election that has left Republicans with no clear vision about how to regain power, the normally low-profile race to head the GOP's national committee has turned into a six-man showdown th...
Holidays, Court Ruling Will Further Extend Minn. Senate Recount

With the latest projections showing incumbent Norm Coleman (R) clinging to a lead of a handful of votes, Minnesota's U.S. Senate race headed deeper into political limbo yesterday, raising the possibil...
Pressing the Question

Barack Obama, fencing with reporters in Chicago yesterday, reminded me of Bill Clinton.
Cao's Upset of Rep. Jefferson in Louisiana Gives Republicans a New Hero

Less than 24 hours after his upset defeat of a longtime Democratic congressman from New Orleans, Anh "Joseph" Cao found the weight of the entire Republican Party resting on his diminutive shoulders.

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The Reality Of War

The legs of the body of one of three Palestinian siblings from the Al-samoni family, killed by an Israeli tank shell, are seen in the mortuary of Al-Shifa hospital, on January 5, 2009 in Gaza City. Se...
Proportionality And Terror, Ctd

A reader writes: The problem with the doctrine of Just War, I would submit, is that it can only be applied in retrospect. In prospect, it is at once too restrictive and overly permissive. It requires...
Yglesias Award Nominee

"I always liked Panetta. He served in the Army and is openly proud of it. He seems to be a good lawyer (oxymoronic though it may seem). He's a good manager. And he's going to watch Obama's back at a..
Another Take On Proportionality

I hope to respond to Noah tomorrow. Meanwhile:Israel’s just playing by Chicago rules: “They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue.
The Gaza Crisis

In discussing this with a colleague, and thinking how reasonable it is for Israel to expect that its own citizens should have exactly the same freedom from fear and terror as those in other Western co...

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Not Tomorrow

Sen. Reid's office says the Dems aren't going to try to seat Al Franken tomorrow....
What Was that About?

I've been mulling and snooping around to find out what prompted Sen. Dianne Feinstein's chilly statement about Obama's choice of Leon Panetta to run the CIA. LAT sheds more light. Seems like there cou...
Live from ... Minneapolis!

Al Franken declares victory:...
Divide and Conquer?

From TPM Reader RW ... In regards to Obama's strategy re: tax cuts, the proper move is to offer a concession so as to split the GOP. If he is able to do that at the get-go, he'll log-roll them...
TPMtv: The Day in 100 Seconds

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Obama Pitches Stimulus Package to House Republicans - Washington Post

Washington PostObama Pitches Stimulus Package to House RepublicansWashington Post - 2 hours agoBy Paul Kane, Lori Montgomery and Shailagh Murray President-elect Barack Obama arrived on Capitol Hi...
Richardson withdrawal disappoints Latinos - CNN International

ABC NewsRichardson withdrawal disappoints LatinosCNN International - 59 minutes agoBy Alexander Mooney (CNN) -- Bill Richardson's withdrawal from his commerce secretary nomination Sunday didn...
Biden Schedules Fact-Finding Journey to Asia - New York Times

Malaysia StarBiden Schedules Fact-Finding Journey to AsiaNew York Times - 1 hour agoBy PETER BAKER WASHINGTON - Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. will not wait to be inaugurated before emb...
Obama’s Health Care Resolutions Can’t Be Kept - FOXNews

OverTheLimit.infoObama’s Health Care Resolutions Can’t Be KeptFOXNews - 10 hours agoBy Robert E. Moffit -- that his health reform plan will save the typical American family $2500 annually in...
Kaine says he'll limit time spent as party leader - The Associated Press

Boston GlobeKaine says he'll limit time spent as party leaderThe Associated Press - 5 hours agoRICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine says he decided to take the chairmanship of the De...

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Rick Warren: An Unholy Analogy

The left can breathe easy. Rick Warren is not Obama's Billy Graham.
Don’t Muffle the Call to Serve

From FDR to Bill Clinton's AmeriCorps, leadership in service has always come from the president.
Don’t Ask Too Fast

On gays, Obama's Joint Chiefs chair is caught between his boss and a conservative military.
Roland Burris Involved in Troubling Court Case

The man appointed to fill Obama's Senate seat ignored a warning about a troubling case that almost allowed an innocent man to be executed.
More Reasons Why Obama Must Lower Expectations

Just a few reasons why the president-elect needs to lower expectations.

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Trying to Tie Obama's Hands on Gitmo

The President-elect wants to close Gitmo and may end its controversial prosecutions. But Brigadier General Thomas W. Hartmann is making that as difficult as possible...
Rangel's Troubles Create a Problem for the Democrats

Whatever the House Ethics Committee's inquiry into Charlie Rangel's questionable actions may uncover, Democrats would like to see it wrapped up before Barack Obama's Inauguration...
Shinseki, a Prescient General, Re-Enlists as VA Chief

Six years after being condemned for warning that the U.S. would need more troops in Iraq than the Pentagon had committed, "Ric" Shinseki returns to help the wounded...
Obama to Talk Energy With Gore

Former Vice President Al Gore planned to visit with President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday, but those briefed on the meeting insisted the topic would be the planet...
Wanted: NY Senator with Smarts, Good Upstate Map

The politician picked to succeed US Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will need more than policy smarts. Enthusiasm for visits to Buffalo and Chemung County will be important, too...

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Tips for budding politicians on how to avoid embarrassment on Facebook.

People who work in politics have always had to worry about what they did before they worked in politics. But the sheer size and popularity of Facebook—140 million active users, at least 139.99 milli...
Blagojevich dares the Senate to reject his appointee, Roland Burris.

You don't like Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's pick for the U.S. Senate? What's the matter with you? Don't you want to see another black guy in the World's Most Exclusive Club?[more ...]...
The media divas who refuse to appear with other guests.

More than 20 years ago, as the first intifada was just beginning, two lowly staffers at ABC were assigned the task of getting some Israelis and Palestinians to appear together on a special episode of...
The Obama team's report on the Blagojevich affair says just what they said it would.

The Obama campaign's strategy for dealing with the Blagojevich affair has evolved. It started with dithering, then moved on to momentary cooperation followed by delay. Now, at long last, we have the f...
How hiring R. Kelly's lawyers will help Rod Blagojevich.

"It's kind of lonely right now," Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Friday in his first press conference since being arrested on federal corruption charges. "But I have on my side the most powerful al...

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Franken on top in recount, but lawsuit looms

The Minnesota state Canvassing Board certified results showing Democrat Al Franken the winner of the state's contested Senate race on Monday.
Franken lead at 49 with absentees left to count

Democratic candidate Al Franken now holds a 49- vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman with almost all of the counting in Minnesota's Senate race done.
Minn. Senate winner won't be known in 2008

With the state Canvassing Board ready to award the last pile of votes in Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount, Democrat Al Franken clung to a narrow lead over Republican incumbent Norm Coleman. The final c...
First Read: 'Twas the seventh week of recount...
Franken opens first lead in Minn. Senate race

The Democrat edged ahead of his Republican incumbent on Friday for the first time in Minnesota's long-running U.S. Senate recount.

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Franken on top in Minn. recount; Coleman to sue (AP)

AP - A Minnesota board on Monday certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's U.S. Senate recount over Republican Norm Coleman, whose lawyer promised a legal challenge that probab...
Kaine says he'll limit time spent as party leader (AP)

AP - Gov. Tim Kaine said Monday he will manage a Virginia budget crisis $3 billion and growing and head the Democratic National Committee in his spare time, largely as "an electronic gig."...
Burris says he's senator but Dems won't seat him (AP)

AP - Senate Democrats struggled to avert a showdown steeped in race and corruption Monday as a defiant Roland Burris declared, "I'm a United States senator" and flew to the capital to claim President-...
Biden to head to Asia for congressional trip (AP)

AP - Joe Biden is heading to Southwest Asia on a congressional trip just days before he's set to become vice president.
Coleman vows to challenge results (Politico)

Politico - Democrat Al Franken was officially declared the winner Monday in Minnesota’s Senate race, defeating Republican Sen. Norm Coleman by 225 votes, according to the state Canvassing Board.

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Tim Kaine Expected to Broaden Democratic Appeal as DNC Chair

Party officials say he's likely to build on Howard Dean's model of expanding the Democratic base.
Off to School for Malia and Sasha: Obamas Share Day 1

The Obama Transition Office shared pictures of the girls heading off to Sidwell Friends.
Even Lawmakers Warned on Security for Obama's Inauguration

The House sergeant at arms sent out a memo with a list of banned personal items.
President-Elect Obama's Master Inaugural Events Schedule, Part 4

We have the list you need for President--elect Barack Obama's inauguration.
President-Elect Obama's Master Inaugural Events Schedule, Part 3

We have the list you need for President-elect Barack Obama's Inauguration.

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Obama: Stimulus Won't Get "Bogged Down in A Lot of Old-Style Politics"

The president-elect tells reporters after his meeting with economic advisers in D.C. that his team and Congress need to act quickly on a stimulus. Says the economy is "getting worse," he's looking...
Canvassing Board Declares Franken Recount Winner

The Minnesota panel certifies the results of the recount Monday, finds Franken edged out incumbent Coleman by 225 votes. No election certificate can be issued for at least seven days, giving Colema...
Panetta Picked to Head CIA

The former Clinton White House chief of staff is expected to be nominated by Obama to head the intelligence agency. NY Times: "...Panetta is a somewhat unusual choice to lead the C.I.A., an agency...
"I Feel I Am the Solution to the Problem for the People of Illinois"

The Illinois Senate appointee defends accepting the position from Blagojevich in a defiant press conference Monday before leaving Chicago for D.C. "I don't have to separate myself from Rod Blagojev...
Blago Sets Special Elections for Emanuel Seat

He announces a special primary election for Illinois' 5th Congressional District on March 3, followed by a general election April 7. The incoming Obama chief of staff officially resigned his house...

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JIM GIBBONS DIVORCE INSANITY: America's worst ... [America's Worst Governor]

JIM GIBBONS DIVORCE INSANITY: America's worst governor and alcoholic adulterous sex-assaulter crook Jim Gibbons and his power-crazed wife Dawn are finally getting the divorce everybody always knew...
Scott McClellan Can't Ruin George Bush Junior's Day [Happy As Ever]

The great George W. Bush delivered the commencement address at Colorado's Air Force Academy today, the same day that his former hobbit slave was publicizing mean books about him. Here he is this...
John McCain's Biggest Fan: 'Your Name' [Outdoor Advertising]

Ooh looky it's another Kustomized Kampaign Trinket for you, the reader! For just $250, you can show the world that YOUR NAME totally supports JOHN MCCAIN. But are there any names or phrases that...
Even Little-Girl Hillary Was A Conniving Monster [Abc Afterschool Special]

We usually don't like to encourage the comedy YouTube jokes because none of them are funny, or it's something you can watch on the TeeVee, later, on your sofa or whatever, eating your "carry out."...
Scott McClellan's A Big Hit! [Mission Accomplished]

SEE WHAT EVERYONE'S SAYING ABOUT SCOTT MCCLELLAN'S NEW #1 BOOK, GEORGE BUSH JR. MADE VAGUE ERRORS! "I would think if he harbored such deep feelings about things he wouldn't have and shouldn't have.

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George Packer: The lessons of Mumbai.

A few days after well-armed men mowed down scores of helpless people in Mumbai, an American commission released a report on terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. “World at Risk” is on...
Elizabeth Kolbert: Car Talk

The Secretary of Transportation’s report to Congress begins on a dark note. “Over the past year, the domestic auto industry has experienced sharply reduced sales and profitability, large i...
Visions of Obama

This week’s issue is an Election Special, with articles by David Remnick, Ryan Lizza, George Packer, and others. Here is a selection of visual commentaries on the historic election of Barack Oba...
Jane Mayer: How John McCain came to pick Sarah Palin.

Here’s a little news flash,” Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska and the Republican candidate for Vice-President, announced in September, during her début at the Party’s Convent...
John Cassidy: The meltdown and the election.

If Barack Obama is victorious on November 4th, someone on his transition team should send inauguration tickets to Richard Fuld, the chairman and chief executive of Lehman Brothers. For months, Obama h...

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How to End the Gaza War

The only real way to end the Gaza War is not an unpoliced cease-fire.
Glory Days

I rarely hear of strikes now, except those that end in disaster. None of the unions I represent has gone on strike in ten years, and I wonder if any of them ever will. Until the Eastern Airlines strik...
Postgrad Culture

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The Infernal Senate

It was in the 1970s, as a young lawyer, that I began to notice something odd. Democratic presidencies would thin to ashes. Everything President Jimmy Carter wanted seemed to come out of the House of R...
Why Americans Don't Save

It's a puzzle: as a recent World Bank study claims, the people in the U.S. have the highest "average" income in the world--or the second highest, next to Luxembourg. But to many it seems we have no mo...

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Government Transparency Takes a Hit

Agencies' midnight rule changes may make it harder for FOIA requestors to get information...
Report from the Tupperware Circuit, Part II

The public vents, the press takes notice...
Best of 2008: Katia Bachko

Bachko picks her top stories from 2008...
Best of 2008: Jane Kim

Kim picks her top stories from 2008...
Best of 2008: Trudy Lieberman

Lieberman picks her top stories from 2008...

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'Time' Photographer Captures Obama Moments

President-elect Obama and his wife, Michelle, sent their daughters off to the first day at their new school Monday morning in Washington, D.C. One of the people capturing the intimate moment was Time...
Obama Names Leon Panetta To Head CIA

President-elect Barack Obama will appoint Leon Panetta to head the CIA. We explore why Obama chose the former White House chief of staff.
Franken Leading Minn. By 250 Votes

Democrat Al Franken is leading the Minnesota race for Senate by only 250 votes. We examine Franken's battle with Republican Norm Coleman over the seat.
Struggling D.C. Neighborhoods Look To Obama

As President-elect Barack Obama makes plans for change at the nation's capitol, communities closer to the center of power are hoping for some help. In Ward 8, one of the poorest communities in Washing...
Washington May Deport Illegal Immigrant Inmates

Washington State governor Christine Gregoire wants to deport illegal immigrants currently serving time in state prisons, convicted of drug or property crimes. She says it would save the state more tha...

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Monday's Mini-Report

MONDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * The Israeli ground offensive moved deeper into Gaza today, and European diplomats are "pouring into the region seeking a cease-fire."...
Panetta great on torture

PANETTA GREAT ON TORTURE.... With Leon Panetta slated to take over the CIA, for many of us, and I include myself in this, the first question is pretty straightforward: how is he on torture? Atrios poi...
Burris' busy week

BURRIS' BUSY WEEK.... Roland Burris held an eight-minute press conference at a Chicago airport this morning, en route to D.C. for a meeting or two. It didn't go especially well. The whole thing is wor...
Dawn Johnsen At OLC

Dawn Johnsen At OLC As Steve noted earlier, the Obama transition team has announced several new appointments at the Department of Justice. I want to focus on one: Dawn Johnsen, Assistant Attorney Gene...
Panetta to head CIA

PANETTA TO HEAD CIA.... Outside of Bill Richardson's difficulties, the only cabinet-level position in the Obama administration unfilled by Christmas was the head of the CIA. Rumor has it that 25-year...

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PJM Political 10/8/08: Debate Wrap-Up, Plus Life at the Top — and the Bottom

Tune in each Wednesday to XM Channel #130, POTUS ‘08 at 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific for Pajamas Media’s weekly PJM Political show! (And at 12:00 AM Eastern Friday/9:00 PM Pacific Thur...
Still Waiting for ‘Straight Talk’ on the Fiscal Mess

Time is running out for John McCain to expose the real causes of the subprime meltdown.
Big Shock: Critics Hate An American Carol

If they had more than two thumbs to direct downward, they would have used them to trash the conservative comedy.
Bolivia Spirals Toward Crisis

Things have been going from bad to worse under President Evo Morales, a Chavez clone.
Americans Can’t Get No Satisfaction

Ninety-one percent of us are unhappy with the state of the nation. The question is: who are the nine percent?

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What's the deal with Prof. Joseph Olson's "unreported stats" from the 2008 election?

This chain e-mail is a hoax. The "statistics" are grossly incorrect, and Prof. Olson says he didn't write it.
Is it true that the Big Three American automakers made charitable contributions after 9/11, while foreign companies, by and large, did nothing?

Actually, foreign car companies gave lots of money, too, despite what an old chain e-mail claims.
Is the EPA considering a tax on cows and pigs?

No. The farm lobby warned that EPA "could" push for such a tax, but EPA never proposed any such thing and says it lacks authority to impose one anyway.
Year-end Whoppers

The bunk just keeps on coming.
Would 3 million jobs be lost if U.S. automakers go under?

The 3-million-jobs figure is based on doomsday assumptions that are unlikely to materialize. Independent economists put the job loss in the hundreds of thousands if GM and Chrysler go under. Ford has...

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Obama’s Missouri Goon Squad plays the victim

They are the thugs Obama's been waiting for.
Crap sandwich, crap numbers

“We just wanted to choose a really large number.”...
Fannie, Freddie get federal grand jury subpoenas

The crony pseudocapitalists at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been served federal grand jury subpoenas. [...] Read the rest »...
Kill the bailout: The House floor debate is on

No cash for trash.
Hensarling: “If we lose our ability to fail, we will soon lose our ability to succeed.”

"I cannot in good conscious support this legislation."...

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Bill O'Reilly Declares A Winner: Norm Coleman

Oops: h/t: Media Matters...
On Israel, Palestine, and the U.S.

In the following I make three claims, which I will state upfront in exaggerated terms, both to get the point across and so my errors are more visible. (1) The United States (or factions in it) has mor...
Say It Isn't So HuffPo

A post at HuffPo jumps the megladon. Now admittedly, I don't know much about the site. But most of the articles I've read there were decent. Which makes this one all the more out of place for a premie...
Reid says it's over for Coleman, but Franken stays in Minnesota

After two months of counting and recounting every eligible ballot in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race, Al Franken has won fair and square and will be the state's next U.S. Senator. Nonetheless, he won't b...
Paving Paradise

Because it's not good enough to set up drillling rigs in the sightline of national treasures, or poison more water, or gut the endangered species act, BushCo is upping the potential permanent damage o...

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More On The Anti-Obama Campaign That Didn't Happen

A couple weeks back, I wrote about a McCain campaign ad, developed by Fred Davis, that would have tied Barack Obama to Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The ad never ran, because John McCain ruled Wright out of b...
Statement from The Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune withheld publication of information about the wiretapping and bugging of Gov. Blagojevich at the request of the U.S. Attorney office. In a just released statement, the newspaper ex...
Change To Win Denies Involvement

Patrick Fitzgerald has made clear that people should withhold judgement on those people or groups that Gov. Rod Blagojevich mentioned as part of his alledged criminal scheme. "We make no charges about...
BlagoGate: Obama's Burden

At a news conference just now, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald made very clear that he had uncovered no evidence of misbehavior on the part of Barack Obama. "I should be clear that the complaint make...
Earthquake: Illinois Gov. Arrested; Charged With Selling Obama's Senate Seat

From MSNBC: Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested by FBI agents Tuesday morning on federal corruption charges, officials said. His chief of staff John Harris was also charged, the U.S. Depart...

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Notes from today's RNC candidate forum

From NBC's Mark Murray and Domenico MontanaroWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Despite differences in age, background and region, all six candidates vying to be the next chairman of the Republican National Committe...
Even more on the Panetta pick

From NBC's Andrea MitchellNBC News has learned that Senate Democrats -- including Dianne Feinstein and Jay Rockefeller, who are the incoming and outgoing Intelligence chairmen -- have privately recomm...
Another top Dem critical of Panetta pick

From NBC's Abby LivingstonAn aide to current Chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, tells NBC News that while the senator has tremendous respect for Leon Panetta, the aid...
Feinstein not told about CIA pick

From NBC's Domenico MontanaroIt appears President-elect Obama forgot to tell the incoming chairwoman of the Senate intelligence committee about Leon Panetta as his choice to head up the Central Intell...
And the winner is…

From NBC’s Domenico MontanaroAfter 62 days of counting and re-counting nearly three million ballots, the Minnesota State Canvassing Board today certified results showing Democrat Al Franken as the w...

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