by Lee Stranahan One of the things I love about being able to talk politics in a group blog is the back and forth. So, he's my response to Bob. Who knows; maybe another radio thing is in order? I...
Author - Bob Cesca
Republican Change
by Lee Stranahan Here's what is obvious - the Republicans have had their hand forced by outside circumstances and Steele is one result of that. The vote was an acknowledgment of what everyone knows;...
My Final Thought On Steele
by Lee Stranahan If you feel cynical about this, please consider these words...emphasis added, obviously... The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our...
Steele
by Lee Stranahan Michael Steele is the new head of the Republican National Committee. And he's...ya know. What's that thing that Rush Limbaugh keeps talking about all the time? Oh, right. He's black...
Mad As Hell
by Lee Stranahan My new Huffington Post piece is Our Other National Shamelessness : Needless Job Layoffs. Please read, pass around, and now that we've got a President not afraid to tell the damn...
Dittoheads
by Lee Stranahan Stimulus plan passes House. Not a single Republican vote for it. Rugged individuals, all. Baaaa...
It's Not Bipartisanship
by Lee Stranahan The press and Obama's critics left and right keep throwing about the word Bipartisanship. Maybe Obama's used it but it's not something I recall. Our President seems to have the same...
Republican Antics
by Lee Stranahan Some quick and very serious thoughts about the Repubelickin' antics... They aren't effective. They don't work and they aren't going to work. The publc is sick of that sort of BS from...
The Economy Isn't Coming Back
by Lee Stranahan One thing that's increasingly clear to me is that the economy as we've known it is not going to make a comeback. I think we're in for a big period of realignment and things will get...
We Aren't Ready For National Health Care
by Lee Stranahan Health care is an issue n3ear and dear to my heart. Well, it's near and dear to my diabetic eyes. My heart just checked out okay. But I want a comprehensive national health care...
Mourning Joe
by Lee Stranahan I'm never really awake to watch MSNBC's Morning Joe...and wow, I'm missing. Joe Scarborough just said it's a bad day for Barack Obama to have closed Gitmo because someone the Bush...
Wake Up Call
by Lee Stranahan I realize now that I woke up this morning and something new happened. I wanted to turn on the news and I was eager to see what my President was up to. Really and truly. I can get...
The Oval Office
Photo by Pete Souza/White House This is too awesome for words.
History: As Seen From Space
Full-size version here. This is a must-see. h/t Sullivan
The Long Road from 1928
Joan Walsh wrote an excellent piece about the inauguration scene on the ground, including a conversation with an African American man who was born in 1928. And Digby recalls the status of Jim Crow...
Big John
Senator Cornyn is obstructing the confirmation of Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State mainly due to concerns about the Clinton Global Initiative. But to be fair, Senator Cornyn opposed the...
The Dawn Rises Over Guantanamo
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Jan. 20 -- In one of its first actions, the Obama administration instructed military prosecutors late Tuesday to seek a 120-day suspension of legal proceedings involving...
Morning Awesome
President Obama's First Inaugural Address January 20, 2009
Doof Quote of the Day
"Who wrote that line? Jeremiah Wright?" —Michelle Malkin on the "white would embrace the right" line from Rev. Lowery's benediction.
Prime Time Thread
More inauguration open threading.