Ambinder reporting: It's quite unsettling to talk to members of Barack Obama's transition teams these days, especially those who are helping with the economics portfolio. Without going into details...
Author - Bob Cesca
I Infiltrated Morning Joe
Watch for my tiny black & white head at around 1:39. Weird because I was pretty critical of MSNBC in yesterday's column. Nothing unfair, just harsh.
My Take On NBC's Leno Move
by Lee Stranahan I wrote a piece called Five Reasons NBC's Leno Move Is Brilliant. Also, HuffPo's Daily Brief email went out this morning with Bob on top, me near the bottom, and Erica Jong in the...
Your 'Liberal' Cable News Network
Just now on MSNBC... Washington bureau chief Mark Whitaker said (paraphrasing), "Obama wants to change the tone in Washington? He couldn't even change the tone in Illinois!" Yes, Mr. Whitaker, it was...
Bush's First Energy Secretary
By way of a flashback, here's a fun fact about President Bush's first Energy Secretary, Spencer Abraham: As a Republican senator from Michigan, Abraham once called for dismantling the Energy...
Geek Out, Fellow Junkies
Next week is White House week on C-SPAN, beginning with a feature-length documentary on Monday night.
Rove Gives Advice to GOP
Here. And considering how well Rove did for the Bush White House -- you know, great success! -- we can only hope that the GOP will pay very careful attention to Karl Rove's advice and follow it to...
Super Stupid
Bill O'Reilly interviewing Ted Turner: O’REILLY: You can’t possibly think that Fox News is a far right operation? I mean, because it’s not. TURNER: I do. O’REILLY: Oh, come on. I mean, maybe coming...
Morning Awesome
Terminator: Salvation Trailer 2
Welcome To Taint Mansion
by Lee Stranahan With all Bob's Taint Talk lately, I thought I'd share what I think of every time I hear the word Taint - one of my favorite pieces from the second best sketch comedy show ever, Mr...
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu
This is a huge, inspired choice. A very progressive Nobel laureate physicist heading up the Department of Energy. Someone with bold, smart ideas for transforming America into a green energy nation...
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for documenting the constant variety of cable news hackery and also such as. Tonight! Taint!
New Huffington Post Column
Obama Unfairly Tainted by Crimes He Didn't Commit Enjoy!
Afternoon Awesome
President Bush kept us safe? Seriously? h/t Paddy
I Ghostwrite For Obama
by Lee Stranahan Here's the statement I'd LIKE to see... "I don't have anything to add to what is currently known about the ongoing Blagojevich investigation. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has proven...
On The Radio
I'm scheduled to be on the Basham & Cornell Show sometime after 11AM eastern time this morning. Listen live here.
Renounce And Reject
The cable news is telling me that the President-elect wasn't aggressive enough renouncing Governor Blagojevich. And, of course, they're both from the same state so they must be good buddies and...
Overheard on The Cable
NORAH O'DONNELL: Can Obama avoid being tainted by all of this? CHUCK TODD: It depends on your definition of taint.
Morning Joe
Calvin Trillin is on Morning Joe right now talking about how he managed to rhyme "Obama" with "Osama bin Laden" and "smack your momma." Talented!
The Legacy Project
Sean Hannity is receiving his memos from Karl Rove: HANNITY: We created 10 million new jobs, lower unemployment than in the last four decades' average. We had a lot of good years. There is an ebb and...