Did you notice the president-elect's new head of the Domestic Policy Council? The woman standing next to Larry Summers was Melody Barnes and she's a proud progressive. Not sure if Summers questioned...
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Author - Bob Cesca
Businesslike
by Lee Stranahan Watching this morning's announcement of the economic team and the short press conference that followed, I had the jarring feeling of watching a competent person who will be running...
Very Serious Question
Why isn't President-elect Obama continuing the tradition of smirking and grinning while discussing serious issues?
Citigroup
Fact: the Republican strategy in 2010 and 2012 will be to attack the Obama White House and Democratic Congress for the massive federal deficit and the national debt. Happy holidays! We now own eight...
WTF?
On MSNBC just now, Chuck Todd frames the "blame Obama" narrative while interviewing Obama economic adviser Austan Goolsbee: "You guys [Team Obama] own the economy at 12 o'clock eastern time today...
Halperin Praises Hewitt and Drudge
How did I miss this? Very serious TIME Magazine reporter Mark Halperin loves him the Hugh Hewitt and Matt Drudge: But Halperin himself couldn't be biased, could he? One recalls [Mark Halperin's]...
Morning Awesome
The Flaming Lips "Fight Test" and "The Gash" Live at Glastonbury, 2003
Turkey Guy Photo-ops
I was looking at that awful video of Sarah Palin babbling cluelessly while that bloody turkey guy lops off heads in the background, and I realized... I've seen that guy before. So I looked through my...
Very Serious Question
When they cut to a close-up shot of Andy Rooney, does it startle you a little?
Travel! USA! Go!
by Jet Set Celebrity Reporter Lee Stranahan I did a one day quick trip up to San Francisco yesterday for last night's YouTube Live event. It was really great; I talked to Joe Satriani twice, will.i...
Drudge Exposes Obama Hypocrisy (Not Really)
Drudge: Green Obama's official limo is a gas guzzler... Right, Drudge, do you think maybe the president-elect is riding around in a large vehicle because people are, you know, trying to kill him? And...
Afternoon Awesome
I'm not a huge Armstrong fan and, yeah, they were all doped up on EPO in the 2003 Tour, but sue me -- I'm really looking forward to July. (Those of you who are new to the blog... Yes, I'm a cycling...
This Week
I'm watching This Week. Arianna Huffington and Robert Kuttner are outstanding today. Just so refreshing -- and they're wiping the floor with Brooks and Will on the auto makers, on the economy, on the...
Panic!
Very Serious Tom Friedman: If I had my druthers right now we would convene a special session of Congress, amend the Constitution and move up the inauguration from Jan. 20 to Thanksgiving Day. Yes, Mr...
Inaugural Security
Four million people are expected. It sounds like a logistical nightmare, but they seem to have it covered: People attending the ceremony and parade on Jan. 20 can expect to be searched by machines...
Huh?
Matthew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive magazine: "...if Obama really wanted change, if he really wanted to honor progressives who backed him early on and then did the grunt work against...
Morning Awesome
Rush - "The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)" Live Cool lyrics after the jump...
Obama And The Bloggers
BooMan making sense again: If Obama listened to the Netroots' advice all the time he wouldn't be president-elect [...] he generally ignored the Netroots' advice and, for the most part, he was wise to...
The Obama Communications Bullpen
We knew that Gibbs would be the press secretary. But Ellen Moran has been named communications director, and Dan Pfeiffer has been named deputy communications director. Those of you following along...
Saturday Night Thread
Open thread for random Saturday night discussions, as well as complaints about TypePad.