Author - Bob Cesca

President-elect Barack Obama

Obama!

Just amazing: Barack Obama's victory margin from November 4th now stands at 9,124,522 votes, and will probably grow a bit more once states like Illinois, New York and California finalize their counts...

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Wingnuts

Weird

Eeeewww: Wake up America. Barack Obama may really bring change, he may really be a great President…I sure do hope so. But you, me, we are all going to have to open our eyes a little farther to find...

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Iraq

Is This The End?

The Iraqi parliament has voted us off the island: It also sets out a timetable requiring American troops to withdraw from cities and towns by June 30, 2009, and for all troops to leave the country by...

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Consumer Nation

Rainbow Friday

by Lee Stranahan As I've written before, I lay a lot of the blame for the economy's current state on the giant corporations that run things. And tomorrow is Black Friday - when we're all supposed to...

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Terrorism

Mumbai

As I've been watching the terrorist attacks unfold, the one thing that keeps racing through my mind, in addition to the tragedy of it all, is the shaky India-Pakistan relationship. Both have nuclear...

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Democratic Party

Liberal Thanks

Think Progress does the list. My favorites: We’re thankful we’ll soon have a president who will hit the ground running instead of a president who is running the country into the ground. We’re...

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Morning Awesome

Morning Awesome

One of the funniest scenes from Planes, Trains & Automobiles, directed by the great John Hughes. The best Thanksgiving movie ever made, and one of the most underrated comedies of all time. Years...

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Mark Halperin

The Other Page

CESCA'S TAKE: Five totally random political words and phrases that popped into my head which I'll now pass off as very serious political insight 1. Laffer curve 2. Gerrymander 3. Caucus 4. NIMBY 5...

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