by Lee Stranahan HuffPo is highlighting a 2004 interview with Barack Obama about religion and it reveals (shock) an intelligent, actualized human being's approach to faith. This quote spoke to me...
Author - Bob Cesca
The Okey Doke
by Lee Stranahan So now Treasury Secretary Paulson is saying they won't be buying those bad mortgage assets. But one of the arguments made about the bailout was that by buying those assets, the value...
Look! A Cabinet Flowchart! I'm A Geek!
US News has a super-secret leaked flowchart of Obama administration cabinet contenders (pdf). Digby isn't sure how real it is, but the shortlists don't contain a lot of senators, which made me smile...
Searching for the Republican Netroots
Boehlert is following the hilarity. Here's my theory... New media is all about interactivity and instant feedback. This dynamic -- the very nature of new media -- doesn't help the far-right...
Center-Wrong
Oh noes! In a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Tuesday, 59 percent of those questioned think that Democratic control of both the executive and legislative branches will be good for...
Ew.
Actual MSNBC First Read headline: HRC Urges Stimulus With Bush Posted without comment.
Matthews for Senate?
When Chris Matthews said, "I want to do everything I can to make this thing work, this new presidency work," it was all about a potential senate run. In fact, we'll find very few anti-Obama remarks...
Morning Awesome
U2 - City of Blinding Lights Live at the Brooklyn Bridge
My Great-Great Grandfather on Veterans Day
My great-great grandfather, Richard B. Davis, was a volunteer soldier in the 155th Pennsylvania Regiment, out of Pittsburgh, during the Civil War. The 155th eventually became a "zouave" unit ...
Very Serious Question
"How can blacks be 13 percent of the population, but 100 percent of the problem?" (Asked by Frances Callier (of Frangela) on the Stephanie Miller Show.)
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for documenting the constant variety of cable news hackery and also. Tonight! Sarah Palin hates bloggers in pajamas.
Obamacrats
by Lee Strananahan We've all heard of Obamacans; Republicans who support Obama. I'm predicting that Obama is going to be a big enough break from the past that we may start seeing Obamacrats; people...
Afternoon Awesome
h/t Paddy
God Wants Position Flexible
Sarah Palin is waiting for God's go-ahead to run for president: "I'm like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray, I'm like, don't let me miss the open door ...
Rahm Facts
Chuck Norris? Wimp. RAHM EMANUEL IS A TRAINED TRIATHLETE RAHM EMANUEL TRIED TO CUT OFF DICK CHENEY FROM GOVERNMENT WELFARE RAHM EMANUEL HATES ARBY'S AFTER THE 2006 MIDTERM ELECTIONS, RAHM EMANUEL...
John Edwards Rears His Ugly Pretty Head
by Lee Stranahan HuffPo is reporting that next week John Edwards will be making his first public appearance in months. If you aren't familiar with my writing about the John Edwards saga, suffice it...
WTF?
Powerline's Assrocket made me perform a spit-take: Bush never gets sloppy when he is speaking publicly. He chooses his words with care and precision, which is why his style sometimes seems halting...
There Will Always Be Fire-Eaters
I agree with BooMan that the Southern Strategy isn't dead -- in the south, that is. In fact, it'll be used to divide white and black southerners more often during this Republican decline. Anything to...
If We're Center-Right, Why Did McCain Lose?
Eugene Robinson gets it: So much is wrong with this analysis that it's hard to know where to begin. Let's start with the basic premise, that of a center-right American polity. To the extent that such...
David Corn On Board With Plouffe
Corn makes a strong case for David Plouffe as DNC chair here. As the manager of Obama's campaign, Plouffe steered the best-run presidential campaign in years. He put together an effective campaign...