The president-elect is actually smarter than you and me. A smart president!
Author - Bob Cesca
Obama Wins Omaha
One electoral vote from the great state of Nebraska. Nebraska!
And I Rest My Case
Brett Bozell accidentally reveals the ridiculous dishonesty of this "center-right nation" argument. Note the phrases in bold: BOZELL: Conservatives didn’t play a role in this campaign. This was a...
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for documenting the constant variety of cable news hackery and your other stuffs. Tonight! Mutts!
'We're Growing Up'
by Patrick Moberg h/t Sullivan, with headline by Maya Angelou
The First Press Conference
Just some random reactions. • Yet another chills moment this week when the press stood up as the president-elect entered the room. • Paul Volcker is a gigantic human being. The president-elect isn't...
Election Night Photo Stream
Team Obama on election night.
Knock Knock Joke
Genius.
Letting It Sink In – Part 4
From Oliver: We have a president who believes in science! And he will appoint people who believe in science! Science!
Avoid
Larry Summers for Treasury would probably be the first Obama decision that I would have serious problems with. In addition to being another former Clinton guy, he's a polarizing figure with a laundry...
Intellectual Violence
There's a new batch of Facebook groups calling for the impeachment of Barack Obama. Steven D attempts to refute some of the comments from the groups, including this one: Damn dems stole the election...
Justice
Rumors are flying that Bill Kristol is going to be fired by the NYT. There are of course a variety of reasons, but the most damning has to be his part in the elevation of an uninformed hoople to the...
The Center-Right Myth
I don't know if this is knee-jerking in lieu of tear-jerking for disappointed McCain supporters, or if this is the death rattle of the Rove non-reality based universe, but this Tourette's-like...
Morning Joe
"This plays in her favor." --Joe Scarborough on Palin not knowing basic geography.
Morning Awesome
Several months old, but with The West Wing's Josh Lyman having been based on Rahm Emanuel, and each becoming chief of staff, the similarities continue...
Senior White House Adviser David Axelrod
Another excellent choice. "Although he is as tough as they come, he's actually not a mercenary," said Mr. Obama, of Illinois, in an interview. "He actually believes in what we're doing, which...
No!
One more time. America is not a "right of center nation." Sorry, very serious cable people. First, there's, you know, the results of the election. An electoral mandate for the so-called "most liberal...
The Aggressive Obama White House
Ezra on Rahm: If you thought the Obama administration would be all about bringing people together and would simply make sad faces when stubborn congressmen refused to come to the table, this is a...
Maya Angelou on President-elect Obama
"We are growing up." h/t TRex
Santos, Lyman = Obama, Emanuel
Commenter 'theo' reminds us: According to Wikipedia, Josh Lyman was based off Rahm Emanuel. Considering Matt Santos was based off Obama, this administration is shaping up to be written by Aaron...