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Ten ways to spice up these cabinet confirmation hearings
January 13, 2009 - We're not holding our breath for much drama to come out of these cabinet hearings. Since a lot of the cabinet picks are veteran senators or former senators, they're basically being vetted by their longtime friends and colleagues. Politico says...Filed under: Clinton confirmation hearing, confirmation hearing, Clinton confirmation, Clinton hearing, Clinton cabinet, Clinton cabinet confirmation, Clinton cabinet hearing, Clinton Secretary of State, confirmation hearing lovefest, Clinton confirmation lovefest, Kerry confirmation hearing, Lugar confirmation hearing, Kerry Clinton confirmation, cabinet confirmation, cabinet confirmation hearings, Obama cabinet confirmation, Obama cabinet, Obama confirmation hearing, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Kerry
From The Room: Bush Joins Obama Team as White House Handyman
January 8, 2009 - Washington, D.C. -- President-elect Barack Obama announced today that President Bush will continue to work in the White House after Mr. Obama's inauguration on January 20th - Mr. Bush will take over as White House Handyman. "He'll fix various things that are in a state of disrepair...Filed under: Barack Obama, Barack Obama Cabinet, Obama Cabinet, George W. Bush, Bush, President Bush
Dianne Feinstein gets her grandma knickers in a twist at Obama
January 6, 2009 - It's the first day of the 111th Congress and Barack Obama has gotten off to a bad start. With incoming chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee Dianne Feinstein, at least. DiFi, it seems, is pouting Obama didn't inform her ahead of time that he was going to appoint...Filed under: Barack Obama Leon Panetta, Leon Panetta CIA, Leon Panetta Obama pick, Obama picks Panetta, Leon Panetta, Leon Panetta CIA director, Obama CIA director, Leon Panetta Dianne Feinstein, Dianne Feinstein, Dianne Feinstein CIA director, Dianne Feinstein Obama pick, Dianne Feinstein Senate Intelligence Committee, Dianne Feinstein Obama, Obama consult with Feinstein, Feinstein Panetta, Obama Feinstein, Obama cabinet, Barack Obama
Your new Education Secretary won't fake the funk on a nasty dunk
December 18, 2008 - Barack Obama has announced his pick for Secretary of Education: Arne Duncan, the current head of the Chicago school system and former pro basketball player in Australia (where the ball goes down the net in the opposite direction). So far, like practically everything Obama does, the selection is rece...
23/6 Race of the Day: Asians!
December 8, 2008 - Yesterday, P-E Obama nominated four star General (and Japanese-American) Eric Shinseki to head the Veterans Affairs Department. And down in Louisiana, disgraced Democratic Rep. William Je...Filed under: 23/6 race of the day, race of the day, 23/6 awards asians, Eric Shinseki, Ahn Joseph Cao, Obama Asian-Americans, Obama Asian nomination, Obama Asian cabinet, Eric Shinseki Veterans Affairs, Shinseki Veterans Affairs Department, Obama cabinet, Asian politicians, Republican Asians, Asian wins Louisiana, Louisiana Vietnamese-American, Asians in power, this week in Asians, Asians in politics, Asians in the news, kudos Asians, Anh 'Joseph' Cao, Rep. Anh Cao, Anh Cao, Eric Shinseki, General Eric Shinseki
Obama proves liberals can always find a way to be outraged
December 8, 2008 - The fun new story this week is about liberals' and progressives' complaints that Obama isn't liberal enough, with the far left saying they feel unrepresented in his cabinet picks. Apparently, they're shocked that a democrat who ran...Filed under: Obama not liberal enough, Obama not liberal, Obama too conservative, liberals angry at Obama, progressives angry at Obama, Obama not a liberal, Obama liberals, Obama conservatives, Obama cabinet not liberal, Obama cabinet, liberal Obama cabinet, Obama's cabinet so far, Obama worries liberals, Obama liberals worried, Obama transition, Obama presidency, Obama liberal presidency, Obama conservative presidency, Barack Obama
From The Room: Time for Some Change!
December 3, 2008 - Could Obama's message of change culminate in the mere change of Bill Richardson's facial hair? Obama has picked a cabinet that does little to suggest he will be pursuing an agenda of radical revision. In order to belie these fears Obama should state some big changes he's...
Susan: The other black Rice
December 1, 2008 - One of the lesser-known names to come out of the announcement of Barack Obama's national security team is that of Susan Rice, a foreign policy adviser who is the president-elect's choice for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. By planning to make the post a...
From The Room: If Hillary, Why Not Me?
November 26, 2008 - With all the talk in recent weeks about the surprising choices that President-elect Obama has made in terms of people who will probably work for him, one question has come to my mind: if Hillary, why not me? Or you? Why shouldn't we be part of the Obama...
Obama as the Second Coming... of the Clintons
November 26, 2008 - Barack Obama represents a lot of firsts. But now that he's filled out most of his cabinet, he also seems to represent a third -- meaning a third term for the Clintons. At this point, Obama might have hired more Clinton people than Clinton would have if she'd won...Filed under: Obama administration, Obama transition, Obama hiring former Clinton cabinet, Obama hiring Clinton cabinet, Obama hiring Clintonites, Obama cabinet, Obama presidency, Obama Clinton administration, Obama Clinton differences, Obama administration different, Obama scandals, Clinton scandals Bill Clinton scandals, Clinton administration scandal, Obama Clinton cabinet, Clinton advisors, Obama Clinton advisors, Obama Clinton cabinet, Obama Clinton supporters, former Clinton supporters, Barack Obama Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, Whitewater, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton
7 reasons why hiring a Clinton is not such a bad idea
November 21, 2008 - It's looking more and more likely that Hillary Clinton is going to be named Secretary of State. You can tell it's going to happen by the way Sean Hannity is sweating so much his eye liner is starting to run. Obama's decision to bri...Filed under: Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton Obama administration, Obama Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton new administration, Hillary Clinton Obama meeting, Hillary Clinton cabinet, Hillary Clinton Obama cabinet, Obama Secretary of State candidates, Secretary of State candidates, Obama cabinet members, Obama cabinet, new presidential cabinet, Clinton Obama meeting, Hillary Clinton cabinet meeting, Hillary Clinton White House, Hillary Clinton back in White House, Hillary Clinton politics, Hillary Clinton, Hilary Clinton
Al-Qaeda, meet Janet!
November 20, 2008 - The latest name to emerge from the speculation surrounding Barack Obama's cabinet appointments is that of Janet Napolitano, the Arizona governor who, sources say, has been tapped to become secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. By all accounts she's a popular choice, and apparently even...
From The Feed: Um, so why should we care about Tom Daschle?
November 19, 2008 - Why, you ask? Hit it Associated Press...
From The Room: Forgiveness: The Flavor Du Jour
November 19, 2008 - The Democrats are nothing if not forgiving. They've voted to allow Joe Lieberman, the errant Senator who maligned Obama while traveling McCain, back into the nest. Despite this, Lieberman's face retained that seemingly permanent disgruntled expression as if he'd just swallowed something raw that was...
From The Feed: Christopher Hitchens just hates the thought of Sec. of State Hillary. OBVI.
November 18, 2008 - On Hardball last night, Chris Matthews' asked part-time misogynist Christopher Hitchens what he thinks of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. If you just love being totally unsurprised by political pundits, check out the clip below...
