Dianne Feinstein

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...

How can former CIA "enhanced interrogators" use their skills at the office?

January 6, 2009 - Barack Obama's picks for the intelligence community signal clear desire to end all forms of torture, or "enhanced interrogation techniques." Potential CIA director Leon Panetta wrote, during the Bush Adminstration...

Watch out, al-Qaeda, because Leon Panetta will totally balance the CIA's budget

January 6, 2009 - Former congressman and White House chief of staff Leon Panetta has been tapped by Barack Obama to head up the Central Intelligence Agency. The appointment has divided Democrats, because while Panetta is respected for his managerial, foreign policy and budgetary experience, he doesn't exactly have th...

Gays et al., Rick Warren is the least of your problems

December 18, 2008 - Barack Obama's invitation to Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration has been burning up the news today. And while Warren is undoubtedly a controversial choice, all the hullabaloo has completely obscured the fact that there are quite a few unusual guests invited to speak or perform...

Hillary Clinton drops out Speech-o-Tron

June 6, 2008 - Hillary Clinton is expected to drop out of the presidential race on Saturday morning. According to campaign communications director Howard Wolfson, "Sen. Clinton will be hosting an event in Washington, D.C., to thank her supporters and express her support for Sen. Obama and party unity." What kind...