janet napolitano

Confirmation hearing floor photographers: A love story

January 16, 2009 - [The following is a fictitious imagining of what might have taken place during this week's Senate cabinet confirmation hearings, had anything interesting been allowed to occur] Andy thought he knew the drill. Day after day of sitting Indian style on the floor, some guy's knee drilling int...

Boring cabinet confirmation hearings no one cares about ROUNDUP!!!

January 15, 2009 - Everyone's wringing their hands over Eric Holder and Tim Geithner. But what about the other nominees? The ones who are sailing right through their confirmation hearings? The ones who pay their taxes and don't pardon guys who illegally trade with Iran? It's time to take a look...

From The Room: Be My Valentine, Janet Napolitano

January 15, 2009 - You're a little old for me, Secretary of Homeland Security Elect, but boy are you tough. According to Wikipedia, you're "an avid basketball fan who regularly plays tennis." That's so cute! Now, Napolitano, to be honest, we couldn't be more different. I'm not the athletic...

Hillary and Barack - How mortal enemies learn to make a deal

December 1, 2008 - As Obama was preparing to present his foreign policy team and (finally) formally announce his pick of Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State, aides of both Obama and Clinton were feeding the press...

Barack makes Hillary an honest woman

December 1, 2008 - President-elect Obama introduced his security team today. The group included Hillary Clinton (Secretary of State), Eric Holder (AG ), Defense Secretary...

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 Room: Barack Obama's Vice President Will Be...

May 30, 2008 - Just the other day (okay, a month and a half ago) I was having an off-the-record conversation with an extremely influential leader of the netroots community. How influential? Let me put it this way: Without him, there would be no Ned Lamont. Given that triumph, we naturally wanted...

Inappropriate Hottie Rundown: Potential Democratic VPs

May 14, 2008 - As West Virginians hand Hillary Clinton a landslide victory over her (black, totally black and FYI, nightmarishly black) rival, Barack Obama, it's still virtually impossible for Clinton to secure the Democratic presidential nomination, since Obama leads her by nearly 200 delegates and nobody's makin...