Though Obama won on promises to challenge Wall Street, there has been a calculated effort to stack the administration with the very Wall Street Democrats who created the problems he lamented.

This is cross-posted from OpenLeft.com, where we are continuing our ongoing reporting on the financial crisis and the government's response to it. ...

Obama's national security team includes not a single opponent of the Iraq War. It is chock full of Bush administration political appointees who are -- somehow -- being held over.

While we can't afford to waste time, we also can't afford to pass bad policy and potentially waste billions of dollars. We need to err on the side of a slightly slower pace, and reject "extraordinary politics" in service of kleptocracy.

In a country where about half the population has smoked pot, we're expected to be ragingly angry that Phelps went to a party and hit his friend's bong. What a sad joke on so many levels.

Obama looks like he's starting to prioritize the Washington status quo on trade over real change.

My friend and fellow OpenLeft.com writer Chris Bowers launched a formal campaign to ask MSNBC to consider me for the slot, and now I'm asking for your help.

Before we get scared about the prospect of nationalization, let's remember: nationalization already pervades far more than the banking industry -- it's all around us.