washington blogger and former nixon center executive director steve clemons is quoted in a new york times article about the drama attending staff and prospective cabinet picks by nodrama obama
barack obama is bringing in all of the pit bulls and attack dogs and spear hunters into his administration said steve clemons a fellow at the new america foundation who also write...... [Show More]
too many angles Post Source: attackerman.firedoglake.com Posted: Nov 17 2008 19:04:11
ive said before how much i love angler bart gellmans pathbreaking book about dick cheney. this week ill be talking with gellman about the book over at tpmcafe along with such heavies as jake heilbrunn steve clemons david greenberg of my alma mater and powerlines paul mirengoff . no not overworked at all why do you ask....... [Show More]
hillary clinton is not the best candidate for barack obama to choose as his secretary of state.
she has the necessary gravitas she has the experience she has a similar worldview more on that later she has significant political weight in america she has many established relationships with worldwide leaders she has an undeniable star power since her primary campaign she has been a ...... [Show More]
obama and hillary met in chicago yesterday and apparently discussed what role she might play in obamas administration. secretary of state remains at the top of the rumour mill and as i put it earlier today although i would prefer kerry for the job strictly in terms of policy considerations i am certainly intrigued by the idea of hillary and obama working together if that is possib...... [Show More]
it appears sen. hillary clintons interested in joining the obama administration .
update huffington post now reports that obama has asked sen. clinton to be secretary of state .
update 2 a heres steve clemons take on this exciting development .
gautam dutta...... [Show More]
thats the buzz . marc reports that clinton and obama met yesterday in chicago. for my part i think making her secretary of state is an inspired idea.
obama has to offer something to clinton. shes his main threat now and rightly regards part of his victory her doing. the primaries helped him. left to fester in the senate clinton will plot against the president if he doesnrsqu...... [Show More]
why americans shouldnt go home
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tomdispatch.com november 12 2008.
by tom engelhardt .
on the day that americans turned out in near record numbers to vote a record was set halfway around the world. in afghanistan a u.s. air force strike wiped out about 40 people in a wedding party. this represented at least the sixth wedding party eradicated by american air powe...... [Show More]
amid many reports that president elect barack obama is considering his former democratic nomination rival sen. hillary clinton as secretary of state msnbcs chuck todd mark murray domenico montanaro and carrie dann offer one possible machiavellian theory of why at first read
the best reason for obama to be looking for a place in his cabinet for clinton is simple to get her out...... [Show More]
speculation is rife about the possibility of hillary clinton becoming secretary of state in an obama administration after andrea mitchell of nbc broke the news that she is under serious consideration. at first blush such a move seems odd as the two fought such a ferocious battle during the primaries. the democrats were so worried about the intensity of the campaign that they feared the two... [Show More]
sarah palin has embarked upon her 2012 presidential campaign. who is running alaska and who is underwriting this oneact play
an obama administration defined and corralled by palinpawl entygingr ich financiers will be a series of concessions to the most rabid immoral racist and bigoted sociopaths safeguarding americas armpits.
democrats disabled by ignorance and dysfunction wi...... [Show More]
dont let barack obama break your heart why americans shouldnt go home
by tom engelhardt
on the day that americans turned out in near record numbers to vote a record was set halfway around the world. in afghanistan a u.s. air force strike wiped out about 40 people in a wedding party. this represented at least the sixth wedding party eradicated by american air power in af...... [Show More]
items of interest Post Source: www.realitywindow.com Posted: Nov 12 2008 20:27:07
eugenes wellwritten post on mandates health care and health insurance is an excellent place to start if you havent delved into the topic yet.
steve clemons has an interesting post addressed to the obama administration titled what barack obama should learn from dick cheney that urges obama to develop and promulgate the obama way in much the same...... [Show More]
the road to january Post Source: blog.smartmemes.com Posted: Nov 11 2008 23:42:50
so who will barack obama appoint to the cabinet and other key positions in his incoming administration
to stipulate something up front nobody really knows . when obama and his transition team are ready to make announcements theyll announce them. all we can do at this point is speculate.
so lets speculate
this is really just an exercise in wishfulfillment. it...... [Show More]
our petition against larry summers has hit 5000 people and the energy against him is pretty remarkable and coming from a variety of different directions. nows kim gandy has spoken out dean baker has been on a tear and i even got a review copy of a book sent to my address about labor economics only the name on the address label was cheekily dubbed larry summers. nb...... [Show More]
tuesday linkage Post Source: www.lowyinterpreter.org Posted: Nov 10 2008 23:58:00
thanks to rory for this link asia matters for america provides a hub for american and asian audiences to explore the importance and impact of asia in the united states...
george packer is right the cover of the latest new yorker is gorgeous.
nice piece of detective work from the bbc suggesting the latest north korean photo of kim jong il is fake. ht...... [Show More]
a hagiographic on his management style at navy.
the international human rights group where he served as vice chair. i think its a funny name for a missionary christain organization. helping international missionaries convert world cup fans... your mileage i suppose may vary.
maybe you remember this
the previous secretary of the navy richard danzig was...... [Show More]
liebermans fate Post Source: nyulocal.com Posted: Nov 10 2008 11:00:23
one of the more entertaining sideshows of postelection dc is watching the man who spencer ackerman describes as a sniveling petty entitled morally overbearing and intellectually limited asshole try to wriggle out of the bed he made for himself by endorsing john mccain and smearing barack obama. its pretty clear that his backstabbing is going to have some pretty serious...... [Show More]
the newest new democrat . . . or the politics of potential disappoint ment
the election of barack obama has gotten a lot of people worked
up and excited over the possibility of a
new new deal with the presidentelect playing the role of fdr.
the conceit is that obamas election will at long last be able to
bring to an end the age of reagan and its attendant rightofcen...... [Show More]
richard holbrooke an assistant secretary of state for european and canadian affairs speaks with martin savidge about the international challenges awaiting the next u.s. president including complex difficulties in afghanistan and a newly aggressive russia.
holbrooke a former ambassador to the united nations is touted as a possible secretary of state in the obama administra tion...... . [Show More]
by now most of you have heard that rahm emanuel has accepted the job as obamas chief of staff. this is a telling move that will set the tone for what kind of administration obama wants. rahm is a pro israel hawk big business kind of guy who i disagree with politically. but by taking him out of congress and out of any potential cabinet position and putting him somewhere wh...... [Show More]
i hope all of the hillaryhating misogynist scum who screamed bloody murder about clinton being soooo conservative and a republican in democrats clothing the ones who had conniptions because she was a dlc corporate whore who voted for the war and that made her a bushloving traitor to the party and unfit for the white house are choking to death on the possibility of rahm emanuel being oba...... [Show More]
rosa had to sit so martin could walk martin had to walk so barack could run barack had to run so our children can fly. the washington note...... [Show More]
obama has chosen rahm emanuel as his chief of staff rahm has accepted . the chief of staff is the one who basically sets the agenda and schedule for the president. he also has complete access in regards to those who visit the president inperson. this position plays a major role in influencing and taking care of the president.
obviously this man is proisraeli to the core his father was a ...... [Show More]
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