Archive for December, 2008

30
Dec

The Midtermer Report - DEC 30

UNITED STATES SENATE
Colorado:  Governor Bill Ritter promises his appointment to replace Ken Salazar (Obama nominee as Secretary of the Interior) will not be a drawn out process like New York.  Colorado pundits think the appointment could come within days.  Potential replacements are Cong. John Salazar, Cong. Ed Perlmutter, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and out going [...]

30
Dec

Blago picks Burris to succeed Obama

Illionois Governor/Criminal Rod Blagojevich [D] will choose African-American former Illinois Atty. Gen. Roland Burris to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid [D-NV] and the Democrats have promised not to seat anyone chosen by Blagojevich and I don’t think that will change. Blagojevich clearly tried to outmaneuver Reid by choosing [...]

30
Dec

Obama Favorables Continue Climb

In the latest Gallup survey, President-elect Barack Obama’s favorable ratings climb to 73% while his unfavorables falls to just 17%.

29
Dec

Rham Emanuel to Leave Congress Friday

President-elect Barack Obama’s White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, will formally resign his US House Seat on Friday.
Emanuel, set to serve as chief of staff to President-elect Barack Obama, sent a letter to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Monday indicating that he planned to step down at the end of the week. The new Congress [...]

29
Dec

Shocker: Virginity pledges mostly BS

Here’s a bit of non-news on a slow news day: Teens that take those stupid virginity pledges are just as likely to have sex as those who do not.
Teens who take virginity pledges are just as likely to have sex as teens who don’t make such promises — and they’re less likely to practice safe [...]

29
Dec

Righties Love the Sarah Palin Calendar

You got to be an extreme rightey to even want to consider hanging a calendar up of Sarah Palin.

They really are still desparate and in denial.  Seriously though —- how long?  How long before even the Right wing decides to move past Sarah Palin.  Nearly every analysts out there believes, that besides the ‘fundamentals’ statement, [...]

28
Dec

Tax Cuts Still on Track

David Axelrod, Senior adviser and campaign manager to President-elect Barack Obama, said today that the ailing economy will not halt the effort by Obama to reduce taxes from the middle class, a key and critical campaign theme.
According to Axelrod,
“We feel it’s important that middle-class people get some relief now,” Obama adviser David Axelrod said.
Middle-class tax [...]

27
Dec

Stiffies to win Afghan war for us

The U.S. government is distributing those little blue pills — Viagra — to Afghan tribal chieftains who may have detailed knowledge of Taliban whereabouts and other enemy intelligence. Why Viagra instead of money or guns? Well, apparently, Afghan sources who receive money run out and buy the shiniest toys they can find, attracting unwanted attention [...]

27
Dec

Who will be more Powerful?

Have your say.  Who will be more powerful in the Obama Administration when it comes to influence with foriegn affairs?

26
Dec

Mr. President (Bush): You Won’t be Missed

Seventy-five percent of Americans are glad to see the Bush Presidency come to an end on January 20, 2009, when President-elect Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.
The poll indicates that Bush compares poorly with his presidential predecessors, with 28 percent saying that he’s the worst ever. Forty [...]

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