Category Archives: National News

Pete Williams of NBC is reporting that Barack Obama has offered the job of Attorney General to Eric Holder, a former Justice Department number two man under President Bill Clinton. From NBC: President-elect Obama has offered Eric Holder the position … Continue reading →

Senator Joseph Lieberman emerged from the Democratic caucus intact today, managing to hold onto his chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee. From MSNBC: Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over … Continue reading →

It looks like Joe Lieberman is going to manage to stay as the chair of the Homeland Security Committee under a plan being floated by Senators Chris Dodd and Ken Salazar. Dodd and Salazar will propose a milder sanction against … Continue reading →

President elect Barack Obama, in making the Democratic weekly radio address, has placed this talk on you tube, a nice innovation. I have placed the radio talk here. What do you think of his first presentation?

President elect Barack Obama is begining to make some high level appointments to his administration. From Chris Cilizza over at “The Fix” at the Washington Post: The transition announced this morning that Pete Rouse, Obama’s Senate chief of staff, will … Continue reading →

As Harry Reid continues to struggle with no Republican support for a bailout of the big three an interesting Republican offer has been made. It appears that President Bush might be willing to sign off on a package that would … Continue reading →

Bill Ayers is interviewed by Good Morning America. Is this interviewer the stupidest man on the planet? Ayers explains over and over the concept of a political coffee, which in a city the size of Chicago means the candidate stops … Continue reading →

Andrea Mitchell has broken the news story that Hillary is under consideration for the job of Secretary of State, citing sources in the Obama transition. Keith Olberman was reporting tonight that sources are saying that Clinton has been offered the … Continue reading →

It appears likely that the Democratic hope of enacting a bailout for the auto industry as well as a larger stimulus package during the lame duck session will wither on the vine. From the New York Times: The prospects of … Continue reading →