Senator Feingold Wants To End Blago-Type Appointments

U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) will introduce a constitutional amendment to end appointments to the U.S. Senate by governors in the case of vacant seats.  The Feingold amendment will call for special...

Which Style of Diplomacy Might Hillary Employ?

Which style of diplomacy might Secretary of State Hillary Clinton use while globetrotting on behalf of President Barack Obama — the one she displayed yesterday at Foggy Bottom or the less-refined “blue...

Clinton confirmed as Secretary of State

"WASHINGTON -- The Senate confirmed Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state Wednesday as President Barack Obama moved to make his imprint on U.S. foreign policy, mobilizing a fresh team of veteran advisers and...

Several Obama Cabinet Nominees Confirmed By Senate

While the world focused on the Obama Inauguration, several key members of the Obama cabinet were also sworn in today. This afternoon, seven of President Obama's cabinet nominees won unanimous approval in the...

Barack Obama Takes Office as President: Inauguration Blog

Barack Hussein Obama has been sworn in as President of the United States, marking him as the 44th president and the first African American to be elected to the United States highest office. Obama said in his speech...

Hillary To Don Oscar De la Renta for Inaugural Ball

Oscar de la Renta has divulged details about the gown Hillary Clinton will wear to the inaugural ball on Tuesday. The future Secretary of State will wear a custom piece by the renowned designer, who also...

Barack Obama Photo Shoot

New York Times Magazine has a really cool photo shoot of what it is calling "Obama's People".

The Iraq War Is Now Illegal

" By Bruce Ackerman and Oona Hathaway, The Daily Beast. "Ongoing combat in Iraq is illegal under US law. As of January 1, Congress’ authorization of the war expired. " The Bush administration’s...

Obama’s World? ... Not So Much With Hillary Here!

" Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama's former bitter rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, is his nominee for secretary of state. President-elect Obama and Mrs. Clinton fought perhaps the...

Choosing Caroline Kennedy as Senator Might Send Wrong Message

by CODY LYON While the name Kennedy certainly evokes a sense of political reverence, respect and legacy, the family, despite remarkable political accomplishment, has also come to represent an American dynasty of sorts, the oft clichéd version of our royalty.' And while...

4. Obama And "Bittergate": 2008 in Review

" 2008's Top 10 Moments in User-Generated News 1.    Mumbai attacks2.    Natural disasters: Emergency info 3.    SF Olympic torch relay protests 4.   ...

Obama Speechwriter Jon Favreau Embarrassed By Facebook Photo

President-elect Barack Obama's head speechwriter Jon Favreau has gotten into hot water after a photo of him groping a life-size cardboard cutout of Hillary Clinton was found on Facebook. The 27-year-old...

OBAMA'S CO-OPT CITY: Making Sense of Hillary as SecState

• Disarm would-be sabateurs with some hawks in the crow's nest?GET POLITICAL w/ VIC LIVINGSTONWell, you know the old saying:  "When I'm wrong, I'm really wrong."  And when Get Political predicted that...

Obama rolls out national security team, Clinton secretary, keeping Gates no c...

Update: Obama confirms Clinton, keeps Gates Live from Chicago : CNN  "A Team of Rivals" View interactive Cabinet Secretary of Energy Unassigned...... Obama to remove Combat troops within 16 months from Irak...

The Hillary-Obama Drama: An Offer He'll Never Make, and She Would Never Accept?

"• Prediction: she will stay in the Senate as a Dem top dog• An Obama push for Hillary as Majority Leader?GET POLITICAL w/ VIC LIVINGSTONThe economy's going deeper into the tank. Thousands of Americans face the possibility of losing their jobs just as the holiday season...

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