Obama's Pick for Secretary of Education Is Arne Duncan

CNN is reporting that Barack Obama's choice for secretary of education is Arne Duncan, the head of Chicago public schools. It should be noted here that an assessment of Secretary Candidate Duncan's record in...

Illinois House Speaker Madigan Will Preside Over Gov. Impeachment

In a Press Conference Moments ago, Speaker Madigan, stated, that since the Governor will not resign, "It is my intention to appoint a special committee to begin immediately an investigation into the governor's...

Palin Wasn't Only US Politician To Spend Campaign Cash on Clothing

Following on the controversy surrounding Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and her campaign-financed wardrobe, additional candidates who have used campaign money for clothing have been identified by a watchdog...

US voter turnout didn't set record

The numbers have been tabulated, and it turns out that voter turnout was actually far lower than analysts had expected in this past US presidential election. Though the turnout was greater than in 2000 and...

Post Election Right Wing Anger

Shortly after the United States general election ended, with the voters selecting Barack Obama as President Elect, no time was wasted by those known to support the candidacy of Senator John...

Obama's Plans for Health Care Reform: New FDA, Stem Cell Law Veto

President-elect Barack Obama made some hefty promises with regards to American health care reform during his campaign for presidency.  His plans outlined the implementation of lower health insurance premiums...

Gilbert Arenas Gets a Barack Obama Tattoo

Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas has gotten a tattoo of Barack Obama as a way to celebrate the Democratic candidate convincing win last week's election. Many NBA players have voiced their approval of Obama,...

Ad Age on the destruction of the McCain brand

"Country second. Political expediency first. Strategic rigor about 18th. My friends, what a terrible campaign. "That is how Ad Age Magazine - the bible of the advertising world - begins an article that truly...

Behind the Scenes of the 2008 Campaign

From the Newsweek Special Edition highlights: The Obama campaign was provided with reports from the Secret Service showing a sharp and disturbing increase in threats to Obama in September and early October, at the...

How I did my part to help Republicans win in Texas (confessions of an Obamadi...

For the last couple or three days, I have been sitting here mostly wondering if that gurgling noise is coming from my lungs or the vaporizer.  There has been no "thrill of victory or agony of defeat", just...

No Guns for Christmas Now That Obama is President

Leave it to Fox News to claim that Republicans are "stocking up on guns" now that Obama has been elected president. Seriously."When 10-year-old Austin Smith heard Barack Obama had been elected president, he...

Barack Obama Talks Stimulus Package at First Press Conference - "We should ge...

US President-elect Barack Obama gave his first press conference on Friday afternoon after his victory at the polls on Tuesday. He had just finished meeting with a 17-member transition economic advisory board, who...

Obama's Private Election Night Photos

Barack Obama has made the very web-savvy move to post 82 of his private family photos from election night to Flickr.  But in posting private pics of the first black President-Elect to the popular photo-sharing...

Obama:Anything is possible, GOP:Not so fast

Tuesday, November 4th 2008 Barack Obama proved to the world that anything, at least in the United States is in fact possible. (Insert Boston Celtics hoops star Kevin Garnett shouting anything is possible following...

Top 9 World Leaders Called by Obama

After receiving a huge number of congratulatory calls from world leaders on Wednesday, American President-Elect Barack Obama chose to return nine of them. Here's Barack's list of fave leaders — holler back! "The...

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