Bush Special Prosecutor is Top Question for Obama, Activists Say
onthehillblog.blogspot.com 1/5/2009 — The top-ranked question submitted on President-elect Barack Obama's website seeks a non-partisan special prosecutor to investigate the outgoing Bush administration, a group of progessive Democrats says.

BREAKING: Ask Obama For a Torture Special Prosecutor
thenation.com 12/30/2008 — The Obama transition team is taking questions again at Change.gov , throwing open the site this week for citizen input. The first run of this experiment was a mixed bag. The platform was open and transparent, but the official answers felt more like ...

Encourage Obama to Appoint a Special Prosecutor for Bush Administration
democrats.com 12/30/2008 — At Change.gov, President-Elect Obama is inviting a second round of questions. At the end of the first round, our Special Prosecutor question was #6 but Obama's team only answered the first five. This time let's get our question to #1!  ...

Special Prosecutor for Bush War Crimes
democrats.com 12/20/2008 — Dear Attorney General-Designate Eric Holder, We the undersigned citizens of the United States hereby formally petition you to appoint a Special Prosecutor to investigate and prosecute any and all government officials who have participated in War ...

Obama On Appointing Special Prosecutor To Investigate Bush’s Crimes: ‘We Need To Look Forward’
thinkprogress.org 1/11/2009 — The top question on Change.gov’s “ Open for Questions ” feature last week asked whether President-elect Obama will appoint a special prosecutor to “independently investigate” the “ greatest crimes ” committed under Bush. The inquiry, submitted by Bob ...

Who Gets Televised
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 1/29/2009 — New report from the ThinkProgress team shows Republicans outnumbered Democrats 2-1 on television discussing the stimulus plan, even though the House GOP minority is essentially powerless and irrelevant: I think the basic way to understand TV ...

For One Special Voter, Two Special Days
nytimes.com 1/9/2009 — Ann Nixon Cooper, the woman whom President-elect Barack Obama lauded in his election-night victory speech, turns 107 on Friday. >

Obama Website Ranks Bob Fertik's Question on Special Prosecutor No. 1 - John Dean Responds
democrats.com 1/11/2009 — Obama Website Ranks Bob Fertik's Question on Special Prosecutor No. 1 - John Dean Responds

Obama threatens dissenting Dems with first veto — CNN.com - Politics 1/13/2009
President-elect Barack Obama will go to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to meet with Senate Democrats and make his case for how he wants to spend the second half of the $700 billion bailout, two Democratic sources said.

Officials shoring up inaugural traffic, security plans — CNN.com - Politics 1/13/2009
With all the bridges and road closings on Inaugural Day, the problem isn't just about getting people into Washington but getting them back out after Barack Obama is sworn in January 20.

Congress set to vote on children's health bill — Reuters: Politics 1/13/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Moving quickly to try to give President-elect Barack Obama an early victory on an important healthcare issue, the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on Wednesday to expand a children's health program and increase ...

How Obama will write and rewrite his presidency. — Slate Magazine - Politics 1/13/2009
In his valedictory press conference Monday, George Bush talked about the emotional burden of the presidency, challenged the notion that the job can be isolating, and repeatedly mused about what he'll do in retirement. These observations were ...

At Confirmation Hearing, Clinton Talks of Engagement With Iran — Wash Post Obama Administration 1/14/2009
Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday that the incoming Obama administration will seek to engage directly with Iran in an effort to persuade it to abandon its nuclear program and become "a constructive regional actor," ...