washingtonpost.com - 2/6/2009
—
Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 2/11/2009
notesfromagrumpyoldman.blogspot.com - 2/13/2009
—
notesfromagrumpyoldman.blogspot.com —
Paul Krugman Clarence Page Eugene Robinson Charles Krauthammer
So,suppose you have a company that provides security, and...
lived off of fat no-bid contracts from a Republican administration.Say you had some employees who were observed killing innocent civilians in Iraq and your company was ...
(more)
Can Republicans Be Trusted?
Comments
Blog Reactions
Craig Takes Control of Vetting Process
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... After several problems with nominees, the White House counsel is assuming oversight of vetting for Obama's future picks.
Calls Daschle's withdrawal a “massive disappointment,” says getting it right with new nominee is “obviously ... a priority of this president.” ...
Inside Obama's Vetting Process: What Went Wrong?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Considered in a historical context, that aide added, the Daschle stumble may have been politically dramatic but it was hardly unusual. Certainly, the Obama administration is already moving on. On Friday, the Washington Post reported that president's chief counsel Greg Craig would be taking over the reins of the vetting process. His task will be to ensure that the next HHS nominee and other appointees -- including Labor Secretary Designee Hilda Solis, who has also be befuddled by tax problems (in this case, her husbands) -- do not stumble off the road to confirmation. ...
Related Content
Third 'Human Terrain' Researcher Dead
blog.wired.com 1/9/2009 — For the third time in eight months, a social scientist with the Army's Human Terrain cultural research program has died. In early November, while on patrol in an Afghan village, Paula Loyd was doused with a flammable liquid, and set...
'A person who can actually be trusted'
politico.com 4/24/2009 —
OK, I promise to get off the Armenian genocide story soon, as it's obviously not the most important issue of the moment.
But the reason it's a worth noting is captured in this campaign video from Samantha Power, which made a big impression on ...
Poll: Internet, Fox News Are Most Trusted News Sources
blog.wired.com 11/22/2008 — The web is the most trusted news medium (over TV and print combined), and Fox News is the most trusted TV news source, according to results from a new Zogby poll commissioned by the Independent Film Channel. Fox ruled with...
“Republicans find their voice”
balloon-juice.com 1/27/2009 — While John is saying “let them vote no” , the Politico is gushing about the Repubicans’ new tactics:
Congressional Republicans, who only weeks ago were sheepish about their own electoral failures and cowed by Obama’s ...
White House Lets Limbaugh Be Voice of Opposition
washingtonpost.com 3/3/2009 — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
White House Watch
- Not to Be Trusted
voices.washingtonpost.com 4/16/2009 — "All of these nasty little secrets will come out." At this point, anything further to be told about the interrogations amounts to so much gratuitous titillation. We already know what is going to happen: Obama is going to "look forward" and there will ...
Born Again American • Add Your Voice
bornagainamerican.org 2/13/2009 — Betsy McFadden’s Pledge: I promise to do the best I can for my country. And to travel as a proud American read more Judye Fuqua’s Pledge: To be a good citizen and volunteer in schools read more Paddy’s Pledge: To do what it takes to get thru this ...