Submit a Story!
Votes
topics:

vote down flag
online.wsj.com - 12/26/2008
President-elect Barack Obama's Transition Team Promises Bridges to Everywhere
—
President-elect Obama's transition team is promising that its $700 billion, or $850 billion, or $1 trillion, or whatever it now is "stimulus" won't include pork-barrel spending. They must not have talked to the nation's mayors, who recently responded to Mr. Obama's request to compile their ...
12/20/08 President-elect Obama's Weekly Address (video)
Play
youtube.com - 12/20/2008
12/20/08 President-elect Obama's Weekly Address (video)
— youtube.com — On December 20, 2008 President-elect Obama introduced the team of men and women who will head up... the nation's major scientific departments. (more) 12/20/08 President-elect Obama's Weekly Address (video)

Comments vote down Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team | Blog found this 12/20/2008found this
Transition Team Releases Review of Contacts
change.gov - 12/23/2008
Transition Team Releases Review of Contacts
— change.gov — Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Today the Obama Transition Team released the review of Obama Transition staff contacts... with Governor Blagojevich and his office.   Download a PDF of the memo. (more) Transition Team Releases Review of Contacts

Comments vote down Real Clear Politics - TIME.com found this 12/23/2008found this
news.yahoo.com - 12/23/2008
Obama transition team releasing Blagojevich report (AP)
— news.yahoo.com — AP - President-elect Barack Obama's transition office is ready to release an internal review of all contacts... his staff had with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's office over the Senate seat that Obama has vacated and that the governor is accused of ... (more) Obama transition team releasing Blagojevich report (AP)

Comments vote down Gateway Pundit found this 12/23/2008found this

Blog Reactions

Michelle Malkin:  High-speed rail to nowhere

Instapundit:  RAY LAHOOD: Obama’s Secretary of Earmarks? What, Trent Lott wasn’t available? Plus, making Ted St…

Say Anything:  A Look At Obama’s Pork-Riddled Economic Stimulus Bill

Comments
Blog Reactions

High-speed rail to nowhere
Michelle Malkin — ... pay for California commuters to ride it? The bureaucrats say it’ll cost $30 billion, plus $12 billion for every extension — which means you should triple the asking price. There’s no need to guess whether this thing will be a money pit. Just look at the Los Angeles MTA black hole. One last point: Who will get all the vaunted jobs the high-speed rail line boondoggle promises to deliver? Bloated unions. The more things change… *** On a related note from the WSJ: Bridges to everywhere!

RAY LAHOOD: Obama’s Secretary of Earmarks? What, Trent Lott wasn’t available? Plus, making Ted St…
Instapundit — RAY LAHOOD: Obama’s Secretary of Earmarks? What, Trent Lott wasn’t available? Plus, making Ted Stevens jealous. ...

A Look At Obama’s Pork-Riddled Economic Stimulus Bill
Say Anything — ... earmarking their portion of Obama’s “economic stimulus” behemoth noting that they want to spend it on CFL light bulbs and homeless shelters.  As it turns out, Grand Forks’ request was just part of a national effort by the nation’s mayors to get some tasty, tasty pork from Obama. All together, the mayors have requested $73 billion in pork for things like fitness centers and tennis facilities. Oh and halls of fame.  Yes.  That’s plural. By all accounts, the $73 billion ...

Related: stimulus doesn't have to mean pork, president-elect obama transition team
Hillary's Wing-Men
blogs.tnr.com 12/23/2008 — The Times nails down Hillary's deputy at State--and the news is that it's not one deputy but two: Mrs. Clinton is recruiting Jacob J. Lew , the budget director under President Bill Clinton , as one of two deputies, according to people close to ...
Biden on Anticipated Blago Report: 'I Don’t Think There's Anything to Exonerate'
blogs.abcnews.com 12/23/2008 — ABC NEWS' SUNLEN MILLER REPORTS: Today’s the day -- the Obama Transition team is set to release the finding of their internal investigation looking into any contacts their staff had with anyone on Gov. Blagojevich’s staff. While President-elect Obama ...
Transition office releases Blagojevich report
washingtonmonthly.com 12/24/2008 — TRANSITION OFFICE RELEASES BLAGOJEVICH REPORT.... There's a very good reason the president-elect and the Obama team seemed completely unconcerned about any connection to the Blagojevich controversy -- they weren't connected to the Blagojevich ...
How to ask Obama a question — Citizen Crain
Calling all activists - now is your opportunity to influence president-elect Barack Obama's thinking on gay issues (actually all issues). It has become very much easier to submit a question to his transition team as well as vote on other...
AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW: ‘Stimulus’ Doesn’t Have to Mean Pork. It doesn’t have to, but with this Congre… — Instapundit
AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW: ‘Stimulus’ Doesn’t Have to Mean Pork. It doesn’t have to, but with this Congress, it’s pretty likely to. . . .
Obama Puts Out Holiday Radio Address — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
With the President-elect in Hawaii and most of the political world taking a short breather to celebrate the holidays, the Obama transition team put out a radio address on Wednesday. The clip touches on the usual themes for this time of year: recognition of the sacrifice made by American ...
Obama Puts Out Holiday Radio Address — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
With the President-elect in Hawaii and most of the political world taking a short breather to celebrate the holidays, the Obama transition team put out a radio address on Wednesday. The clip touches on the usual themes for this time of year: recognition of the sacrifice made by American ...
Still "nothing to see" in Illinois — Wizbang
Today's breaking news from Chicagoland: A report issued by Barack Obama's transition [team] concluded that the president-elect had no contact with Gov. Rod Blagojevich or his office and no one...
Parsing a Farce — Real Clear Politics - TIME.com
Yesterday afternoon I dialed into the Team Obama conference call to hear Robert Gibbs and Greg Craig walk through the 5-page report detailing contacts between the President-elect's Transition Team...
Obama: CHANGE Means Keeping Bush’s War Leaders — Flopping Aces
Obama wants Bush war team to stay Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, who has been named to the same Cabinet post in the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama, is asking experienced members of the Bush war team to stick around to smooth the transition in the Pentagon. ...
HTML version: Obama team's memo on Blagojevich contacts — Doug Ross @ Journal
An alternative to the PDF released by the President-Elect's transition team regarding contacts with Governor Blagojevich. TO: The President-Elect FROM: Greg Craig DATE: December 23, 2008 SUBJECT: Transition Staff Contacts with the Governor’s Office At your direction, I arranged for transition ...
Obama team releases Blagojevich report — Newshoggers.com
by Jay McDonough President-elect Barack Obama's transition team today released it's internal report on staff contracts with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. The report's conclusion; no one in the transition team acted inappropriately. The report does note Rahm Emanuel, Obama's Chief of ...
Inauguration And Transition News — Daily Kos
From an Obama transition team press release: On January 20th, President-elect Barack Obama will take the oath of office using the same Bible upon which President Lincoln was sworn in at his first inauguration.  The Bible is currently part of the collections of the Library of Congress. ...
Bookends — Shakesville
[Bookends background .] From the Obama transition team, care of The Politico : On January 20th, President-elect Barack Obama will take the oath of office using the same Bible upon which President Lincoln was sworn in at his first inauguration. The Bible is currently part of the collections of ...
Obama Blago probe clears him, team — The Swamp
by Frank James The Obama transition team report on its contacts with Gov. Rod Blagojevich' or the governors' office has been released and, as has been telegraphed for days by the Obama team, it exonerates President-elect Obama and his aides from the pay-to-play scandal surrounding the ...
Obama Transition Report Finds ‘No Indication Of Inappropriate Discussions’ With Blagojegivich — Think Progress
For the past few weeks, the media and the right wing have been speculating whether President-elect Obama or chief of staff-designate Rahm Emanuel were hiding their involvement in Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s pay-to-play scandal. Today, the Obama transition team released a report on its ...
Pentagon Problems: Obama Runs Into Delays Staffing Defense Team — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
President-elect Barack Obama has run into some difficulty staffing the top rungs at the Department of Defense, with the expected short tenure of Secretary Robert Gates creating a problem for potential candidates, officials within the transition and in the defense community said. The delay ...
Pentagon Problems: Obama Runs Into Delays Staffing Defense Team — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
President-elect Barack Obama has run into some difficulty staffing the top rungs at the Department of Defense, with the expected short tenure of Secretary Robert Gates creating a problem for potential candidates, officials within the transition and in the defense community said. The delay ...
Biden: 'No Inappropriate Contact' — Real Clear Politics - TIME.com
Meeting with economic advisers today in Washington, Vice President-elect Biden briefly mentioned the internal review report that the Obama Transition team will release later today: "Oh I don't think...
Marxist To ‘Swear In’ On Republican’s Bible — Pat Dollard | Young Americans
Politico : Obama to use Lincoln Bible From the transition team: “Washington, D.C. - On January 20th, President-elect Barack Obama will take the oath of office using the same Bible upon which President Lincoln was sworn in at his first inauguration. The Bible is currently part of ...
Obama Blagojevich Report: "A Lot About Nothing" — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Two Democratic officials tell CNN that the "long-awaited report about aides to President-elect Barack Obama alleged contact with the office of embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will largely exonerate Obama's transition team." "You're going to see this is a lot about nothing," one ...
Obama Blagojevich Report: "A Lot About Nothing" — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Two Democratic officials tell CNN that the "long-awaited report about aides to President-elect Barack Obama alleged contact with the office of embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will largely exonerate Obama's transition team." "You're going to see this is a lot about nothing," one ...
Vice President-elect Biden hones in on the middle class — Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team | Blog
Two weeks ago Vice President-elect Joe Biden showed his commitment to the middle class and restoring the health of our economy by selecting Jared Bernstein for a newly-created post , Chief Economist and Economic Policy Advisor to the Vice President. Yesterday, the Obama Transition team ...