Obama should be like Bush
the-reaction.blogspot.com 11/10/2008 — By Michael J.W. Stickings At least according to TNR's Jonathan Cohn. Cohn argues that has actually accomplished a great deal as president, from overhauling the tax code to reforming education to gutting the regulatory state to rewriting ...

Rehabilitating Bush
chicagoboyz.net 11/11/2008 — Let the rehabilitation of Bush begin! For the past 8 years, the most strident and hysterical leftist criticism of Bush has centered on his intelligence policies which leftist assured us arose purely out of a callous disregard for civil liberties and ...

We let Bush down
washingtonmonthly.com 11/6/2008 — WE LET BUSH DOWN.... A friend emailed me last night, telling me that this op-ed from the Wall Street Journal may very well be the single most foolish op-ed ever published in a major American newspaper. That's obviously a difficult...

It's Black Friday
americablog.com 11/28/2008 — Shop shop shop shop shop shop shop... I have to admit, as worried as I am about the economy, and whether any of us will see any income at all next year, all of those dream buys (mmm.... flat screen TV) are getting awfully tempting with all the falling prices. What are you guys doing? Are you ...

No we can't
lefarkins.blogspot.com 11/18/2008 — This story , indicating that the Obama administration is bailing on the idea even investigating whether criminal charges ought to be brought against Bush administration officials who committed war crimes such as torture, is very discouraging. From the ...

What Tina Fey Wants
vanityfair.com 12/1/2008 — Tina Fey has rules. They've guided the 38-year-old writer-comedian through marriage, motherhood, and a career that went into hyperdrive this fall, when her Sarah Palin impression convulsed the nation, boosting the ratings of both Saturday Night Live ...

Bush daughters give tour to Obamas — CNN Political Ticker 11/19/2008
(CNN) — Jenna and Barbara Bush, the president's daughters, personally toured Barack Obama's daughters around the White House Tuesday, a White House spokeswoman said. The Bush daughters showed Malia and Sasha Obama their future rooms and other ...

Obama Could Reverse Erosion of Federal Service by Restoring Funding and Reducing Political Appointees — Wash Post Obama Administration 11/19/2008
As The Washington Post reported this week, President-elect Barack Obama wrote American Federation of Government Employees in October promising that he would do everything in his power to rebuild the federal service. He also promised to protect ...

Obama Could Reverse Erosion of Federal Service by Restoring Funding and Reducing Political Appointees — Wash Post Federal Page 11/19/2008
As The Washington Post reported this week, President-elect Barack Obama wrote American Federation of Government Employees in October promising that he would do everything in his power to rebuild the federal service. He also promised to protect ...

Will Bush's midnight rules be reversible? (Politico) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/19/2008
Politico - Whether it’s relaxing pollution control standards for power plants or allowing loaded weapons into national parks, the Bush Administration is scrambling to approve or change as many federal rules as it can before it hands off ...

Senators Urge Bush to Stop Converting Political Posts to Civil Service Jobs — Wash Post Obama Administration 11/19/2008
Democrats in the Senate called on President Bush to halt any effort by his administration to place political appointees in career jobs just weeks before his team leaves office.