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Good News on Mukasey
Posted from Talking Points Memo 14 hours ago
The initial reports of Attorney General Mukasey's collapse last night sounded very grim. But his friends and family must now be breathing a deep sigh of relief. According to a Justice Department statement just moments ago, doctors at George Washington... (original story)
Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Posted from Daily Kos 14 hours ago
TGIF! Pundits love Fridays! Paul Krugman: There are some disturbing parallels between 2008 and 1932, and one disturbing one is the gap between when the discredited Bush leaves and the new folks take over. David Brooks: And yet as much as I want to resent these overeducated Achievatrons (not to mention the incursion of a French-style government dominated by highly trained Enarchs), I find myself tremendously impressed by the Obama transition. Jonah Goldberg: Hey, bankruptcy for GM isn't so bad. Better that than government pragmatism and confidence. The effects of that would be much more ... (original story)
Post-Responsibility
Posted from Daily Kos 14 hours ago
In this post-partisan world, I know we're not supposed to be judgmental. But that darn GAC took a look at the billions spent by the Department of Homeland Security, and this (.pdf) is what they found. Billions Invested in Major Programs Lack Appropriate Oversight Of 48 major investments requiring... (original story)
Waxman's win leaves Gov't Oversight chair vacant
Posted from Daily Kos 14 hours ago
You can't chair two committees. Them's the rules. So now that Henry Waxman has succeeded in wresting control of the Energy & Commerce Committee from John Dingell (a victory which Dingell has, in conciliatory fashion, congratulated Waxman), the chairmanship of the Oversight panel that Waxman led is ... (original story)
The Profits Of Failure
Posted from Talking Points Memo 14 hours ago
Book Clubbin' on Bart Gellman's Angler: Was Dick Cheney's overstretch made possible by excessive political success or did he profit from failure? We've been arguing it out all week at Cafe. And next week, we'll keep digging into the twisted... (original story)
Capus: MSNBC hosts aren't 'flag-wavers for Obama'
Posted from Michael Calderone's Blogs 14 hours ago
The Washington Post looks at the inevitable drop in cable viewership since Election Day. After peaking with a weekly average of 3.5 million viewers during prime time during election week, Fox News lost more than a million viewers the next week. CNN saw an even larger exodus, with its peak prime-time audience of 3.3 million dropping by some 1.9 million. MSNBC shed 862,000 viewers during that period, from its peak average of 2.2 million during election week. Also, NBC News president Steve Capus doesn't think MSNBC will have trouble under an Obama White House, despite a prime-time lineup know... (original story)
Tanking
Posted from Talking Points Memo 14 hours ago
If there's anything the last decade and one half has taught us it is too look very skeptically at purportedly generational political trends. But the latest Gallup poll data is still very telling about the immediate political moment. While the... (original story)
Pole-dancing Mormons make push for Olympics (seriously)
Posted from AMERICAblog News| A great n... 14 hours ago
"No gay marriage, but bring on the strippers!"AMERICAblog reader SaraI fear that even I can't do this story sufficient justice. So I'll simply quote the sports blog that posted this originally:When we last saw the Mormons, they were attempting to murder love. Having succeeded on that, they’ve app... (original story)
The Abiding Mystery
Posted from Talking Points Memo 14 hours ago
Back to back wave elections for one party, like 2006 and 2008, are extremely uncommon in American history. So what are the roots of the 2008 election? Clearly, the trends operated on many levels, some of which will be more... (original story)
Pelosi: McCain’s campaign attacks ‘bankrupt’
Posted from Politico.com: Politics '08 14 hours ago
Speaker chides McCain for invoking her name in attacking Obama on the campaign trail. (original story)
Honeymoon: Left cuts Obama slack
Posted from Politico.com: Politics '08 14 hours ago
Campaign operatives look back at today’s Politico-USC conference. See also: See also: Conference LIVESTREAM (original story)
Election Central Morning Roundup
Posted from Talking Points Memo 14 hours ago
More transition leaks and drips this morning in the TPM Election Central Morning Roundup.... (original story)
Arizona congressman to interior?
Posted from Politico.com: Politics '08 14 hours ago
Rep. Raul M. Grijalva may be emerging as a top contender to be Barack Obama’s secretary of the interior. (original story)
Who wants the fairness doctrine?
Posted from Michael Calderone's Blogs 14 hours ago
Conservative talk-show hosts warned listeners all year that an Obama presidency, coupled with a Democratic Congress, could lead to the reinstatement of the fairness doctrine, a now-defunct FCC policy that forced broadcasters to present a balance of political views. On Wednesday, I was asked abou... (original story)
Dave and Katie make nice
Posted from Michael Calderone's Blogs 14 hours ago
The New York Post pointed out yesterday that David Letterman never brought up John McCain dissing him for Katie Couric, during the "CBS Evening News" anchor's appearance on Wednesday's show. So last night, Letterman called up Couric to discuss the matter. who said she "had no idea he was booked on your show." "Dave, I would have said, by all means, go do Dave's show," Couric said. "We had no guests," Letterman said later. "We had to talk to Keith Olbermann." (original story)
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