Mostly, I’m thankful for my health, my family’s health and all of the friends I’ve made along the way.
However, since this is a blog post…I’m also thankful for how far Donklephant has come in the past year. Because traffic has increased more than 5-fold over the same time last year…

And the idea that over a [...]

He talks about the origins of Thanksgiving and tries to give everybody a little hope on this decidedly American holiday.

Transcript after the jump…

The ailing Citigroup is being fairly targeted for their spendthrift ways.
From NY Times:
In 2006, Citigroup signed a 20-year, $400 million contract to name the Mets’ new stadium in Queens Citi Field. As recently as last week, the troubled financial-services conglomerate said it had no intention of backing out of the deal for the new stadium [...]

Nicholas Kristof shares his findings from the troubled country, and it’s not pretty.
In short, Obama better keep his eye on this nuclear power…or else.

After watching this I can’t help but think that, regardless of what this panel says, the incoming administration realizes the unique position Pakistan has on the world stage. After all, they’re really [...]

In fact, it’s the widest margin ever for any non-incumbent who has won the POTUS.
Check out these numbers…

So maybe it really was a landslide?
Still, as Nate Silver points, if you slice this onion a different way and look at the votes as a % of the total registered voters, Reagan comes out on top…
By [...]

Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley throws around the “I” word again in an attempt to make Keith Olbermann look like Chuck Todd.
Good times…
Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s ineffectiveness became clear the day she became Speaker of the House and immediately announced that there would be no impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush or Vice President [...]

Looks like Tom Brokaw won’t be staying on and four names are being floated right now to continue Russert’s legacy: Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell, Gwen Ifill and David Gregory.
LA Times has the story…
Reporting from New York — NBC executives are closing in on a decision about who will take over “Meet the Press,” its venerable [...]

The third in as many days.
By the way, do people see Obama as President now given how many press conferences he’s doing and how ineffectual Bush has been?

Again color me impressed. The guy is thorough, but not long winded and he actually listens to questions and answers them like a normal human being.
Definitely not [...]

“In the heat of the campaign, I said some things about President-elect Obama that I could have said more clearly. And I said a couple of things that I wish I hadn’t said at all.”
- Joe Lieberman talking to reporters today and trying to mend fences.
He has also described Obama’s transition so far as nearly [...]

I just posted about this a few minutes ago, and then this update pops up…
Minnesota’s Canvassing Board voted unanimously to reject Franken’s request to include thousands of absentee ballots that are not included in the recount in the Minnesota senate race between the Democratic challenger and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman.
The Canvassing Board, which oversees the [...]

The plot thickens…
The state’s five member Canvassing Board, which oversees the recount, is meeting to decide how to deal with thousands of absentee ballots that are not included in the recount. Franken’s campaign says the ballots were wrongly rejected, and that about 6,400 ballots were wrongly disqualified. Coleman’s team says the board doesn’t have the [...]

In his third press conference on the economy in as many days, Obama had kind words for the former Fed heavyweight.
From CNN:
“Paul has been by my side throughout this campaign, providing a deep understanding of financial markets, extensive experience managing economic crises, and keen insight into the global nature of this particular crisis,” Obama told [...]

Writing for The Atlantic, Robert D. Kaplan thinks Barack Obama has made a good decision by choosing political rival Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State. But Kaplan foresees success for Obama not just because of the team he’s assembled but because international conditions are favorable for success:
[T]he real reason that Obama and Clinton might [...]

Barack Obama has already heavily restricted lobbyists from his transition team. Now he’s also rejecting their money for inaugural festivities:
Mr. Obama’s newly formed inaugural committee said Tuesday that it would not accept money from corporations, political action committees, people who are currently registered with the federal government as lobbyists, those who are not citizens of [...]

This had been the rumor for awhile. Now, it’s apparently close to being official. Robert Gates will stay on as Defense Secretary in Barack Obama’s administration. Reports are Gates will stay for at least a year.
Well, Obama promised to have some Republicans in his administration. This certainly counts. And it’s a good move because it [...]

William Greider of The Nation wonders if Barack Obama’s recent appointments indicate he won’t be the progressive savior many of the left hoped he’d be.
Obama’s choices have begun to define him. His victory, it appears, was a triumph for the cautious center-right politics that has described the Democratic party for several decades. Those of us [...]

A few weeks ago, I got an invite to join a group on Facebook called Progressive Republicans. The group was described as “…Republicans interested in social justice, civil rights and a clean environment as well as a small government and strong national defense.” I was curious about it and the person behind the group. [...]

Sarah Palin is headed to Georgia to campaign for Saxby Chambliss:
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will make multiple campaign appearances on behalf of Sen. Saxby Chambliss next week in Georgia, serving as the political closer for the GOP senator who is battling to win a second term.
This is Palin’s first campaign [...]

Longtime reporter, editor, and media iconoclast Phil Bronstein now brings his thoughts from his blog, Bronstein at Large, to Donklephant. Bronstein began his career in San Francisco as a reporter with KQED-TV and the San Francisco Examiner. Specializing in investigative projects and foreign correspondence, he was a 1986 Pulitzer Prize finalist for his work in [...]