The fighting is growing more intense as Israel has started their ground offensive. And if Israel doesn’t realize that they’ve overreached here and are losing sympathy around the world, then they better wake up and realize it soon. You can’t kill this many women and children and not get a ton of backlash. From CNN: [...]

Not necessarily the worst thing in the world, especially considering the noises Republicans have been making recently about accounting for every single dollar. From NY Times: Representative Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the House majority leader, expressed doubt on Sunday that the Jan. 20 goal set by some for getting a stimulus package before the new [...]

In case you thought Barack Obama was only interested in spending billions to stimulate the economy, the incoming administration announced yesterday that billions in tax cuts are also planned. The economic package under consideration by the president-elect and his Congressional allies would commit $675 billion to $775 billion over two years. If the tax cuts [...]

Harry Reid and Could-Be Senator Roland Burris As Rod “I am the Governor” Blagojevich’s pick to fill Barack Obama’s Senate seat, Roland Burris, vowed to fight for the office, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Democratic Whip Dick Durbin went on Sunday talk shows and declared again that they have the authority to refuse to [...]

So reports MSNBC. It is traditionally the President’s call as to who will lead the party organization, and Obama has tapped Virginia Governor Tim Kaine. Kaine will work part-time until his term is up in 2010, at which point he’ll take over full-time. Howard Dean steps down January 21st, and those are some mighty big [...]

Four Senate vacancies. In one, literally a staffer is appointed to keep the seat warm for the Senator’s son. In another, it’s an ongoing battle of which high-profile election surrogate to reward for their loyalty. In the third, the trumping consideration was apparently in favor of the guy most connected to big money, at the expense of qualifications or experience. And in the fourth, the guy nominated was an unimpeachable public servant undeniably qualified for the job.

First Richardson’s… For nearly three decades, I have been honored to serve my state and our nation in Congress, at the U.N., as Secretary of Energy and as governor. So when the President-elect asked me to serve as Secretary of Commerce, I felt a duty to answer the call.I felt that duty particularly because America [...]

“The original intelligence was wrong, no question about it. But there were parts of it that were right. It wasn’t 100 percent wrong. It was correct in saying he had the technology. It was correct in saying he still had the people who knew how to build weapons of mass destruction. I think it was [...]

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell reports… One thing’s for sure…you can expect the Obama team to announce a new Commerce Secretary fairly quickly so they can move past this Richardson bobble.

Some surprising news today, especially since Richardson was so often mentioned as a possible VP pick: A Democratic official says New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has withdrawn his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama’s commerce secretary. He cited a pending investigation into a company that has done business with his state as the reason, NBC [...]

Harry Reid talks about Blago and Burris and the roundtable discusses Gaza and what Obama should do about it. So, if Israel is still occupying Gaza by the time Obama is sworn in, what do you think the new administration’s response will be? Furthermore, do you think Israel’s move was timed to force Obama to [...]

Looks like the first part of Obama’s plan will be making sure that most Americans just stay afloat. From NY Times: One proposal, as described by Democratic advisers, would extend unemployment compensation to part-time workers, an idea that Congressional Republicans have blocked in the past. Other policy changes would subsidize employers’ expenses for temporarily continuing [...]

I’m “borrowing” this idea from Political Wire, but I’m also increasing the number of posts and showing you the page views each one had. Fred Phelps Going Down? – 34,386 You Won’t Believe What Michael Phelps Eats Everyday – 25,592 Eat! Eat! Eat! & Always Stay Thin! With Tape Worms! – – 23,228 Kop Busters [...]

Ugh. McAuliffe is one of the most intellectually dishonest people I’ve ever had the displeasure of listening to and he’s linked to millions in questionable fundraising and stock deals. Basically, he represents everything that’s wrong with the Clinton wing of the Democratic party. From Wash Post: In a three-minute video e-mailed to supporters yesterday afternoon, [...]

However, Norm Coleman is going to the courts to add even more rejected absentee ballots. Still, to overcome a 225 votes deficit at this point seems extremely unlikely. Here’s more from the Star Tribune… DFLer Al Franken held an unofficial lead of 225 votes over Coleman, according to a newspaper tally of the officials’ count [...]

It’s official. Humans can fly. I’m still catching my breath.

3 million new jobs. 80% of them in the private sector. Here’s more… By the way, Obama is now posting his videos on Vimeo too, which is much better quality.

With Al Franken up just 50 votes in the Minnesota recount, congressional Republicans are worried the Democratic controlled Senate might try to seat Franken provisionally. Now, Republican Senator John Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, has threatened a filibuster if Democrats try to seat Franken before the Minnesota secretary of state and governor [...]

The thing to keep in mind here is that the money these folks are talking about is provably needed for basic services like education, infrastructure, healthcare and many more essentials. From Politico: “There are states that are talking as California has of not being able to meet their financial obligations in the coming months,” New [...]