The Minnesota recount saga still hasn’t ended, but Coleman is already moving on? Hrmm… Last session’s senior senator from Minnesota Norm Coleman, still battling Al Franken to be seated in the Senate, has taken a paid job as a consultant to the Republican Jewish Coalition, which harshly attacked Obama last fall, its executive director, Matt [...]
Although the President won 2008 with the latest and greatest tech, it looks like the White House has considerable limitations when it comes to what type of innovative techniques can and can’t be done within its walls. From Wash Post: If the Obama campaign represented a sleek, new iPhone kind of future, the first day [...]
Apparently, even presidents occasionally get a do-over. After the flub heard round the world on inauguration day, Barack Obama has retaken the oath of office, this time in a small ceremony in the White House. Chief Justice John Roberts was there to administer the oath. Word is, everything went to script this time. Although, Constitutionally, [...]
At least those making over $100K. And not only that, he lays down new ethics standards for lobbyists who want to serve in his Administration. Please try to watch the entire thing because Obama talks very specifically about what public service means to him and how his staff should conduct themselves. Looks like this “new [...]
It’s been reported that Dame Caroline Kennedy has called New York Governor David Paterson and withdrawn from consideration for appointment to fill the Senate seat vacated today by Hillary Clinton. Supposedly, Kennedy doesn’t want the appointment any more, due to the poor health of her uncle, Senator Edward M. Kennedy. But Ted Kennedy has been [...]
This is, of course, the shaka sign that Hawaiians use to greet each other. Weird, but I still forget that Obama considers Hawaii his home state. Thanks for the reminder Chief.
O.k., enough with the flowers and rainbows. Let’s look at why there’s reason to be skeptical about Barack Obama and his team. Politico lays out seven worries about Obama’s presidency. I summarize those concerns and comment below: 1. Teams of geniuses don’t always produce genius results. Of course, teams of fools aren’t known for their [...]
NBC reports… As I scan the wires I do get a sense that people all across the globe are genuinely inspired that Obama has become President. What’s your take on it?
Web guru Jason Kottke points out that the Bush administration had almost 2,400 different rules governing what search engines could crawl on the site and report in their results. This was most likely done so that no caches could be created to later compare with any changes that were made. But seriously, most of them [...]
I didn’t post my reactions to Barack Obama’s inaugural address yesterday because I knew I could not be anything close to objective. I was moved by the occasion and caught up in the sense of hope (justified or not). I thought the speech’s tone was an excellent blend of forcefulness and humility, of reaching back [...]
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