Obama returned to the Hill today as President-elect: It's going to be a few months before I stop pinching myself and just accept that he really won....
Read more »Hey, Steny: Stop doing the GOP's work for them
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So Steny Hoyer goes on FOX News Sunday, and here's the headline he's rewarded with: Hoyer Says Don’t Expect Stimulus Package Soon 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 president could be met.
Read more »IL-Sen: Reid allegedly opposed African American appointees
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It's not as if Illinois doesn't have a history of electing African Americans to the Senate. In fact, it has sent two. Days before Gov. Blagojevich was charged with trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder, top Senate Democrat Harry Reid made it clear who he didn’t want in the post: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Danny Davis or Emil Jones.
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When President-elect Obama and his family move to Washington this weekend, they'll be staying at the Hay-Adams Hotel: An exclusive hotel just yards from the White House will become a temporary home "suite" home for President-elect Barack Obama and his family when they move to the capital this weekend. ... they will trade their house in Chicago for a suite at the storied Hay-Adams hotel.
Read more »The Follies Continue
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With yesterday being a holiday, things were rather quiet on the Blagojevich-Burris front, but there are a few items worth noting:
- Yesterday: More than 100 new state laws went into effect Jan. 1, 2009, in Illinois, including a package of long-awaited ethics and contracting reforms... As you may recall, the ethics and contracting reforms were cited in the criminal complaint against Blagojevich: Read more »
Open Thread and Diary Rescue
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This evening's Rescue Rangers are a synthetic cubist, jlms qkw, HansScholl, Got a Grip, sunspark says, and shayera, with watercarrier4diogenes at the editor's desk. The Rangers have sifted and sorted through a ton of diaries to bring you these 9 great examples of the excellent writing and breadth of subjects that Teh Orange has become known for.
Read more »John Yoo and John Bolton, Together Again
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Some things defy all attempts at satire. It is not that it is difficult to satirize them, but that they are immune. Like black holes, they pull all humor near them to a certain event horizon and then beyond, where it is torn to shreds, never to be seen again.
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