January 13, 2009
Guess who’s staying in the Presidential guest house Blair House - and thus preventing the Obamas from moving in? The delightful John Howard. Although, as Margaret Carlson says here, the 35 (count ‘em!)-bathroomed Blair House was reportedly free until recently - and Howard may well have b...
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Sorry: intelligence choice. No, make that: intelligent intelligence choice. Rachel Maddow (brilliantly) covers the controversy surrounding Obama’s pick of Leon Panetta to head the CIA: .msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; backgr...
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The challenge Barack Obama faces is being compared with that of Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the 1933 depression and of Abraham Lincoln at the start of the civil war. Another analogy suggests itself, with Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika. Then, in 1985, the USSR was at war, its economy sta...
go to article »January 8, 2009
This is quite something: And here they are walking and talking and such. Well, talking, at least: .msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !im...
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BBC Radio 4 recently broadcast a very interesting programme about Obama’s academic career in Harvard and Chicago. You can hear it on the iPlayer here. ...
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The six-year-old son of the new Alaskan Senator, Mark Begich, screamed “Obama!” when he saw him in Washington on Monday (when all the new Senators were sworn in). And Obama, of course, responded to his call: ...
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The Big Cheese hath spoken: “Obama had spoken to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Monday on the need to find a quick solution to defuse the dispute, according to Democratic officials. Reid was told by Obama that if Burris had the legal standing to be seated - despite controversy surroundin...
go to article »December 19, 2008
Despite Obama a) having nothing to do with Blagojevich’s crimes, b) making a call which led to his downfall, c) now demanding his resignation and d) being called a “mother******” by Balgojevich. On tape. You know, little things like that. Bob Cesca spells out what’s going on ...
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His first in 15 years. With all this talk of inauguration events and how they will or won’t be staged, I have to say: I’ll be happy if I’m standing on the streets of Washington and City Of Blinding Lights by U2 comes on… ...
go to article »December 15, 2008
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