Marcy Wheeler reports: In the meantime, here’s my question for Fitz (not like he’ll answer it). Local Chicago press is reporting that Rahm Emanuel reported Blago after someone approached the Obama folks about who he wanted for the Senate seat. In other words, yes, Rahm may well be the good guy here. The good guy […]
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ROMNEY FOR AUTO CZAR?
Jon Cohn has a good post analyzing the details of the auto industry bailout that passed the House. He’s basically positive on the bill, and in a provision that’s close to my heart, he notes that the legislation “stipulates that the automakers have to drop lawsuits against states trying to impose stricter emissions standards.” File […]
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THE AD THAT NEVER WAS.
ABC has obtained a copy of the Reverend Wright ad that McCain famously scotched. Titillating stuff. The problem is the ad isn’t very good. It’s too explicit, too desperate. It actually just suggests that there was no way to use the Wright stuff in a subtle fashion, and McCain declared it off-limits because he couldn’t […]
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THE CANDIDATES.
Washington’s favorite guessing game today is trying to figure out who the unnamed six candidates in the Blagojevich complaint are. Over at Tapped, Adam Serwer rounds up the speculation.
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OLD SCHOOL?
Like Dana, I think the oddly ferocious criticism of Linda Darling-Hammond, head of Obama’s education transition team, is is rather overblown. Over at The New Republic, for instance, Seyward Darby penned an article entitled “Old School” that gives us a look at “Obama’s union-loving education guru.” The article pits Darling-Hammond against “reformers,” which in this […]
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SHOULD LIBERALS BE DISAPPOINTED IN OBAMA?
I’m sympathetic to the leftists who are disappointed by Obama’s cabinet picks. And I’m sympathetic to the liberals who are enthused by Obama’s cabinet picks and evident political savvy and want everyone else to calm down. But the two sides are not arguing the same thing. The liberals seem determined to deny legitimate disagreements, and […]
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HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP.
Doesn’t seem to be any worse for your body than sugar, at least according to a slew of new research. As I’ve argued before, though, the problem with HFCS isn’t that it’s worse for you than another substance that’s not very good for you. It’s that it’s heavily subsidized, and thus played a role in […]
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BLAGOJEVICH AND THE NEWS.
The Blagojevich charges will probably mostly be reported in terms of Obama. But Blagojevich’s other bits of corruption were, if anything, worse. One of the threads of the complaint follows his attempts to leverage the Tribune Company’s broader financial interests to change the editorial tone of their flagship paper. The Tribune Company owns the Cubs, […]
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THE WAGES OF NON-CORRUPTION.
The criminal complaint against Blagojevich — which you can read in full here — is an incredible document. Third quote is making the rounds, and for good reason: ROD BLAGOJEVICH said that the consultants (Advisor B and another consultant are believed to be on the call at that time) are telling him that he has […]