Good Timing
It just so happens that The Office of the President-Elect, which should really be called the office of the president-elect, has today started a new feature on its website called "Open for...
View ArticleObama, Shoo-In for 2012
Why do people write things like this? Maybe it will turn out to be right, but who knows?Sure, it's possible that Barack Obama is going to crash and burn and turn 2012 into a Republican year. But what...
View ArticleBlagojevich: Who Is Advisor B?
Barack Obama has flatly said that he has “not discussed the Senate seat with [Rod Blagojevich] at any time.” If that is true -- and Obama will undoubtedly be asked the broader question of whether he...
View ArticleThe Blagojevich Scandal: Who Is Advisor B?
I have a new story up about the Blagojevich scandal and the roles of intermediaries in the discussions about who would fill Barack Obama's Senate seat:Barack Obama has flatly said that he has "not...
View ArticleObama: Checking Staff Contacts, No Part in Deal-Making
Obama, at his news conference, said his staff is looking into "any staff contacts that may have taken place between the transition office and the governor's office" concerning Obama's replacement in...
View ArticleThe Scene in the Iraqi Prime Minister's Office
From the White House pool report:The president's appearance was interrupted by a man, apparently a journalist, who leapt to his feet and threw his shoe at the president, who ducked and thus narrowly...
View ArticleA Crying Need for Good Shoe Jokes
The president held a news conference on board Air Force One heading from Iraq to Afghanistan.THE PRESIDENT: Okay, my opening statement: I didn't know what the guy said, but I saw his sole….I'm pretty...
View ArticleThe Blago Scandal: What's the Rush?
How serious is the political crisis in Illinois? Each day brings new word that the emergency is intensifying; the latest came Friday, when Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan asked the state supreme...
View ArticleAre Obama Allies Stoking a Crisis in Illinois So They Can Push the Blago...
I have a new story up on the Blago scandal, about the attempts by Obama allies to use dubious methods to rush Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office. First Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan, an Obama...
View ArticleRe: Chicago Tribune Caused Premature Take-Down of Blagojevich Investigation
Andy -- See here. And here.
View ArticleObama: We've Completed the Investigation, But Fitzgerald Has Asked Us To...
From the Obama transition office:"At the direction of the President-elect, a review of Transition staff contacts with Governor Blagojevich and his office has been conducted and completed and is ready...
View ArticleTime Magazine Journalist to Veep's Office
The Page reports that Jay Carney, Washington bureau chief of Time magazine, will be Joe Biden's communications director.
View Article"Let Me Just Cut You Off, Because I Don't Want You To Waste Your Question"
That's what Barack Obama said today when John McCormick of the Chicago Tribune tried to ask about Rahm Emanuel's contacts with the Blagojevich team. Obama said, "It would be inappropriate for me to...
View ArticleCould the Blago Scandal Ensnare Team Obama? You Betcha.
Will the Blagojevich scandal damage the incoming Obama administration? Given Rod Blagojevich’s profane railings against Barack Obama, revealed on federal wiretaps, few observers believe -- although...
View ArticleCould the Blago Scandal Ensnare Team Obama? You Betcha.
I have a new story up on the ways in which the Blago scandal could damage the incoming Obama administration, even if no one on Team Obama has engaged in any pay-for-play dealings with Rod Blagojevich...
View ArticleTough Choices
Time editor Richard Stengel appeared on the Today show this morning to announce the magazine's decision to name Barack Obama person of the year. Everybody seemed to think it was a pretty obvious call,...
View Article"All Ads Must Be Congratulatory In Nature"
Everybody's looking for a way to make some money off Barack Obama, and that includes the Washington Post. Reading this in FishbowlDC, it seems the Post web and classified ad departments came up with...
View ArticleObama and the Rick Warren Flap
‘Define marriage,” Pastor Rick Warren asked Barack Obama at the “Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency,” held last August at Warren’s Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California.“I believe that...
View ArticleObama, Rick Warren and Gay Marriage
I have a new story up on the flap over Barack Obama's decision to invite Rick Warren to give the invocation at the Obama inauguration. "Define marriage,” Pastor Rick Warren asked Barack Obama at the...
View ArticleObama to Use Lincoln Bible at Swearing-In
No one, besides Lincoln, has ever done that. From the transition office:On January 20th, President-elect Barack Obama will take the oath of office using the same Bible upon which President Lincoln was...
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