In These Times – We Are Glad Barack Obama Is In Charge: The Young Turks

Bay Buchanan on D.L. Hughley: GOP Derangement Syndrome

Russian President Calls For Talks With Barack Obama

Words byLynn Berry
WASHINGTON — The Dmitry Medvedev that made his first appearance in the U.S. capital as Russia’s president was not the same man Russians usually see at home.
He was confident, even charming, in reaching out Saturday in a spirit of cooperation to the incoming administration of Barack Obama.
He showed none of the bluster and [...]

The Female Michael Clayton: Barack Obama Names Valerie Jarrett Senior Whitehouse Advisor

Compiled by Drones216
Who is Valerie Jarrett?
Valerie Jarrett is “the fixer”; her latest assignment was to smooth all rough patches out of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. Jarrett was an early and influential Obama-backer and remains extremely loyal to him. She has been in politics much of her adult life–running various top agencies for Mayor Richard [...]

President-Elect Barack Obama’s First Weekly Video Address: November 15, 2008

Flashback: Stephen Baldwin Makes A Jackass Out Of Himself On Fox News

Meet The Bloggers with Anna Burger: What Can We Expect From A Barack Obama Presidency?

Louis Farrakhan Finally Speaks On Barack Obama Being Elected President

Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State?

The Huffington Post
There are numerous reports tonight that Hillary Clinton may be under consideration for Secretary of State in the Obama administration.
From the Washington Post:
There’s increasing chatter in political circles that the Obama camp is not overly happy with the usual suspects for secretary of state these days and that the field might be expanding [...]

Barack Obama: Whatever I Like

How To Be A Republican After November, 4th, 2008 (Holier Than Thou v1.0)

Words by THENIMROD
I’ve been getting a lot of sarcastic quips from liberal friends and foes over the last – oh – 3 days or so. Lots of taunting over Obama’s win, lots of jabs about how pissed off I must be about it. One guy said, “You lost!” Another asked me if [...]

Excuse me, Governor Dean, we need that chair and we are going to have to ask you to leave

Words by Drones216
Politics is very funny, but just like the elephants of the Republican Party, Democrats also don’t forget. In the true definition of irony, the rules of the Democratic National Convention require Dean to step down after ushering in a Democratic Renaissance, and the first African American President. But, during the primary [...]

Rachel Maddow Show: Final Races, Future of the GOP

President-elect Obama urging swift bailout for Detroit automakers

Words by Jackie Calmes
WASHINGTON — The struggling auto industry was thrust into the middle of a political standoff between the White House and Democrats on Monday as President-elect Barack Obama urged President Bush in a meeting at the White House to support immediate emergency aid.
Mr. Bush indicated at the meeting that he might support some [...]

Can Obama Pull Off a Historic Presidential Double Play?

Words by Arianna Huffington
‘On or about December 1910,” Virginia Woolf wrote, “human character changed.” We can be much more specific: “On November 4, 2008, just after 11 pm Eastern, America changed” (human character remains rather intransigent).
The change was driven by two things: our country’s remarkable capacity for regeneration, and Barack Obama’s remarkable ability to tap [...]

An Open Letter to Barack Obama. Read By Alice Walker

Opinion: Should Barack Obama Start His Cabinet With Al Gore?

By Richard Cohen
If there is a single appointment Barack Obama could make to signal how dramatically things will change in Washington, it would be to name Albert Gore Jr. — former House member, former senator, former vice president, former presidential nominee and current Custodian of the Planet — as secretary of state. For all the [...]

A Gift to our Ancestors

Words by Drones216
With the historic election of Barack Obama, our nation’s first African American president, we have given a gift to our ancestors. Over 400 years since the settlers brought slaves to this country in chains to help build this nation of America. We all know the atrocities of slavery, the lives lost [...]

Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner? White House Style

Face The Nation Commentary: Obama’s Speech