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

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 [...]

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

Capri Cafaro chosen to lead Ohio Senate Democrats

Words by Aaron Marshall/Plain Dealer Columbus Bureau
COLUMBUS — Two years after being appointed to the Ohio Senate, Capri Cafaro was chosen to head the 12-member Senate Democratic caucus for the 128th General Assembly.
Cafaro’s elevation to the top spot came after current Senate Democratic leader Columbus Sen. Ray Miller chose not to run for the [...]

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

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 [...]

Are Democrats Showing Weakness Already?: The Young Turks

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 [...]

Is There A Battle Brewing Between Democrats & Republicans?

Face The Nation Commentary: Obama’s Speech

Lou Dobbs Panel: Calling Democrats Radicals

Rewind: A More Perfect Union…Barack Obama 3/18/2008

A More Perfect Union-Barack Obama (AUDIO) 3/18/2008

Extreme Ohio Makeover “Flip that House”

Words by Drones216
Democrats, riding the coattails of Barack Obama, regained control of the Ohio House on Tuesday for the first time since, Verne Riffe, ended his 20-year reign as Speaker in 1994.
Unofficial results show, Democrats picked up seven seats held by Republicans to hold at least 51 seats in the 99-member House. Democrats needed a [...]

Iran slams Barack Obama’s tough language on nuclear arms

ALI AKBAR DAREINI | November 8, 2008
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran criticized President-elect Barack Obama for the first time Saturday, saying the world needs more than cosmetic changes in American foreign policy.
The criticism from Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani followed Obama’s comment Friday that it is “unacceptable” for Iran to develop nuclear weapons and there should be [...]

Tuesday’s Second Biggest Winner: Democracy

Words by Arianna Huffington
Along with Barack Obama (and the other winners I’ve written about), there was another big winner on election day: democracy.
Based on initial numbers, it looks like over 133 million people turned out to vote on Tuesday — 11 million more than voted in 2004 – producing the highest turnout rate in 44 [...]

Eye To Eye: Obama’s Goals On The Economy

As president-elect, Barack Obama came before the press careful not to overstep his boundaries but, at the same time, appear in control. Katie Couric talks with Bob Schieffer and Anthony Mason.

President Elect, Barack Obama, Holds First Press Conference