Bush Shoe-Thrower May Get Fifteen Years

Was it worth it?

NASA In Open Revolt Against Obama

How do you disobey the President if you’re a lowly NASA administrator.   Mike Griffin seems to think he can pull it off.
CAPE CANAVERAL – NASA administrator Mike Griffin is not cooperating with President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team, is obstructing its efforts to get information and has told its leader that she is “not qualified” to [...]

Rep Jesse Jackson, Jr. Is A Wrap

Session.

UAW Fights To The End . . . And It May Really Be The End

WASHINGTON — A $14 billion emergency bailout for U.S. automakers collapsed in the Senate Thursday night after the United Auto Workers refused to accede to Republican demands for swift wage cuts.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he was “terribly disappointed” about the demise of an emerging bipartisan deal to rescue Detroit’s Big Three.
He spoke shortly [...]

Obama’s Meet The Press Interview Foreshadows Illinois Senate Seat Scandal

Obama’s interview Sunday on Meet the Press strangely foreshadows today’s scandal regarding the arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich for attempting to sell the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama:
MR. BROKAW: You still have some appointments to make coming up, and there’s also a good deal of consideration here in Illinois about who will [...]

Join Obama’s Rhythm Nation

It’s kind of amazing how watching Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation, and reading the lyrics, makes you think of the Obama campaign message

Watch the video, get motivated, and join Obama’s rhythm nation of hope.
Janet reminds us that hope can be sexy.

With music by our side
To break the color lines
Lets work together
To improve [...]

My Experience Canvassing In South Philadelphia Through The Eyes of A White Man

I came across this moving article yesterday.  It’s so interesting to see the same event through another person’s eyes.  Philly and North Carolina are different, but the fundamentals are the same in black communities across the nation.
If you read my Thoughts on Canvassing in South Philadelphia, the overlay with the perception of a conservative white [...]

Obama Asks You To Double Down Your Commitment . . . Don’t Drop The Ball

“It would be a shame for it to slip away because we didn’t finish strong.” Haunting and motivations words from Obama on a conference call to volunteers. Let’s get back out there folks.
Here’s some key points about, and a recording of, Obama’s conference call to 20,000 teams canvassing and phonebanking throughout America.
I’m listening [...]

Thoughts On Canvassing In South Philadephia

Canvassing yesterday in south Philly was amazing. In contrast to my my trip to a more suburban part of Penn. targeted at swing voters, this trip was geared directly at making sure Obama supporters go to the polls.
We were sent to a low-income black community with how to vote materials, and [...]

Ted Stevens Learns About More Money More Problems

First of all, thanks big guy upstairs for this amazing political gift right before our national elections. It just put a smile on my face to read this headline.
WASHINGTON — Senator Ted Stevens, Alaska’s dominant political figure for more than four decades, was found guilty on Monday by a jury of violating federal ethics [...]