Salazar's Successes
Kudos to Ken Salazar for his efforts to roll back Bush era abuses in the Department of Interior.
The Only Picture on Dick's Wall
Say, is that picture on Dick's wall a tribute to the night when he told Andrea Mitchell that she should start covering Valerie Plame's role as a CIA spy?
Fellatio for Cheney from the Politico
Cheney managed to find himself three boys who were willing to ignore all the tough questions for his first post-VP interview.
Tweety Sez, "Why Not Dr. Dean?"
Tweety asks the question I've been wondering about: why not name Dean as HHS Secretary?
Gibbs Won't Say There Aren't More Tax Problems
From today's press briefing (via email):
Q That doesn't say who decided that this was the best move. And if I could just follow up quickly. Are there other nominees out there with tax problems that we don't know about?
MR. GIBBS: The President is quite confident in the people that serve in this White House and serve in this administration; that we've put a standard of
Who Is Paying a Private Investigator to Snoop on Rahm?
Apparently, Rahm Emanuel has a private investigator snooping into his living arrangements. Who is paying the PI?
Is Cheney Behind the Attack on Obama's Plans to Withdraw from Iraq?
Gareth Porter wrote an important article calling out retired General Jack Keane for his attempt to sabotage Obama's withdrawal plans from Iraq. But the article raises an important, unaddressed question: is Cheney's behind Keane's sabotage?
Is Cheney Behind the Attack on Obama's Plans to Withdraw from Iraq?
Gareth Porter wrote an important article calling out retired General Jack Keane for his attempt to sabotage Obama's withdrawal plans from Iraq. But the article raises an important, unaddressed question: is Cheney's behind Keane's sabotage?
I Bet Howard Dean Pays His Taxes
As Jane has reported, Tom Daschle has withdrawn from consideration to be HHS Secretary.
Which leaves a spot open for someone who has thought a lot about how to get Americans health care and a proven leader.
How about Howard Dean?
If you're interested, there's a Facebook group where you can show your support for Dean for HHS.
Who Told Woodward of Impending Tax Problems Over 10 Days Ago?
While I'm disgusted that a third Obama nominee has tax problems (though at least Killefer is withdrawing), I'm just as disturbed that Bob Woodward knew this was coming.
Margaret Chiara's Falsely-Accused "Lover" Re-Hired
DOJ has re-hired one of the lawyers fired in the Gonzales-era witch hunts. But all is not yet well for Leslie Hagen.
Grand Jury Getting Closer to Rove
Luskin says Rove will cooperate with Nora Dannehy's investigation, if asked.
Subpoenas are a remarkable thing, huh?
Eric Holder Confirmed, 75-21
We finally have a new Attorney General.
The no votes include (I'll update when the roll call is available):
Barrasso
Brownback
Burr
Coburn
Cochran
Cornyn
Crapo
Ensign
Kaybee Hutchison
Inhofe
Johanns
McConnell
Risch
Shelby
Thune
Wicker
Kit Bond Sings a Different Song on Holder
Kit Bond just addressed his private conversations with Eric Holder. And it's a different story than what the Moonite Times reported.
Holder on State Secrets
The Senate debate on Eric Holder's nomination is on CSPAN2 right now. Tom Coburn is on the floor now pretending that Holder is going to bring back the Fairness Doctrine and take away your guns.
But Holder's nomination is bound to pass, with large margins, when they vote this evening. So it'll be interesting to see how Holder implements these highly parsed views, written in response to questions from Russ Feingold, courtesy
dr. emptywheel
I think Dr. Jill Biden should get to use her title whenever she wants. She's the one doing the difficult task of teaching adult learners, after all.
Rahm's Not So Secret Plans
It seems that everyone running to replace Rahm knows that Rahm will come looking for the seat back in a few years. But no one wants to talk about that.
Conyers Invokes the CIA Inspector General Report on Torture
Every time I've raised the 2004 CIA IG report on torture on the Hill, whomever I've been talking to has gotten all hush hush, as if even they had to pretend the report never existed. Today, Conyers invoked it as one of the things that a Commission investigating the crimes of Bush and Cheney would focus on.
WaPo: You Should Give the $800 Billion Away with No Oversight
It's always disconcerting when a big paper like the WaPo agrees with Crazy Pete Hoekstra on substantive issues. But that's particularly true when the paper is doing so on a subject they have massive conflicts on.
Some Obama Folks Miffed about al-Haramain
The NYT reports at least some Obama figures think that the Bush dead-enders were trying to force their hand on al-Haramain.