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Without Objection

The House and Senate confirmed President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden’s 365-173 Electoral College win with no objections, confirming what some Republican staffers—their offices occasionally buffeted by complaints from Obama conspiracy theorists—said yesterday. It was the first protest-free ceremony of its kind since 1997, as Democrats rose to protest the Ohio vote count [...]

Strike Two for Cornyn

Following up on the news of Sen. Kit Bond’s (R-Mo.) retirement — that’s two Senate seats in one week for which the GOP has lost its preferred candidate. The first was Florida, now wide-open (possibly even leaning Democratic) with former Gov. Jeb Bush out of the race.
Perhaps Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), the chairman of the [...]

Ex-FEMA Head Michael Brown Evacuated from Colorado Wildfire

Hurricane Katrina victims take note. Michael Brown is safe.
A series of wind-whipped wildfires north of Boulder, Colo., have forced the evacuation of more than 11,500 residents — including Brown, the vilified ex-Federal Emergency Management Agency head.

Missouri’s Kit Bond Throws a Senate Seat Into Play

Bad news for Republicans is trickling out of Missouri, where Kit Bond, the four-term Republican senator, is retiring. What would have been a relatively safe seat in 2010, in a state McCain narrowly carried (with less than 50% of the vote), will now be open.
Bond is one of only two statewide Republican officials, the other [...]

Blago’s Got Tickets for the Big Day, Do You?

Are you bummed because you want to attend President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration, but you can’t score tickets? Well, this should make you feel worse. Apparently, disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whom you may remember was arrested last month for allegedly scheming to “sell” Obama’s vacated Senate seat, has a pair of the coveted passes.
From The [...]

Stand Up! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is launching a new political action committee, Country First, replacing the storied Straight Talk America PAC that was folded into his presidential campaign.
Michael O’Brien has the scoop:
The new PAC, headquartered in Alexandria, Va., lists Keith Davis, a New Jersey-based local Republican official.
McCain will publicly announce the PAC’s formation today, CNN reported, [...]

Obama Announces New Government Efficiency Post

President-elect Barack Obama today announced the creation of a new position to work in conjunction with the Office of Management and Budget to increase the “efficiency, transparency and accountability” of federal agencies.
During a news conference at the Obama-Biden transition office in Washington, Obama named Nancy Killefer, a former Treasury official in the Clinton administration, to [...]

When You’ve Lost Powerline…

The deeply flawed Wall Street Journal editorial on the Minnesota Senate recount was too much even for the bloggers at Powerline, the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”-based Website whose lawyer/writers pinned Dan Rather to the wall back in 2004. Scott Johnson writes:
There was no noticeable partisan division among the board. I reject any imputation of misconduct [...]

The Continuing Republican Campaign For Black Justice

The conservative CNS News site gets Michael Steele (about whom you can find more here) on record, telling Democrats to seat Roland Burris as the junior senator from Illinois.
Now, the Democrats have got their hands full, because they can seat him or not seat him, and the reality of it for them is there’s no [...]

Sister Christian, Oh, Your Time Has Come

Via Wonkette, which is going to war against a PUMA (the “Party Unity My Ass” anti-Obama “Democrats”) blog, I see that Harriet Christian wants to be appointed to Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Senate seat in New York. More to the point, she wants to bash Caroline Kennedy. Hey, who doesn’t these days?
I am definitely closer, I [...]