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Jesse Jackson concerned about Bush's last days (AP)

AP – Civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, with the Rev. Lillian Streeter, right, speaks during … BALTIMORE – The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he's concerned about the effect President Bush could have in his last months...

Comedians' lament: No Obama laughs

New leader's influence will extend beyond politics to pop culture By TAMARA IKENBERG • The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal • November 17, 2008 After comedian Jon Stewart announced on election night that Barack Obama was...

Justin Timberlake provides best moments in first "Saturday Night Live" since the election

"Saturday Night Live" already misses Tina Fey and the election. Fey sent the show to inspired heights this fall with her witty impression as Gov. Sarah Palin. This weekend's show, the first new "SNL" since the election,...

SNL Slips Back Into The Old Routine

With the big election over, it’s kind of hard to picture how Saturday Night Live will get by without those endless Sarah Palin jokes. Based on last night’s episode, it looks like the series will go back to a lot of the usual...

House aide joins team for Obama

CHICAGO – President-elect Barack Obama has chosen a veteran Capitol Hill aide as his top White House representative to Congress, the Democrat’s transition team announced Saturday as he works to fill out the senior ranks of his...

Happy Vice President-Elect Photo: FOOTBALL SUNDAY EDITION

Posted by Athenae on November 16, 2008 at 11:25 in TrackBack URL for this entry: Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Obama and Biden may actually work to end the stupid BCS system in college football. That's...

Idle cabinet musings ...

Okay, so I've succumbed to the pundits' parlor games re: Obama's cabinet appointments.Peter, I'll eat my hat if Larry Summers gets Treasury. As you said, not only has Summers dated Laura Ingraham, a woman of no substance (which...

Hillary Clinton awaits recall to world stage

Obama has yet to confirm it, but if his former rival wants the key post of secretary of state, it is hers The megaphone diplomacy coming from Hillary Clinton’s camp yesterday was loud and clear: she wants to be secretary of...

Russia's Medvedev calls for talks with Obama (AP)

WASHINGTON – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is calling for talks with Barack Obama as soon as possible after the U.S. president-elect takes the oath of office. Medvedev is reaching out to the incoming U.S. administration...

BIDEN HIRES LOBBYIST- Didn't Obama Say They Couldn't Be Hired?

Here's another example that the President-elects prohibition against hiring lobbyists is nothing more than BARACRAP. Vice-President Elect Joseph Biden has hired a chief of Staff, Ronald Klain. Mr. Klain is a former lobbyist at...