Napalitano’s nomination becomes the first test of I-Conn.

Napolitano will be Obama’s head of homeland security.

That must make McCain happy.

Tough luck for Howard Dean on the Daschle thing on HHS; Dean must be banging his head on the wall this morning, given what a good foot solder he’s been..not only for the last four years, but also lining up behind Obama on the Lieberman thing.

Dean was never in the loop. DLCers are probably delighted to get rid of him.

Nothing for Dean?

Nice article about the SOFA, btw. Looks like Iraqis might be beginning to get some control over their country.

Why not Supreme Court for Dean?

WFAN reporting Daily News speculation that if the NY Senator gets SoS, NY Gov appoints Bill to that seat. Ooohh. I’m seeing the word ‘troika’ for some strange reason.

Father Roy Bourgeous (sp?), School of the Americas protester and about to be excommunicated by the pope owing to his support of ordination of women, is guest on democracynow right now.

Well, I have to admit that when I read the Daschle headline, my initial thought was, “Well, Howard, now you know how the rest of us are feeling about some of the stuff that is going on now — where’s the love, Barak?”

Don’t know about Dean for SCOTUS. When was the last time he practiced law and at what level?

Bill for NYS senator? Geez, don’t want to live through that.

Dean is a physician - I don’t think he’s a lawyer too — am I wrong? As for Bill as senator - Paterson is smarter than that. Bill Clinton is not even on the radar for that.

Just a thought for Dean. Who knows what’ll shake out, really?

No. on. BIll. But, maybe one of the Kennedy kids….

I thought Dean’s wife was the physician. Didn’t bother to wiki him.

He is a doctor not a lawyer which, come to think of it, might be a good thing for SCOTUS.

And the DLC definitely does not like him.

The two I’ve heard are Andrew Cuomo & Nina Lowey.

Proposition 8. What a mess. It’s a little to medieval for California.

Trying to plow through Kevin Phillip’s Wealth and Democracy.
Especially since I think this new administration will present an awful lot of challenges for progressives.

I like the idea of Spitzer.

1978 - Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Thanks.

Spitzer is a divisive nasty SOB. No more high level poltical positions for him. Maybe special prosecutor on some case.

The basic concept is this: A government-organized exchange would let individuals and small businesses buy coverage from private companies, or from a new government-run, Medicare-like plan. Subsidies would aid lower-income people. Large employers would be required to offer coverage or pay into a fund. Small employers would get a tax credit if they provided insurance. And a host of initiatives would be launched to reduce costs and improve quality.

Any ideas on how well this plan would work?

FItz and Spitz!

;-()

It’s got to be someone who is not seen as a New York City person - Upstate NY’ers see Chuck Schumer as ‘downstate’s senator’. He is not viewed as someone who knows anything about territory north of Yonkers. In NYS politics, perception is everything. The reason Hillary won is that she did her homework, traveled all over the state, did the ‘eating corn dog’ thing at the state fair, etc. etc. She knows a tremendous amount about NYS history, development, industry, etc. Whoever is tagged to replace her has to be seen as a ’statewide’ person.

Speaking of NYS, gov & govs of NJ & I think CT are heading to DC today with their tins cups. I hope they don’t fly down on private planes or go in a NJ trooper car at 90mph.

Father Roy Bourgeois

If they are smart, they will go down on the train.:)

Jennifer Granholm was the attorney general before becoming governor of Michigan. The whackos would like her because at one point she was also a beauty pageant contestance and that’s a priority for them. It doesn’t matter that she went to Harvard Law.

What names have you heard who you would prefer? Cuomo & Lowey are not upstaters.

Duh.

Morning All…it was 16 last nite….very unseasonably cold for Tn…..anywho that video of chimpie being snubbed is priceless,wonder if one of his maids,might shortsheet his bed….hehehehehehehehehe

and Delores K.Goodwin wrote one good book imo,No Ordinary Time,about FDR and Churchill,during the war.

Thanks.

I listened to Sachs this morning & I agree with him. WRT why the DC pols are not mobilising to fight the depression, they think they’ve already done a lot, they’re paying attention, and they have an enemy in the WH, so hope to wait until Jan 20. It’s a nail biter.

1,000,000,000 fascist heads explode

hahahahahahahaha

Of the two, Cuomo is seen as a ’statewide’ person because he’s AG and his offices do good work across the state and are very open about promoting what they do. If the two, I think he’s the one who has the best chance of getting re-elected if he’s appointed. Bobby Kennedy Jr. is another one - but I think he’s angling for federal environmental work.

’cause Da Surge worked, right?

Extremely cold in CT too.
Where is the chimpie video.
In this clip it seems all of a sudden David Shuster and guests are all calling Jane a good friend.

he is a very smart able man,and worked on Wall Street ,during the day(Dean Witter)and did MED school at nite…very tough imo

Attaturk has it downstairs,got it from Americablog
go see,and 707

BIG HAPPINESS
JOE GOT A NEW PUPPY!!!

http://www.americablog.com/200.....nt-3904805

I still can’t get over how she played palin during Biden’s debate prep? Harvard educated lawyer. Ya think she winked? I can’t imagine anything she could have done to prepare him for Palin’s behavior. Although Biden seemed pretty well prepped and mostly stuck to script. I’d like to haerr some real straight talk from joe some day abot that debate (”debate”?)

David Corn & Jeremy Scahill on democracynow talking about Obama pics. Arguing about Sarah Sewell (sp?), whether she’s honest about her work in the ethics of fighting terrorism (Corn) or a propagandist allowing people like Petreus to rebrand war in a more palatable way (Scahill).

who joe?

G’morning from chilly, recount MN. 1…2…3…4…. Franken has gained a little ground with less than 20% recounted.

Holy crap. It’s actually completely mortifying. He’s like the senior who’s trying to hang back in class in spring.

Medieval papal bull. No pun intended.

LOL. Scahill talking about the emerging Blue State Fox journalism. Sez time is now to hold Obama’s feet to the fire because we have to live with his pics for a long time.

Oh joy. Amy’s next guest is the TX DA who indicted Cheney & Gonzales.

Nothing for Richardson?

Didn’t evaluate possible cabinet pics. Mostly talked about people below that level.

great Diarist at Americablog,whose dog Boomer past away,last week…Boomer was much loved on Americablog! indeed

he is such a pathetic POS

thanks, later i was thinking about what struck me about sachs is that one of the reasons i haven’t liked him much is the role he has played in forcing neoliberal “solutions” on other countries - with disastrous results and no sense of responsibility. otoh, i actually think he was trying doing good for people (unlike neoliberals who only care about how they and people like them do) and was not as hard core stupid or fundamentalist as some.

so to hear sachs talk like that was a bit of a surprise.

i wonder how franks et al. took it - they’ve heard from roubini that an economic stimulus was needed yesterday, that they can’t wait until january. given that i’ve yet to see this congress handle the economic situation competently, i have zero confidence that they know what they are doing by waiting until january.

used to think congress was purposefully letting the economy tank under bush because they saw it could be used to their electoral advantage. now i’m thinking that they really have no clue and don’t care to try to find one.

hope i’m wrong.

jeebs…passed,me brain no worky,butcha all know that

Thinking about Dean and health. The new conventional poop is that Barack wants to get a health insurance bill passed pronto, while the iron is hot. Daschle to shepherd the bill through the Senate. After that, who cares? They will need to appoint someone to set up and administer the programme. That’s more Dean’s line of work. He’d be good at it, too, to judge from his stint as VT gov.

Big Orange did a little handicapping on HRC’s seat yesterday.

have heard good things about the Buffalo mayor in the past

Mornin’ All

have 10 k things to do,leaving town for a week,all critters need portion controlled meals,putting plant feeders together,finish paying bills,need 4 more hands…bbl

Anything passed now would have to be signed by GWB and if he didn’t sign would have to be overridden.

thanks

Safe journey, sadlyyes (the only word in the English language with two adjacent y’s, I just noticed)

And Secretary of Defense will be . . . ?

THEY THINK MIKE ARCURI IS A RISING STAR????? Sorry, he’s my Rep and he’s a dunce. Totally worthless.

BTW, both Franken and Coleman have lost votes in the recount.

They say “was”?

used to think congress was purposefully letting the economy tank under bush because they saw it could be used to their electoral advantage. now i’m thinking that they really have no clue and don’t care to try to find one.

I rarely thought the former was the case, except in my very paranoid moments. I think the Rs follow economic policies that fail out of “sincere” (but completely wrong) idea that they are the right policies, that is they cause shocks. The Rs are then surprised, but are quick to use the shocks as an excuse to double down. In other words, the shocks are, from the pov of the Rs, inadvertant. Just like the Rs are doing now, the reason why the party failed is that it wasn’t rightwing enough, they react the same way when their economic policies fail.

As for the Ds, think that they are like battered wives. So are trying hard to get back to economic sanity, but can’t readily gain recontrol of their lives.

Yes, keep in touch.

I don’t see Dems moving fast enough to phase out rethuglican policies. I worry they are just stepping into rethuglican shoes, with a softer core.

no excuse for not making him veto it instead of threaten to.

I sorta like the idea of Hagel in Defense.

Time for a dip in SouthernDragon’s cesspool. Adieu, mes amis.

the old Ds maybe - but an awful lot of them actually buy the neoliberal economic thing that used to be mostly limited to the Rs.

We have made a lot of excuses for the dem party. I bought that back when I thought they were saving all the fire for to combat supreme court nominations. I lost my faith with Alito and the gang of 14. Not completely lost my faith. But I am always wary of any excuse.

Pardon my OT, but is Christy taking a few days off? Anyone know?
Oh, Good Morning All.

New thread upstairs…

I sort of hate the idea of any Republikan apparatchnik in the Obama adminstration. Hagel may have bucked the party on Iraq, but for the most part I think a look at the voting record would read like a good apparatchnik.

wrt battered wives - i think that’s the D base (us).

I think you could be right.