Obama and Biden: Armchair Quarterbacks

Allahpundit’s Quote of the Day - 
RUSH: Talk about the incoming administration for just a second in one regard. One of the unfair, to me — maybe I’m wrong about this — one of the unfair criticisms is that you and the President have spent an inordinate amount of time beefing up, in a separation-of-powers sense, [...]

Obama: Refined Statement – “I Had No Contact”

We’ll find out how appropriate the contacts between Blagojevich and Obama’s staff were when the internal investigation is released and the rest of the wire-tap evidence is revealed.  
What matters more though is the fortress-like defense that was thrown up around the President-elect when this scandal broke.  Obama promised transparency and accountability. What we have [...]

Rich American Princess Decides Senate Pursuit Is A Go

After mulling over her qualifications, namely that she has enough family money to afford a campaign and she is a princess-like icon of America’s Camelot days, Caroline Kennedy has decided to accept the position of New York’s junior United States Senator, should Governor Patterson choose to offer it to her.
Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of an [...]

Michelle Malkin On Cavuto: Let’s Talk About Unhinged Moonbats with Shoes

HotAir - 
Nothing happened yesterday that you wouldn’t see on certain American college campuses, [Michelle] notes, but there’s something different about the reaction. Namely, shame:
Saeed Naji al-Ibadi, a 49-year-old pharmacist, said: “There’s a reaction against this journalist and his improper behavior as he represents the journalists and educated people in our society. Because [...]

Ken Salazar: Obama’s New Interior Secretary

Denver Post - 
Sen. Ken Salazar has agreed to become secretary of the Interior pending the outcome of a background check, The Denver Post has learned.
Democratic sources, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak on Salazar’s behalf, said Monday that Salazar is all but certain to be appointed to President-elect [...]

New York Times Human Interest: Spoiled Rich Kids React To Economy

New York Times reporter, Lisa Foderaro, brought James Taranto of The Wall Street Journal to tears with this tragic tale of riches-to-slightly-less-riches and teenage labor:
Jodi Hamilton began her senior year of high school in Woodcliff Lake, N.J., this fall on the usual prosperous footing. Her parents were providing a weekly allowance of $100 and paying [...]

Indiana Planned Parenthood Investigated

After an Indiana Planned Parenthood was exposed coaching an undercover UCLA student posing as a 13 year old to cover up her rape and to cross state lines for an abortion without parental consent, the PP staffer who appeared on the video was fired.
Now, the Indiana Attorney General has opened an investigation.
Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter [...]

New Mexico’s Democrat Governor (and Obama Cabinet Secretary) Under Investigation By Feds Too

HotAir:
According to Bloomberg, federal investigators have begun an investigation into Bill Richardson’s connections to a consultancy already linked to a pay-for-play scandal in Alabama.  Richardson, selected by Barack Obama for Secretary of Commerce, may have directed state funds to CDR in exchange for political work at the 2004 Democratic convention and in voter-registration efforts in support [...]

Bill O’Reilly on President Bush

In an interview with Ted Turner, O’Reilly correctly asserted:
“There’s one man who has done more for the continent of Africa than any other man in the history of civilization.  Do you know who that man is?…President Bush has saved more lives, sent more money, and provided more medical care for the citizens of all the [...]

Tom Daschle’s Health Care Dream

L.A. Times - 
Daschle, who declined to be interviewed, has specific — and potentially controversial — ideas about how to reshape the healthcare system.
Among other things, he envisions a new federal agency, which he calls a Federal Health Board, with the authority to set guidelines for what treatments and procedures are most cost-effective.
Meet the “Federal Health [...]