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White House Counsel Resigns

cookfish — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:32:44 -0500

White House Counsel Gregory B. Craig is expected to announce his departure as early as Friday, people familiar with the situation said, ending an embattled tenure in which he struggled to lead the closure of the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Black Caucus Turns Color-Blind Eye To Ethics Violations

cookfish — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:33:39 -0500

Seven members of Congress are being investigated by the House Ethics Committee. All seven are black and the Congressional Black caucus has taken exception. They say the whiff of racism's in the air.

Bush Visits Ft. Hood Wounded While O Chills at Camp David

cookfish — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:48:15 -0500

Dan Riehl checks the President's schedule and learns that Obama's not going to Fort Hood, but rather to Camp David for the weekend. In an update, Dan notes that his predecessor is more sensitive to the situation.

Pelosi's Insanity Making House Dems Uncomfortable

cookfish — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:43:00 -0500

It's one thing to be serene under fire, it's another to be delusional.

Senior Dems: No Health Care Bill This Year

cookfish — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:30:08 -0500

Senior Congressional Democrats told ABC News today it is highly unlikely that a health care reform bill will be completed this year, just a week after President Barack Obama declared he was "absolutely confident" he'll be able to sign one by then.

The Facts: Robust Public Option Lacks Votes To Pass House

cookfish — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:40:20 -0400

The House Dem leadership has conducted its preliminary whip count and has tallied up less than 200 likely Yes votes in support of a health care reform bill with a robust public option, well short of the 218 needed for passage, according to an internal whip count document I've obtained.

Beltway Sniper's Execution Date Set

cookfish — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:09:01 -0400

John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind of the 2002 DC-area sniper attacks, will die by lethal injection Nov. 10 for one of the murders, Virginia officials announced Tuesday. Muhammad's killing spree over three weeks of October 2002 left 10 dead in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

No Wonder Michelle Left Private Sector- Now Has 26 Servants

cookfish — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:45:31 -0400

We were wrong. Michelle Obama, as we reported on July 7, is not served by twenty-two attendants who stand by to cater to her every whim.

Phillies Advance to World Series

cookfish — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:59:48 -0400

The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-4 in game 5 of the National League Championship Series, advancing to their second straight World Series. The Phillies are attempting to become the first National League team to repeat as World Series champs since the Cincinnati Reds in 1976.

WSJ: Does Obama Believe in Human Rights?

cookfish — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:02:31 -0400

Nobody should get too hung up over President Obama's decision, reported by Der Spiegel over the weekend, to cancel plans to attend next month's 20th anniversary celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Germany's reunited capital has already served his purposes; why should he serve its?

White House, Dem Strategists Snipe at Liberals

cookfish — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:37:12 -0400

Liberal criticism of President Obama and the rest of the Democratic power structure has provoked an angry reaction among a few well-connected Democrats who talk anonymously to the press. "Can I speak freely about the liberal whiners?" asks a well-connected Democratic strategist. "These are the same people who have never participated in, much less won, a campaign, who have no idea what it takes to maintain a majority and keep a speaker of our party, who want Obama to kowtow to the loony Left, and then they're going to be the ones who say, 'What happened?' in November 2010, when we lose the House and possibly the Senate and maybe a lot of governorships."

Ninjas Hate Joe Lieberman

cookfish — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:42:03 -0400

It wasn't Halloween but just sheer disdain for a well known senator that led a Connecticut man to dress up in ninja gear and go on a warpath.

Obama's Muslim Affairs Advisor: Sharia Law Is Misunderstood

cookfish — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:32:09 -0400

President Barack Obama's adviser on Muslim affairs, Dalia Mogahed, has provoked controversy by appearing on a British television show hosted by a member of an extremist group to talk about Sharia Law.

Obama Delays Meeting with Dalai Lama

cookfish — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:30:16 -0400

The first meeting between President Obama and the Dalai Lama has been postponed until after Obama's summit with Chinese leader Hu Jintao next month, a decision that "appears to be part of a strategy to improve ties with China," the Washington Post reports. The Dalai Lama's visit to D.C. this week will be the first since 1991 that doesn't include a presidential meeting.

McDonalds to Open at Louvre

cookfish — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:39:55 -0400

Lovers of France's two great symbols of cultural exception -- its haute cuisine and fine art -- are aghast at plans to open a McDonald's restaurant and McCafe in the Louvre museum next month. "This is the last straw," said one art historian working at the Louvre, who declined to be named. "This is the pinnacle of exhausting consumerism, deficient gastronomy and very unpleasant odours in the context of a museum."