In Defense of the Boo-birds
By Jesse Singal - Jan 21st, 2009 at 4:08 pmI definitely get what Jessica is saying in her argument that folks on the Mall shouldn’t have booed former President Bush (that was the first…
Posts Tagged ‘transition’
BREAKING NEWS: Obama Spends First Morning Watching Football
By Tommaso Boggia - Jan 21st, 2009 at 2:32 pmOk, fine, maybe he didn’t, but he did spend it at the National Cathedral for a prayer service and, to non-theists like me, that’s just as…
Most Diverse White House Staff Ever
By Emily Rutherford - Jan 14th, 2009 at 3:39 pmThe Washington Post notes that Obama’s staff–excluding Cabinet secretaries, but including czars and other such mysterious officials–is the most diverse (and possibly the best-educated) in…
Crackberry’s a Hell of a Drug
By Dylan Matthews - Jan 8th, 2009 at 11:11 amThe Secret Service is going to have to pry Obama’s Blackberry from his cold, dead hands:
“I’m still clinging to my BlackBerry,” Mr. Obama said…
Public is the New Private
By Lauren Silverman - Dec 16th, 2008 at 2:29 pmThe private sector looks like a scary place to put your money–or your resume–right now. Like most other young people, I don’t have the former,…
The South Will Get Cabinet Seats Again!
By Matt Zeitlin - Dec 15th, 2008 at 2:11 pmThis Politico article, covering some anonymous grumbling that Obama hasn’t appointed a Southerner to his cabinet, is remarkably silly. One the most basic level, all…
Gary Bauer is in Conservative Fantasy Land
By L. Russell Allen - Dec 15th, 2008 at 11:50 amFormer Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer has published an article for the conservative publication Human Events. Its thesis: that the Obama transition has failed to…
“Open for Questions”: The Results
By Emily Rutherford - Dec 15th, 2008 at 11:16 amJesse wrote on Thursday about “Open for Questions,” the Obama transition team’s Web 2.0 effort to allow visitors to Change.gov to vote on what questions…
Gallows Hill and Andersonville*
By Dylan Matthews - Dec 8th, 2008 at 2:15 pmIf, like me, you’ve been less than impressed by President-elect Obama’s national security selections, take heart: it could always get worse. According to US News…
Chasing Robert Rubin
By Austin Thompson - Nov 25th, 2008 at 5:28 pmFormer Secretary of Treasury Robert Rubin’s fundamentalist free-market, pro-business performance as former President Clinton’s economic guru angered activists , labor unions, and others who favored…
Why Is Obama Leaking Now?
By Dylan Matthews - Nov 20th, 2008 at 5:12 pmThe Obama presidential campaign was incredibly, frustratingly closed. There was very little access to the press, and consequently few leaks.
So it’s puzzling to me…
