Well, it’s a cold and dark morning here in DC, so I thought I’d take a quick stock on how the One is bringing change to America.
Newly named White House Counsel Greg Craig comes to team Hope via serving as Slick Willie’s legal eagle during the Impeachment and also distinguished himself by helping deliver Elian Gonzalez back to the arms of commies in Cuba.
After screaming to abolish secret ballots in thug-laden union elections, Senate Democrats will decide the fate of Joe Lieberman (you know, the guy who actually tested the promises of tolerance and inclusivity among the left) with…a secret ballot. *Sigh*
Champion of public education that he is, Obama looks poised to show his support of reforming the highest-spending yet worst-performing public school district in America by sending his daughters to an elite private school. This makes sense to progressive intellectual sorts.
After media outlets commented on the complete lack of oversight for the bailout, Dems quickly named some supervisory sorts, but how $2,000,000,000 (or so) is being spent remains secret. Henry Paulson stands accused of handing out money to his friends and Congressional Republicans are calling for a halt to all further bailout spending until a grown-up gets in there.
The Obamessish himself stepped down from the Senate as of Sunday. As for what it’s like to lose a 1/2 term freshman legislator who never actually wrote legislation and showed up so infrequently that he couldn’t find the restrooms on his own, we’re told no one noticed.
As every news outlet with a view of the Potomac has breathlessly reported, Barack will likely have to give up Blackberry and e-mail, largely to protect his off the cuff comments from being part of the open record. Because the best way to back up incessant criticism of the Bush White House for being too secretive is too…oh, wait…no, that…doesn’t make any sense. Guess I’m not a progressive intellectual type.
Following the exodus of the legislative to the executive, Hillary may be playing diplomat. Bill, no doubt, will enjoy having her out of the country, but it remains to be seen if his famously secretive finances will ever see the light of day. If Obama stacks the Cabinet with Congressional Democrats, could that become a way to make appointments to vacant seats of political rats so far left they couldn’t win an election? Nooooooo. Not a chance.
Al Franken may be pulling ahead in Minnesota. For the next years, die hard GOP party-line faithful can look at the Honorable Al Franken, United States Senator, and realize…YOU DID THIS TO YOURSELF.
Begich may pull it out over convicted felon Ted Stevens. The Club for Growth is having a fit at this prospect, it’s mission being to elect Republicans at all costs. Note to Toomey: that hasn’t worked so well.
Pelosi is busy not being heavily involved in the fight between enviro-nut Henry Waxman and markedly less looney John Dingell for control of the Energy and Commerce Committee. We repeat: she is not allowing her minions to aide loyal soldier Waxman’s bid to oust Dingell for failing to hug enough trees. You heard it here first. Unless Speaker Mimi is looking to shut down those blasted unfair media outlets, in which case you never talked to us.
So that’s Morning in America for you.
