Thursday Open Thread

post from My Left Wing - Front Page on 06 November 2008 02:48:34 PM. © My Left Wing - Front Page

What, we have a $700 billion bailout, a new Black president-elect, and no Open Thread? Hah.

Hey America, look at this!!

I had a conversation with my mother last night, trying to scrounge her copy of the New York Times, and she asked if I thought that Palin would appoint herself to complete Ted Stevens' new term in the Senate. I thought about it for a moment, and I said I don't know whether it's legal for a governor to appoint herself to fill a senator's term (assuming the governor does that), but Sarah Palin is just clueless enough to try it. The woman has a dangerous combination of ruthless ambition and total cluelessness. And if they tell her she can't appoint herself, I bet she'll try to appoint Todd.

To quote the inimitable Arthur Gilroy, bet on it.

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NC for Obama!

post from Moue Magazine on 06 November 2008 02:47:50 PM. © Moue Magazine

The AP is calling North Carolina for Barack Obama, adding it to the extensive list of swing states that swung blue, and becoming one more example of our brand new map. NBC has done so as well. This is the first time in 8 election cycles they’ve[...]

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Rahm Emanuel to Become Obama Chief of Staff!

post from uncomfortably numb on 06 November 2008 02:47:00 PM. © uncomfortably numb

Democratic officials say Barack Obama's fellow Chicagoan Rahm Emanuel has agreed to be White House chief of staff. One of Obama's first decisions as president-elect was to ask the Illinois...read more | digg story

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Pot Wins in a Landslide: A Thundering Rejection
of America's Longest War

post from uncomfortably numb on 06 November 2008 02:42:00 PM. © uncomfortably numb

Voters dealt what may be a fatal blow to America's longest-running and least-discussed war -- the war on marijuana.On Tuesday, largely under the radar of the pundits and political chattering classes, voters dealt what may be a fatal blow to America's longest-running and least-discussed war -- the war on marijuana.Michigan voters made their state the 13th to allow the medical use of marijuana by a whopping 63 percent to 37 percent, the largest margin ever for a medical marijuana initiative....

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Pot Wins in a Landslide: A Thundering Rejection
of America's

post from uncomfortably numb on 06 November 2008 02:42:00 PM. © uncomfortably numb

Voters dealt what may be a fatal blow to America's longest-running and least-discussed war -- the war on marijuana.On Tuesday, largely under the radar of the pundits and political chattering classes, voters dealt what may be a fatal blow to America's longest-running and least-discussed war -- the war on marijuana.Michigan voters made their state the 13th to allow the medical use of marijuana by a whopping 63 percent to 37 percent, the largest margin ever for a medical marijuana initiative. And...

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Ohio and Minn. Sec Of States: No Reports Of Voter
Fraud

post from TPMMuckraker on 06 November 2008 02:39:00 PM. © TPMMuckraker

Since we're rounding up the evidence (or lack thereof) of voter fraud taking place yesterday, it's worth also noting what the top election officials in Ohio and Minnesota told us on Tuesday night.

Ohio secretary of state Jennifer Brunner, a Democrat, said in a statement released toTPMmuckraker the night of the election: "We have received no reports of election irregularities in Ohio today - and we have been on the lookout for any hint of illegal voting or voter suppression."

And her counterpart in Minnesota, Mark Ritchie, also a Democrat, told TPMmuckraker in an interview that his office had received no reports of voter fraud.

In both states, Republicans or their allies had raised concerns about the possibility for fraud. Brunner had reportedly received death threats after she fought a GOP lawsuit aimed at cracking down on voter fraud. The Supreme Court sided with Brunner.

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Harry Reid: "No Decision" on Lieberman

post from Open Left - Front Page on 06 November 2008 02:37:52 PM. © Open Left - Front Page

Well Harry Reid is continuing his legacy of staunch indecisiveness in the face of lying[...]

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Senate Still in Play for Dem Control

Although the press has concluded the democrats are “resigned” to get 57 seats in the Senate, three contests remain quite up in the air and I think dems still have a decent shot at the magic 60.In Minnesota, the vote differential of 727 votes gets Al Franken an automatic recount. Saxbe Chambliss fell short of [...]

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President Obama's To-Do List: Jobs

I wish we could give President-elect Barack Obama at least two or three weeks to revel in his[...]

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Lieberman After Meeting with Reid - Video

Reid and Lieberman won't say what happened in the meeting. My guess? Reid told him he can stay in the caucus if he steps down from his committee chairmanship (a campaign we started shortly after the 2006 election, thanks to everyone who participated[...]

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