Obama’s Investigation Deems “No Inappropriate Discussions” with Blago Staff, But Questions Still Lurk

Jake,
We will find out next week. Just be patient.

What part of :
“The US Attorney’s office requested the public release of the Transition review be deferred until the week of December 22, in order not to impede their investigation of the governor,” Pfeiffer says in a statement, “The Transition has agreed to this revised timetable for release.”
Don’t you understand Sunlen?

“we’ll tell you how we are clean, next week, right before Christmas.. no news coverage of our second rate investiagtion
in the mean time, obama will be paying off Kennedy with a seanate seat.
She’s never held office before, but she’s rich, famous and supported obambi.. so he’ll get her the seat

Adam,
You’re one of the confused. It hasn’t gone from “no contact” to “no innappropriate discussions”. Obama always said HE had no contact, and that continues to be the case. He NEVER claimed no one on his staff had ANY contact. To the contrary, this whole exercise over the past few days was about gathering info about exactly what that contact was. Ergo, there was contact. That was never denied. And there’s nothing WRONG with contact. Sheesh. Do try to keep up.

Regardless of who gets appointed to the vacant Senate seats resulting from Obama’s election as President, if the individual doesn’t do the job and doesn’t perform commendably in their position, I can only hope their constituents from the State they represent will defeat the Senator when elections roll around. That’s fair, isn’t it? All you cynics who keep screaming “pay off for supporting Obama” should just get a grip. There’s nothing illegal about someone getting appointed by the Governor of the State with a vacancy. Can’t you get that through your thick skulls?? The position should not be filled through bribery, and any sane Governor knows that. Blago doesn’t appear to be sane, and we know how that mess is going to turn out–Special Election, so be it.

Yesterday’s news: “No contact.”
Today’s news: “No inappropriate discussions.”
Tomorrow’s news: “Nothing illegal happened, just go and try to prove it!”
Day after tomorrow’s news: “It is with a heavy heart that I accept Rahm’s resignation. He was acting alone like some sort of modern day G. Gordon Liddy. I knew absolutely nothing about Rahm’s actions.”

“Yesterday’s news: “No contact.”"
Once again, for the slow witted, that was NOT yesterday’s news. Must we have remedial reading comprehension courses here?

So in other words, the Obama camp is cooperating with the Feds? And still the Obama haters find fault with that! Amazing.

Sina,
following your logic, Bush should have resigned months ago out of respect for those who have lost their jobs and homes.

Lisa – They’ll have to check with Dan “Melon Boy” Burton on the identity of Vince Foster’s killer. I wonder if he is still shooting up melons in his backyard for target practice.

“giving a fist bump to farakhan and rev wright.”
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Omentum – wouldn’t that be a “terrorist first jab” per Faux News?

I’m surprised that Obama going to Hawaii for vacation. You’d think Obama would postpone his vacation out of respect for people who have lost their homes and jobs, and health insurance, etc. in this bad economy.
Posted by: sina | Dec 15, 2008 4:13:54 PM
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You are absoulutely Right!!!!
You — you —- only you would think that.
What does someone going on vacation have anything to do with what’s going on in America. How about tell Bush to stop spending American’s tax money flying around the world to have shoes thrown at him as he continues to try and dupe the American people to believe this was a success and that it was necessary.
Obama has 4 years to deal with getting this country out of the ditch. He needs all the rest he can get right now.
Oh and EARTH TO sina….. HE IS NOT PRESIDENT YET.

This phrase was on the right wing talking points issued last week.
Look at all the players in the right wing blogosphere who use it.

“I call on PEBHO to immediately resign. Resign, 0bama and spare this great country from your shame.”
Oh noes!
Watch out Obama!
Concerned in OH is going to carve a backwards B in his left cheek and blame your supporters for it!

Concerned in OH does not like anything at all connected with or to Obama. I am sure Concerned in OH found something to criticize Obama about when he went to see his dying Grandmother, such as “how dare he go to Hawaii in the middle of a campaign.”

Throwing a shoe would be more fitting.

What part of “we have been asked by the Federal investigators not to comment until next week” amounts to a) a conspiracy by Obama, b) a crime by Obama?

Barack Obama classified add.
Wanted, someone with experience throwing people under the bus. Must not have ethical qualms that the throwee was only acting on my behalf. The ability to parse words to deflect ethical misdeeds a definite plus. Previous leadership role in the UAW also a plus.

I’s investigated myself and i is clean..yezsir, i is clean, and nobodies i’s know is involved.. trust me, its the change thing ya know… its what i promised.. hey is da Clintons around to hep me?

“What part of “we have been asked by the Federal investigators not to comment until next week” amounts to a) a conspiracy by Obama, b) a crime by Obama?”
Because that would be a fact.
Right wingers prefer things that are not true.
So if you said Obama is holding the report which exonerates him until it is blessed by Satan, right wingers will believe you.

Actually Jack only in the bored minds of the media and those who voted against Obama. The rest of us (remember us the majority) we can read and asssimulate the information coming to light…including the tapes that say Obama did not offer them anything….that usually tells rational people what they need to know…..

But don’t hold your breath for the investigation to be made public soon.
Oh, certainly not, not with an administration as committed to opaqueness as Obama’s is.
The evolving message from Obama on this is amusing. If he’d come out at first saying “of course we had some discussions with the Governor about whom he might appoint to the vacant seat,” that would have been expected and probably made the story a non-starter as far as Obama was concerned.
By denying any contact (when such contact would be appropriate and expected), Obama opened himself up to all this speculation. Some people might think that he’s involved in some sort of corruption related to this; his denial does kind of appear like a six year old, crumbs on his shirt, saying that he hadn’t been in the cookie jar.
Me? I just think it demonstrates a failure to lead. Instead of getting in front of the issue, he’s just exclaiming “I didn’t do it!”

Obama definitely dirty.. will he use one of his common recycled speech when throwing a long time associate under the bus? yes….
as for the idiot who said that bush should resign months ago cuz of the economy.. umm last i check, who controls congress? who makes most of the decision? ummm ummmm ohhh thats right the dems… were they guilty of this financial collapse? yes.. did Clinton even admit that the dems were to blame for this mess?? yes..
people… your messiah is not going to change the world… Iran is not going to stop making WMD. explain to me, why is it unacceptable to be in Iraq but it is acceptable to be in Afghanistan? i mean both are wars, they cost us money and people die… i guess the difference is, if it a dem led war, that is acceptable….

Obama Camp: We Did Nothing Wrong — and We’ll Prove it Next Week—- Don’t you just love it when the party being investigated can investgate themselves and find themselves without fault! Thanks, but I’ll wait for independent confirmation!

Grand Jury Probes Richardson Donor’s New Mexico Financing Fee
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By Martin Z. Braun and William Selway
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) — A federal grand jury is investigating how a company that advised Jefferson County, Alabama, on bond deals that threaten to cause the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, did similar work in New Mexico after making contributions to Governor Bill Richardson’s political action committees.

How can Obama take an expensive Hawaiian vacation while people are hurting in this economy?
Will he be flying First Class? Private jet?
I thought he was going to pay my mortgage.

Lisa, he first has to do something before he gets a legimate approval rating. Omentum, the difference between your assessment and reality is he would do that, but not in public.
As of an hour ago Illinois Speaker of the House Mike Madigan, who wants his daughter to be governor-you know Lisa who was on Meet The Press yesterday, is going to proceed with impeachment hearings in Springfield. This is the political version of family feud. Now technically they are not supposed to bring up anything about the “on-going” investigation. So it begs the question, how can all the evidence not be put forward if the reason you’re impeaching is the sale of the senate seat?
Blagojevich’s high powered lawyer is quoted as saying he can’t wait. This just might come back to bite ole Rahm. Would be interesting to hear the tapes.

this is the year of the democrats… when the RATS start to expose their corruption.. i do not get it, why do you scream bloody murder if it’s a republican.. but if the evidence is obvious that a democrat is corrupt, people start (including the media) saying “wait hold on!! no not true!” why do the dems not hold their own people accountable?? all you ahve to do is get rid of them and elect new fresh dems, thats the beauty of election, holding your congressmen accountable..

“He said that he had no contact with the Governor, and now he is saying that they had contact, but it was not “inappropriate”. ”
Um, did you think we’d not notice your slick little switch from “he” to “they” and how it invalidates your whole point?
Reading comprehension again, folks.

Nationwide Investigation
The investigation reflects another front in nationwide efforts by U.S. prosecutors to investigate so-called pay- to-play in the municipal bond market. The term refers to banks and advisers who make political contributions or personal gifts to public officials in return for fee-paying financing assignments.
“The Governor’s Office is aware of questions surrounding some financial transactions at the New Mexico Finance Authority,” said Gilbert Gallegos, a spokesman for Richardson. “We expect any state agency that is approached with federal officials” to cooperate, he said, declining to comment further. Calls to Richardson were directed to Gallegos.
Darrin Jones, an FBI spokesman, declined to comment, as did Norman Cairns, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office in Albuquerque. CDR’s lawyer, Richard Beckler, a partner at Howrey LLP in Washington, declined to comment. Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki declined to comment.
Grand Jury Probes Richardson Donor’s New Mexico Financing Fee
FACTS YOU SAY—HERE ARE FACTS— OBAMAS ADMINISTRATION IS PROVING TO BE THE MOST CORRUPT SINCE HARDING….
I once hoped for change and all I got was this T-shirt that says same ol —- another administration.

This is going to be the best 4 years in the history of presidential scandals.
The O-idiot isn’t even in office and his transition team is involved in two serious scandals … already.
Get some popcorn, folks. It’s going to be fun watching this tool squirm.
Plus we get the added pleasure of laughing at all “The One’s” apologists.
Priceless.
Payback’s a …. well, you know.
Merry Fitzmas, everyone~
ps- by the way, do you think O will be looking for his birth certificate while he’s in Hawai’i?

I just wish we gave this much attention to Bush out looking manly as he chopped wood on his ranch as bin laden was hard at work on planning 911.
Maybe if we would have been so attentive Bush would have got out of his pick-up truck and went back to washington to address the intelligence that was telling him terrorist were planning to fly planes in to buildings.

Keep that popcorn for 2010 and 2012 for when the Republicans lose even more offices LOL Because Obama will fix what the Repubs have trashed for the last 8 years and when it happens? Try to spit any of your popcorn on people around you LOLOLOLOLOL and wipe that spittle off your chins from having to live with Obama for the next GREAT 4 years! LOLOLOL

Bush the fearless….really? LOLOLOL your too funny!
Do they let you vote?

At least ABC News got the heading right. “Inappropriate Contact” is the misused heading in other media outlets, and is a term usually reserved for stories related to adults touching others.

G-
there was actually 500 ton of yellowcake (thats for making WMD-incase you were clueless) safely and secretly brought to Canada around sept… the MSM briefly and barely glossed on it, i mean god forbid that they upset the precious liberals with their twisted back word belief that there was no WMb.. same with the MSM not reporting that for the past 2 years the earth is in fact, wait for it, cooling… not warming.. i know this gets the dems in a liberal fit, but global warming is a hoax… even Europe is skeptic about global warming.. Obama is going to close a lot of business and we will see high number of unemployment because companies will not be able to afford to be “green”. besides, i hope that the big 3 gets no bailout money and that they file bankruptcy and that we get rid of some union rules (keep the workers but get rid of the rules/regulations).. and i hope card check never passes! the liberals have shown themselves to be increasingly intolerant and sadly, angry people.. even pew research did a study and survey and they concluded that republicans are typically more happier people (we work, we respect government, we respect the rights of other people-except if you break the law, then you do the time! and we protest in peace….)

Let’s face it. The Far-right nutjobs would accept nothing less than Obama saying he not only was in bed the Blago, but that he was getting a cut of the take. Didn’t anyone read Fitzgerald’s transcript that quoted the governor complaining Obama wouldn’t give him anything except appreciation? Sounds like the governor exonerated Obama.

LOL What entertainment! You guys can now go to your graves someday knowing you brought some laughter into the lives of millions!
Posted by: Grissom | Dec 15, 2008 5:15:52 PM
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pssst Grissom. shhhh …. they don’t know there are being funny. Don’t spill the beans. Keep playing along with them. Let’s keep showing our “disgust” to the fact that the Grand Old Potty is brainless and out of touch.
When off line, laugh like crazy.

So if ever I get in trouble, can I pull some investigative work and declare myself innocent?..What a joke.
Well,…what can you expect, people voted for this, they deserve what they get. Did any of you obama voters ever bother to ask”What kind of change”..lol
suckers.
husseins next trick?

Grissom —- I think you need to take a re-count on the Senators!!!!

“So if ever I get in trouble, can I pull some investigative work and declare myself innocent?”
That’s been the Republican standard for some time now.

well we have clinton-D, to thank for letting Bin Laden get away. now we have “stuttering” Obama to lead us out of this whole mess.. wow the messiah is here! i predict 4 years, he’s the next jimmy carter, and History will judge him as one of the most inexperienced president elected.. the guy just likes the attention of being adored on, he does not have a clue on the realities of the war. the world will not change for the better cuz of obama.. Iran is still building up their weapons and close to completing WMD.
now that Obama has his “scandal” you can BETCHA that we will not let this go away quietly

ctay—- looks like your link has been deleted— but I did get t othe article–thx

“well we have clinton-D, to thank for letting Bin Laden get away.”
It would seem Clinton was trying to get Bin Laden.
OTH, Bush ignored him, ignored warnings of a imminent attack then hid like a little girl as thousands of Americans died.
Later he got “tough” and and from behind a podium told Iraqi insurgents to bring it on, and they did.
“History will judge him as one of the most inexperienced president elected..”
Actually you should hope Bush gets such a distinction. Perhaps it would soften the blow if the worst President in history was such because he was the most inexperienced.
“Iran is still building up their weapons and close to completing WMD.”
Gee where have I heard this before?
Oh yea from right wingers about Iraq when it had no WMD nor was it building any.
The IAEA says its inspections have found that Iran is not building nukes or diverting nuclear material into such program.

Ryan C – Actually, this “right-winger” here has graduate degrees in both chemistry and physics. Having spent several years reviewing the literature and doing regular work in atmospheric analysis, I think that the BEST one can say about the “global warning/climate change” fraud that has been perpetrated is that it has produced so much hysterically funny self-righteous blather from ill-informed true believers like yourself.
Your smug, supercilious snark does nothing to contradict the empirical evidence.
Bottom line? Count me amused at you, saddened by people’s evident inability to comprehend even basic concepts of science.

“Actually, this “right-winger” here has graduate degrees in both chemistry and physics. Having spent several years reviewing the literature and doing regular work in atmospheric analysis, I think that the BEST one can say about the “global warning/climate change” fraud that has been perpetrated is that it has produced so much hysterically funny self-righteous blather from ill-informed true believers like yourself. ”
ROFLMAO!
An expert on the internets!
An I did not know that Falwell Liberty University gave out science degrees.
Was the answer to each question, “Because God made it so”?

“Bush didn’t even have time to have the same smooth transition that Obama received recently.”
So your excuse for Bush being wholly unprepared for 9/11 is not his ignoring the Aug 6th nat sec briefing or his taking the month of August off and going to Crawford but that his transition was not smooth.
What’s next? Citing the debunked right wing myth that the Clinton vandalized the White House?
Do right wingers need to invent an entire new reality to make it fit with their world view?

Ryan–
“Iran is still building up their weapons and close to completing WMD.”
i am not sure where you get your info, but if you are getting it from MSM, like ABC.. then you, sadly, are so out of the loop. get your head out of the liberal clouds and do your research, i challenge you to research both sides of the story and try with an open mind, it will be hard at first but hopefully a light bulb will go off in that dark head of yours… CONGRESS just released an intelligence investigation that said that IRAN is close to completing their WMD program in 5 years or less..
as for global warming, do some research.. the ice in the arctic is growing at a faster pace. new Orleans actually had a inch of snow. the northern states are experiencing the worst blizzard, they aren’t sitting out by the pool trying to get a tan, they are tryng to stay warm..

No, science classes at MIT don’t generally discuss G-d.
Here’s a waffle, little boy (#)
Ignored, as you will no doubt be by many other educated thinking people.

You seem to have left out 8 years of
ignorance
indecision
incompetence
ill-advisement
mis-management
and what I like to call shoe-time
Showing disgust beating on husseins’ statue
Showing disgust whizzing past bush’s head
would you care to revise your post without that gaping 8yr fast forward.—
you are disqusted by the beating on hussein’s statue? and your point is? i believe that was the Iraqi people doing the beating.. does liberation from oppression and dicatorship not make you proud that the iraqis have chance for their own “hope and Change”?. Bush did the best he could, he was constantly and unfairly criticized by the media which was spoon fed to you. now it’s obama’s turn, let him get a taste of what payback’s like…

“Ignored, as you will no doubt be by many other educated thinking people.”
People who thump about their credentials on the internet usually do not have any.
With right wingers, its a near guarantee.

This is what happens with Fitzgerald investigations.
In the Plame investigation, Fitzgerald told Armitage (according to Armitage) not to tell anybody else in the Bush administration he was Novak’s first source.
By doing that, Fitzgerald could put pressure on other Bush admin officials he believed were lying, with no public pressure to actually investigate Armitage (who, it turned out, had been lying to Fitzgerald).
Fitzgerald went to the press and said Blagojevich would make Lincoln turn over in his grave. The FBI guy at the same press conference says Illinois is in the running for the most corrupt state.
So they can say things like that, but Obama isn’t supposed to release details about who on his own team talked to Blagojevich?
What a sham.

Obviously the Obama camp saying “we checked it out and we didn’t do anything wrong” doesn’t exonerate anyone.
Just as obviously, however, anyone else saying that they did do something wrong without any evidence doesn’t implicate anyone, either.
For better or for worse, Obama will be with us for the next four years. If he or people in his camp received bribe requests and didn’t report it, there’s no need to argue about it with such certainty right this instant.

Ryan-
under Clinton, more Iraqi’s died under Saddam reign of terror..his own sons were well known torturer and rapists.
unfortunately war has consequences and that is death. a good friend of mine, a marine (4 times he has gone to iraq-his job is to dismantle bombs) said that the Iraqis dying are results of culture war, unfortunately Americans sometimes get stuck in the middle.
our prisoners in gitmo receive the best medical care and treatment, one recently released and captured iraq or Taliban leader was released from gitmo and took up arms to bomb and shot us Americans again. so is your answer to release terrorist so they can bomb us again? now we have Afghanistan,how do you suggest we resolve this without more deaths?

“under Clinton, more Iraqi’s died under Saddam reign of terror”
Actually many died because of our sanctions and how they ultimately were applied. Saddam killed far more of his own people during the Reagan administration. When Rummy and he were buddies.
Yes. So how do the horrific crimes of those two somehow make our torture of Iraqis better?
Would that not make it even worse and put us on par with those monsters?
“unfortunately war has consequences and that is death.”
Which is why war should be an action of last resort.
Iraq did not attack us and was no threat to us.
This was a war of choice.
“a good friend of mine, a marine (4 times he has gone to iraq-his job is to dismantle bombs) said that the Iraqis dying are results of culture war, unfortunately Americans sometimes get stuck in the middle.”
This simplistic treatment of what happened in Iraq is too telling.
No wonder you think global warming isn’t real because its cold outside.
“so is your answer to release terrorist so they can bomb us again?”
If we can’t show they have committed a crime, we should not hold them.
The alternative is holding them indefinitely with no charges and that is about as UnAmerican as one can get.
We fought several wars over that one.
“now we have Afghanistan,how do you suggest we resolve this without more deaths?”
Its not about death or atrocity free war.
Its about having the judgment to know which wars to get involved in and to what extent.
Bush had the country’s support and patience to deal with Al Queda in Afghanistan.
They were the ones who attacked us
They are the ones that should have been our sole focus.
Instead Bush and the right wing treated 9/11 as carte blanche to attack whoever they felt like.

“teachers are afraid to actually discipline kids without being “sued” which the ACLU (liberal run) will happily do, i didnt see them rushing to help joe “the plumber” when his rights were violated.”
Except that the ACLU(OH branch specifically) has been talking about privacy rights in relation to Joe the Plumber since it happened.
The lesson as always? Right wingers lie.

“Bottom line is had Obama been forthright in his FIRST comments on the Blago issue there would far less scepticism.”
Yeah right.
Right wingers could care less about the truth.
All they see is a means to take shots at Obama.

Ryan C —Said “The IAEA says its inspections have found that Iran is not building nukes or diverting nuclear material into such program.”
You need to read ALL of the report, not just the part you like!
Direct from the IAEA web site —IAEA Director General Starement November 2008
The Agency has been able to continue to verify the non-diversion of declared nuclear material in Iran. However, Iran has not implemented the Additional Protocol, which is essential – as in all countries – for the Agency to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities. Iran needs to clarify as a matter of transparency the extent to which information contained in the relevant documentation is factually correct and where, in its view, such information may have been modified or relates to non nuclear purposes. Iran should also provide the Agency with substantive information to support its statements and provide access to relevant documentation and individuals. Unless Iran provides such transparency, and implements the Additional Protocol, the Agency will not be able to make progress in its efforts to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran.

So roscoe,
Where in the IAEA reports does it say Iran is close to finishing its WMD as put forth by your fellow right winger?
“The Agency has been able to continue to verify the non-diversion of declared nuclear material in Iran.”
Oh yeah…it doesn’t.

“i do not want to put unfair restrictions on small companies if they are forced to unionized (that’s what card check is for) and they can not afford that.”
This is what happens when you parrot things you do not know the background on.
Card check is a method of organizing unions by majority vote. Its like signing a petition for a union vs a secret ballot board certified election. And its been legal as a method of unionization for decades. The problem is that companies can ignore this unionization.
What the new laws do is make the companies recognize card check as a valid means of unionization. The latest version also preserves the secret ballot option should employees so choose.

“what happens if the company can not afford to unionize?”
What cost does a company occur from unionizing beyond having to negotiate with a single body?
“not only that, once in the union,your vote is not a secret anymore. union officals will know who you voted for, so your rights get thrown out the window.”
Employees can keep the old secret ballot system if they choose to.
All that changes is that companies will be have to recognize unions that come about by card check.
You do know that union are formed now using card check don’t you?

What cost does a company occur from unionizing beyond having to negotiate with a single body
look at the big 3, the UAW is killing them. people can protest and when they do, companies can not hire replacements (violation of union rules, only union people) and if they do not have employees, they loose money. on top of that they have to pay union fees etc, it is not as easy and simple and cheap as you would think…
Employees can keep the old secret ballot system if they choose to.
if they CHOOSE too? more like, they are forced to. i bet more people voted in secret when voting yes to prop 8, look what happened, the people who voted yes are being harassed! now this does not mean that i am against gay marriage, i am making a point.

“Employees can keep the old secret ballot system if they choose to. ”
Excellent idea! Why do we even hold our political elections by that expensive creaky old dusty secret ballot system that you grandfather used to uses (LOL- remember those pictures of his sideburns!) when there is this brand new shiny show of hands? Secret ballot is for squares, man.
If signing or not signing a piece of paper thrust in front of you by a ‘union organizer’ is good enough for you to keep the job that 100% of your family’s income depends on then surely its good electing our friendly pols.

“If signing or not signing a piece of paper thrust in front of you by a ‘union organizer’ is good enough for you to keep the job that 100% of your family’s income depends on then surely its good electing our friendly pols.”
ROFLMAO.
I can’t believe right wingers are claiming people’s jobs will be in jeopardy from the union vs the company firing them for joining a union.
But then again in the right winger world torture is an American value and Saddam masterminded 9/11.

See, all you that called for Obama to resign, should be ashamed of yourselves!
Obama held off due to the US Attorney’s oOffice requesting him to do so, as it is/was an IVESTIGATION…as he stated from the get go!
The full report will be released after the US Attorney’s case is well under way!
While there are still questions…keep in mind…this is still an on-going investigation. All will come to light. Obama can’t renig on TRANSPARENCY!!!

GoPalin,
“What cost does a company occur from unionizing beyond having to negotiate with a single body”
Wrong question. The better question is how much would taxpayers have to pay if the unions didn’t protect employees from slavery/slave wages?
Suppose YOU (non-union person) could depend on NOT losing your job for doing it? Most employees cannot count on that because employers can replace (legally) any U.S. citizen employee for any reason.
Union employees have stood up for their rights. There should be more unions, not less.

While there are still questions…keep in mind…this is still an on-going investigation. All will come to light. Obama can’t renig on TRANSPARENCY!!!
Hey Richard,
Tranparency is a real-time concept. We dont wait until the auto companies have used up all the money and then look for transparency after the fact.
That has already been the biggest problem with that dwilding pile of $700B.
Transparency is NOW. These are Obama’s big things, so why is any of this not being done in the open to start with????
There is nothing wrong with Obama’s Chief of Staff discussing possible appointees to the Pres.-Elects vacant senate seat. It has been done before.
-In December 1960, having just been elected president, John F. Kennedy resigned from the Senate. At John Kennedy’s request, Gov. Foster Furcolo appointed Kennedy family friend Benjamin Smith of Gloucester to the seat. Smith agreed not to run in the next general election in 1962, when Ted would be 30 and constitutionally old enough to serve in the Senate. Ted Kennedy won the election in 1962 — and every election for the seat since.
- Gov. Ned McWherter of Tennessee appointed his 65-year-old chief aide, Harlan Mathews, to fill the Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Al Gore.
This is listing off all the appointed senators since 1913.

Sunlen Miller writes:
““The US Attorney’s office requested the public release of the Transition review be deferred until the week of December 22, in order not to impede their investigation of the governor,” Pfeiffer says in a statement, “The Transition has agreed to this revised timetable for release.””
You gotta wonder who’s actually “agreed” to WHOSE timetable — by deferring whatever words these hacks release until Christmas — when the gravid gentlemen of the press are drunk and jolly — most likely will mean NO discussion EVER.
Instead, the peons who’re still bothering to read will be treated to a lot MORE pap about Caroline Kennedy’s deigning to ascend to the Senate, along with breathless updates on Barky-and-Biden’s railroading to Washington.
Meanwhile, Kerry steps into Biden’s old show-boat shoes. Enough “change”, already.

“Obama and his family will be in Hawaii on vacation during the time of the investigation’s release.”
Of COURSE they will.
B-b-but wasn’t it supposedly vital, just last week, that the suddenly vacation-happy post-partisans should be given early occupancy of Blair House, to tend to the kiddies’ uh educational requirements??
“Obama’s drama’s wearing thin,
despite the birthday suit he’s in.”

“B-b-but wasn’t it supposedly vital, just last week, that the suddenly vacation-happy post-partisans should be given early occupancy of Blair House, to tend to the kiddies’ uh educational requirements??”
The early start was so the kids could start the new school session when Winter break ends Jan 4th.
You even made an obnoxious comment on the political punch article stating that very fact.

I read where Jesse Jackson, Jr. is the big snitch of the democrat party. Other names will come out along with the Gov. Of course, the Feds won’t investigate Jackson, he’s their lookout for corruption. In this world it’s one hand washes the other. And did I just read about Richardson and his favors? Didn’t Pelosi, Reid and Dean grant favors to the superdelegates to switch their vote to Obama instead of Hillary that’s why she lost. Obama is no saint, he just knows how to hide it better than other’s.