Sources: Emanuel wanted Claypool to be placeholder

IT'S ABOUT OIL, STUPID, and the SLICK PLAYERS

By: TheCJPoliticalReport

  Rest assured that many Jews, American and Israeli, were thrilled when they learned that President-elect Barack Obama had picked Jewish Rahm Emanuel to be his chief-of-staff. Notwithstanding the fact that Barack Obama, far f

23 days ago

Cannot Have It Both Ways

By: swinginjazzz

The other day, I was watching CNN. And the crawl at the bottom of the screen said something along the lines of "Emanuel: Obama asking the right questions," and "Emanuel: Bush did not ask the right questions." The crawl was referring to the fact that Rahm Emanuel, Obama's Chief of Staff, has been has been trying to explain why it's taking so long ...

about 1 month ago

Obama Campaign Transparency Pledge on Health Care Reform Long ...

By: CitizensForHonestGovernment

It was only last year during the presidential campaign that candidate Obama was recorded many times saying his administration would be the hallmark of transparency ushering in new era of openness in Washington D.C.. Well, it didn’t take long for President Obama to throw that promise right out of the White House window. On many of President ...

about 1 month ago

Obama Needs to Deliver Change

By: relentlessliberal

Obama's very effectiveness as a president is widely viewed as being in serious question. He is unable to convince people that the stimulus program is working. His health care reform program is under attack from a variety of interests. On the Afghanistan war, he seems indecisive.Combined with his lack of executive experience, his seeming inability ...

about 1 month ago