No big surprise here: Defense Secretary Robert Gates has agreed to stay on under President-elect Barack Obama, according to officials in both parties. Obama plans to announce a national-security team early next week that includes Gates at the Pentagon and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as secretary of state, officials said. Retired Marine Gen. James […]
I really want to see a Senator Franken. Think of how much fun CSpan will be then: According to data just released by the Minnesota Secretary of State, Al Franken has gained a net of 43 votes on the first day of that state’s recount process. Norm Coleman had a lead of 215 voters over […]
Chris Matthews just can’t help himself when it comes to some good old Hillary bashing: An avowed Clinton lover who was sitting next to Matthews reports: “He was in business class wearing a red baseball hat that said Penn on the back, and the fat [bleep] fell asleep on the train and snored with his […]
Here is another fine choice for Secretary of State Obama is considering: Eyewitness News 4 has learned Gov. Bill Richardson met with the Barack Obama transitional team Friday in Chicago about a possible position as Secretary of State. Richardson, the former secretary of energy in the Clinton administration, is considered a top contender for secretary […]
The Huffington Post has now confirmed that Hillary Clinton did meet with Obama in Chicago yesterday. Speculation is that she is being considered for Secretary of State. There have been mixed reactions about this, but I think it would be a very good move. As First Lady, Hillary was a face of diplomacy, as are […]
The rumors are flying and now MSNBC is reporting that two Obama advisers have said that Hillary is being considered for Secretary of State.
And here we go: More than 100 voting machines in Kenton County have been shut down on a judge’s order. Secretary of State spokesman Les Fugate said at least two machines in Kenton County weren’t properly registering straight-ticket votes. The malfunctions could affect the tightly contested state Senate race between incumbent Republican Jack Westwood of […]
Even right here in Ohio we got idiots saying Obama isn’t a citizen: Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner won’t have to prove Barack Obama’s citizenship or throw him off the ballot.` A Warren County magistrate on Friday threw out David M. Neal’s argument that Brunner had a duty to verify whether Obama was born […]
This is a big blow to the Republicans, who were attempting to disenfranchise more than 200,000 Ohio voters: The Supreme Court is siding with Ohio’s top elections official in a dispute with the state Republican Party over voter registrations. The justices on Friday overruled a federal appeals court that had ordered Ohio’s top elections official […]
The Ohio GOP has been busted for illegally funneling almost $500,000 dollars into a fund for Ken Blackwell during his failed try to retain the Secretary of State office in 2006: The letter says Ohio’s Republican party collected nearly half a million dollars from a federal GOP account in October 2006. They also took in […]