Barack Obama’s first gamble: Clinton at State
November 20, 2008
By Ben Smith
POLITICO - What is Barack Obama thinking?
We’ve heard all the rational arguments: Hillary Rodham Clinton has more star power than Richard Holbrooke, more discipline than Bill Richardson, fewer bad jokes than John F. Kerry. She’s tough and competent. She’s a woman and a Democrat, making space for a Republican guy at Defense. It would get her out of the Senate. Both Obama and Clinton loved Doris Kearns Goodwin's book, “Team of Rivals.”
Al-Qaida calls Obama ‘House Negro’
November 19, 2008
By Paul Miller
When millions of Americans as well as billions of people world-wide woke up the morning after Barack Obama was elected President, they probably expected the dawn of a new age. Sorry to disappoint all you Obama-kool-aid drinkers, but America's enemies still hate us and do so regardless who occupies the White House.
Newsmax drops another long report on Obama’s shifty online donations
November 19, 2008
By Allahpundit
The good news? Ken Timmerman’s still on the case. The bad news? This one’s mostly a rehash of his earlier report. If you read that at the time and have been following the story since then at HA — especially the details about Team Barry accepting donations via gift card, which figures prominently in Timmerman’s new piece — you’re pretty much caught up. The juiciest bit of new info:
Berg V. Obama: Search for Obama’s Long Form Birth Certificate
November 17, 2008
By Thomas Latino
The nature of this case should give every citizen who holds the Constitution in high regard some pause and ask themselves several key questions. "Why isn't Mr. Obama simply releasing his Birth Certificate?", "Why would the DNC interject itself into this matter?" and "Why would the Obama team spend upwards of around $800,000 of tax-payer dollars to fight this case in court" and further "If this case was frivolous, why would the US Supreme Court ask for a response from the Obama team on or before December 1st?"
Barack Obama: The ‘Now He Tells Us’ Edition
November 17, 2008
Barack Obama and Michelle met up with CBS' Steve Kroft on "60 Minutes" this evening. Obama was well-spoken, characteristically cryptic, and seemed to be whistling a different tune than we heard from him on the trail.
President Elect Obama’s Change is More of the Same: Reversal on Gitmo?
November 16, 2008
Remember one of Obama's promises to his liberal base that he would close Gitmo? Day one he said.
Suddenly, civil liberty lawyers, the NY Times, and Barack himself are adopting the Bush doctrine. Perhaps sniping from the sidelines was easier than facing the complexity of reality.
Obama will back Saudi peace plan: Pre 1967 Borders
November 16, 2008
By Ed Morrissey
HOT AIR - Barack Obama has decided to base his diplomatic approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the Saudi peace plan, the Times of London reports today.
Michael Steele: McCain should have hit Obama on Wright
November 15, 2008
By Allahpundit, Hot Air
So reports Matt Lewis, per Steele’s conference call this afternoon with bloggers. And that’s not the money part:
Steele also warned that we shouldn’t “soft-pedal” our attacks on Barack Obama, “just because the President of the United States happens to be a Black man.” This, of course, presents the argument that Steele — an African-American — could be a more effective critic of Obama than could his white Republican colleagues.
He added that “the Obama campaign played the race card beautifully.”
David Harsanyi says he was more explicit than that:
A ‘Change’ Back To The Clinton Era
November 14, 2008
Here's how you can tell the campaign is over and the transition has begun: Barack Obama's aides now wear suits and ties, their desks are in the Federal Building on 6th Street in Washington — and Clintonites are everywhere.
Obama quits Senate after 46 months–21 of them seeking another job
November 14, 2008
By Andrew Malcomb
Well, Barack Obama's Senate career didn't last long — about 46 months.
But long enough to mount a 21-month campaign to move on to bigger digs. The Democratic president-elect announced today he'll resign his Illinois seat in the U.S. Senate on Sunday, just before the Senate is set to resume sessions. Something about a presidential transition period.
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Did Next Commander-in-Chief Falsify Selective Service Registration? Never Actually Register?
November 13, 2008
By Debbie Schlussel
Did President-elect Barack Hussein Obama commit a federal crime in September of this year? Or did he never actually register and, instead, did friends of his in the Chicago federal records center, which maintains the official copy of his alleged Selective Service registration commit the crime for him?

