Like so many politicians I have known, the man we elected president wants to be loved. He wants to be loved passionately and daily by the 69 million who voted for him and even some of the 60 million who voted for John McCain. Share/Save Read More →

By R. J. Lehmann  Among the many "firsts" the president-elect will bring to the White House, one less-noticed change is how the daily newspapers will address him. That is, by first name on first reference. Share/Save Read More →

By Alexander Bolton President-elect Obama’s evident distrust in sharing with Congress sensitive information about the internal workings of his administration has begun to irk Democratic committee chairmen. Share/Save Read More →

By RICHARD T. PIENCIAK Barack Obama insists he didn't have any contact with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich or anyone else who might have been scheming to sell the president-elect's U.S. Senate seat. But he has not yet given his transition staff the same clean bill of health — perhaps with good reason. Share/Save Read More →

By Jake Tapper  News organizations still have plenty of questions for President-elect Obama and his Transition Team about their involvement and possible conversations with Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Apparently so do many Americans. Share/Save Read More →

By Allahpundit, Hot Air HOT AIR – Sweet catch by Tapper, showing why he got that promotion. Obama today… “I had no contact with the governor or his office and so I was not aware of what was happening, ” Obama told reporters today in Chicago. “It’s a sad day for Illinois. Beyond that, I don’t think it’s appropriate to comment.” Share/Save Read More →

The Supreme Court has turned down an emergency appeal from a New Jersey man who says President-elect Barack Obama is ineligible to be president because he was a British subject at birth. Share/Save Read More →

By Andrew Brietbart (WASHINGTON TIMES) At the exact moment Jon Favreau is receiving high praise in pre-inaugural media puff pieces, the 27-year-old chief speechwriter for President-elect Barack Obama (not Jon Favreau, the Hollywood actor/ director) finds himself in a minor mess over a photo from a recent private party showing him groping the breast of a cardboard cutout of Hillary Rodham Clinton as... 

By Carol E. Lee & Nia-Malika Henderson  (POLITICO) Liberals are growing increasingly nervous – and some just flat-out angry – that President-elect Barack Obama seems to be stiffing them on Cabinet jobs and policy choices. Share/Save Read More →

Barack Obama has repeatedly chastised failing banks for using subprime loans to victimize borrowers yet his newly crowned inauguration co-chair operated a bank that went under for doing it. Share/Save Read More →

By Christina Bellatoni President-elect Barack Obama is set to name New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his secretary of commerce on Wednesday morning, finalizing more Cabinet selections as a government watchdog group challenges the eligibility of one of his top nominees. Share/Save Read More →