Archive for November 6th, 2008

Time, really, to get past this

Nov 6th, 2008 | By ttally | Category: culture

I still have a difficult time typing ‘President-elect Obama’ and come January 20th when he simply will be known as the president, it will be equally hard for me and other conservatives to mention the word president and not think of George W. Bush.  Alas, time moves forward and for our movement, Tuesday wasn’t a good [...]



Bush - Very gracious

Nov 6th, 2008 | By ttally | Category: General Postings

I understand that the 2000 campaign ended the way that it did and certainly not with the clarity of that of 2008, however…
I find President Bush is very, very gracious in extending his support to President-elect Obama and find that the White House website is very, very upfront with promising a smooth transition and again, [...]



Shame on you, Sen. McCain

Nov 6th, 2008 | By thenash | Category: The State

Recent buzz from the defunct McCain team is that the entire campaign failed because of one Sarah Palin.  Never mind, that the two-week period after her pick as John McCain’s vice president was the only period of the entire general election campaign that saw McCain-Palin ahead of Obama-Biden.  Never mind too, that up until that [...]



Putin Plots Return

Nov 6th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Leads

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev could resign from his post in 2009 to pave the way for Vladimir Putin to return to the Kremlin, Vedomosti newspaper reported on Thursday, citing an unidentified source close to the Kremlin.
Medvedev Wednesday proposed increasing the presidential term to six years from four years, a step the [...]



Emanuel says “yes” to Obama

Nov 6th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Breaking, Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic officials say Barack Obama’s fellow Chicagoan Rahm Emanuel has agreed to be White House chief of staff.One of Obama’s first decisions as president-elect was to ask the Illinois congressman to run his White House staff. Emanuel accepted Thursday after struggling over family and political considerations.
Emanuel serves in the House Democratic leadership [...]



Republicans, This Is the First Day of the Rest of Your Lives

Nov 6th, 2008 | By gopnation | Category: Breaking

by Stuart Rothenberg
For members of the Grand Old Party, this is a day to celebrate. Your long national nightmare, otherwise known as the Bush administration, is over.
Of course, there will be plenty of hand-wringing, finger-pointing and even internecine warfare among party activists and their interest-group allies over the next few weeks as various constituencies within [...]