Emanuel Pick Is Problematic

Rahm Emanuel has been chosen to be Obama's chief of staff. While Emanuel is effective and gets things done, he isn't progressive and he may cause us problems down the road.

Is Minority Whip Candidate Cantor Worse Than Blunt

Maybe:

What is galling to me is how Cantor is running as a "fresh face" for the leadership. Of the entire current leadership Cantor was the closest with lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Abramoff owned a deli and NAMED A SANDWICH AFTER CANTOR. For those of you who have forgotten the details, here's what happened with Abramoff.

There are a number of things about Cantor that are not as well known as they should be, and I will be correcting that lack of information over the next few weeks. For example- who is Eric Cantor's top aide? Many people think it is Chief of Staff Steve Stombres, a Fairfax City Councilman. WRONG. The real top aide is a lobbyist- Susan Hircshmann. Susan is the former Chief of Staff to Tom Delay and has been running Cantor's DC organization since it became clear that Stombres was totally out of his league. Many bloggers are expecting Susan to be indicted soon or cut a deal with prosecutors for her role in the Delay and Abramoff scandals. Susan has been bragging for months about Eric moving up to her clients and how she controls him.

Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.

The Republican Party is really taking the last two elections to heart and examining why they lost as bad as they did, aren't they?

Time to Take Action on Joe Lieberman

We all know how bad Lieberman has been in recent years, particularly in 2008, actively campaigning for McCain and being a Republican in everything but name. Time to remove him from his chairmanships. It isn't going to happen:

One Democratic source said Lieberman is not likely to lose his position in the Democratic caucus, even if the party picks up several seats in next week's election... "There's no sense in cutting off our nose to spite our face," one source said.

It isn't going to happen, unless you do something about it. Write a letter to Harry Reid about Lieberman and encourage him to do the right thing.

Lots of people are in on this on a national level, but we need to show them that Florida can get in on the act when it is important.

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Daily Humor

Republicans freak out over the election of Barack Obama

Obama wins! Dancing in the streets!

I love this video. I hope we can keep this type of optimism up and I hope Obama earns this...

This. Fucking. Election.

How is it possible to already be nostalgic for an election that isn't until tomorrow and I'm sick to death of? I don't know how, but these people have made me feel nostalgic...

This. Fucking. Election.

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