Politics

The Associated Press reports that the House bill, designed to delay the digital tv switchover failed to pass.  Reuters reports it passed.  I love it when that happens! AP: "The House has defeated a bill to postpone the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting by four months to June 12." Reuters: "The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to delay

While the Whitehouse, the Post, and the Times report on Geithner's efforts to limit lobbying for bailout money, Politico notes Geithner has just hired a lobbiest as his Chief of Staff.  I

The St. Petersburg Times has a web site tracking Obama's performance on campaign promises.  Handy!

Unitarian Universalists have long said, "Deeds not creeds."  (If UU's have any creed, that's it).  Apparently, according to the Christian Science Monitor, Iraqi voters are getting on the bandwagon.

The Christian Science Monitor wrote yesterday re: the rebound of pickup sales.  It seems to me that this is no great surprise given the incredible incentives (we've seen "buy one get one free" here, as well as $10k off, etc.) and the new, reasonable price of fuel.  Personally, I think those who think Detroit should "make smaller cars" are missing the point.  The cars that *really* sell well are cars like the Hybrid Escape: those that may not be the larges

A number of news outlets are reporting Obama's impromptu visit to the press room in the White House.  I hope they're able to contain themselves such that he can continue to visit.  I think it will si

The WSJ has a nice run-down of the Geithner / TurboTax situation. Frankly I'm inclined to give him credit.  He did all he could to take responsibility in the hearings.  And if the IRS gave me a letter asserting no further liability, I'd probably take them at their word, too.

The Washington Post writes this morning of the mess that is the White House's tech situation.  No great surprises here, other than that the transition team was surprised.

Headlines across America will likely proclaim a new era of transparency in the White House.  Certainly when it comes to Presidential Records, this is definitely the case.  In an Executive Order signed yesterday, Obama re-wrote the rules when it comes to claims of Executive Privilege.  Bush had, in order # 13233, granted even the heirs of former presidents to assert privilege.  Those days are over.  At least during this Presidency. Other folks writing:

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During ABC's coverage yesterday of the Inauguration, there were countless references to all the work in the White House to move out the Bushes and move in the Obamas.  Apparently there were about 100 workers in a careful dance to assure everything moved according to plan.  No mention was made, though, of the revisions to the White House webpage, whitehouse.gov.  Front and center is the White House Blog.  Its 12:01 post yesterday