[MCM] Penny Pritzker to head Commerce?

Penny Pritzker, Obama's finance chair, said to be Commerce choice CNN, quoting "multiple sources," is reporting this evening that Penny Pritzker is the top choice of President-elect

[MCM] Specter lashes telecom immunity, and more from Rawstory Wire

Too bad Specter won't be in Obama's cabinet. MCM The Rawstory Wire Sen. Specter: Telecom immunity is 'festering wound' David Edwards and Nick Juliano; Wednesday November 19, 2008 http://rawstory.com/news/200

[MCM] Maybe Specter WILL be in Obama's cabinet!

He sure knows how to talk the talk (and fake the walk). MCM From Josh Mitteldorf: Too bad Specter voted for telecom immunity when he had the power to make a difference: http://www

[MCM] A critique of Greenwald's take on Eric Holder

from Ken Anderson: Mark, Actually, I find Greenwald's discussion to be a lot of hot air. Trying to discern Holder's views on "the rule of law" based on impassioned speeches criticizing the Bush administration is a fool's errand. After all, we have seen Obama flop over backwards on telecom immu

[MCM] McCain wins MO (?)

So McCain won Missouri, by just 3,632 votes! Yeah, maybe. As Ronald Reagan used to say, "Trust but verify." The exit polls said otherwise, as the HuffPost piece below reminds us. But of course the exit polls are, somehow, always wrong Liz Calvin writes: "I'm from MO, and the 'vote counter

[MCM] Retailers who don't back GOP "should be shot," says Home Depot's founder

Home Depot Founder: Retailers Who Don't Support GOP "Should Be Shot" The Oxdown Gazette | November 19, 2008 10:08 AM http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1872 This is what Home Depot's founder Bernie Marcus said on a conference call yesterday: "If a retailer has not gotten involved with thi

[MCM] Daily Voting News for 11/20/08

- Westchester working out glitches with new electronic voting machines http://lohud.com/article/20081120/NEWS02/811200458/-1/SPORTS OH: Lorain County - Election board reports three fraud cases http://www.chroniclet.com/2008/11/20/election-board-reports-three-fraud-cases_122/ VA: Pittsylvania Coun