Rss - Latest News
 |
Congresswoman Hangs Up on Obama more»»
When President-elect Obama called Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) earlier today, she hung up on him, the Miami Herald reports.
A short time later, Rahm Emanuel, Obama's designated chief of staff, called. Ros-Lehtinen hung up on him, too.
Explained Ros-Lehtinen: "I thought it was one of the radio stations in South Florida playing an
incredible, elaborate, terrific prank on me."
Apparently, Ros-Lehtinen remembered what happened to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin last month.
|
|
Obama Ditches Press more»»
From the pool report:
Finally, some drama from Obama: The president-elect eluded the pool at 3:21 pm by leaving transition offices 24 minutes before the afternoon pool call. He was home before the pool fully assembled, according to the ever-helpful Katie Lillie, whose fault this was not.
No word on why the early day. The rain was threatening to freeze, though.
|
|
Franken Claims Lead in Senate Recount more»»
Al Franken's
(D) campaign said that the comedian has taken the lead in his race
against Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN), according to The Hill.
Franken "has been pressing for the
media to focus on the campaign's internal vote totals of the recount, which as
of Wednesday showed Franken opening a lead of 22 votes."
"To drive home its point, the campaign will withdraw
hundreds of challenges that it determines have no merit in the state's ongoing
recount."
Update: The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports elections officials in Minneapolis "discovered that one precinct came up 133 ballots short of
election day totals, resulting in a net loss for Democratic challenger
Al Franken of 44 votes."
While the various official and unofficial counts are confusing, that should at least erase the lead Franken's camp was claiming.
|
|
Chambliss Credits Palin for Victory more»»
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) said that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) was a key to his victory over Jim Martin (D) in yesterday's Georgia Senate run off, according to Fox News.
Said Chambliss: "I can't overstate the impact she had down here. We had John McCain and Mike Huckabee and Gov. Romney and Rudy
Giuliani, but Sarah Palin came in on the last day, did a fly-around
and, man, she was dynamite," Chambliss said. "We packed the houses
everywhere we went. And it really did allow us to peak and get our base
fired up."
|
|
Richardson Still Owes Obama a Favor more»»
Commerce Secretary-designate Bill Richardson tells Esquire how his new boss saved him during a Democratic primary debate:
"As I'm chatting with Obama, the moderator says, 'Governor
Richardson, what do you think of that?' And I look at him like a deer
in the headlights. I was about to say that I hadn't heard, when Obama
puts his hand over his mouth and says, 'Katrina.' So I gave my
four-point plan on Katrina. When I was done and the debate moved on, I
looked over and said, 'Thanks, you're okay.' He said, 'Nothing to it,
brother.'"
|
|
