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Exclusive: Marvin Nicholson boards Air Force One (Politico)

December 4th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Uncategorized
Politico - Marvin Nicholson, one of the more colorful characters on the Obama and Kerry presidential campaigns, is being named White House trip director, choreographing the president's minute-by-minute movements on Air Force One and on the road.

Sen. Clinton, the ‘Emoluments Clause’ & State: Should it keep her out of the Cabinet?

December 4th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Obama administration
The Wall Street Journal's editorial board weighs in today on the issue of whether Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton should be barred from serving as secretary of State in the Obama administration because of the U.S. Constitution's "Emoluments Clause." It's an...

Sen. Clinton, the ‘Emoluments Clause’ & State: Should it keep her out of the Cabinet?

December 4th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Obama administration
The Wall Street Journal's editorial board weighs in today on the issue of whether Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton should be barred from serving as secretary of State in the Obama administration because of the U.S. Constitution's "Emoluments Clause." It's an...

Moonlighting as an Author Has Its Costs (CQPolitics.com)

December 4th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Uncategorized
CQPolitics.com - The Federal Election Commission may decide today if campaign funds or political action committees can be used to cover the costs associated with books written by candidates and lawmakers .

Moonlighting as an Author Has Its Costs (CQPolitics.com)

December 4th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Uncategorized
CQPolitics.com - The Federal Election Commission may decide today if campaign funds or political action committees can be used to cover the costs associated with books written by candidates and lawmakers .

De facto US envoy believes Obama won’t change Taiwan policy (AFP)

December 4th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Uncategorized

AFP - The de facto US envoy to Taipei said Thursday he believes President-elect Barack Obama will not change Washington's policy on Taiwan since its "consistency" has aided the island's recent prosperity.


De facto US envoy believes Obama won’t change Taiwan policy (AFP)

December 4th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Uncategorized

AFP - The de facto US envoy to Taipei said Thursday he believes President-elect Barack Obama will not change Washington's policy on Taiwan since its "consistency" has aided the island's recent prosperity.


Potential Obama pick visits Education Department (AP)

December 4th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Uncategorized
AP - A potential education secretary, Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan, visited the Education Department Thursday morning on what he said was a purely social call.

Potential Obama pick visits Education Department (AP)

December 4th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Uncategorized
AP - A potential education secretary, Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan, visited the Education Department Thursday morning on what he said was a purely social call.

Alito ribs Biden for plagiarism (Politico)

December 4th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Uncategorized
Politico - At a gala dinner hosted by the American Spectator on Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. cracked wise at Vice President-elect Joe Biden's expense, raising the Delaware senator's past brushes with academic dishonesty, to the delight of his conservative audience.