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Hillary will become the new Secretary of State

by Dan Chmielewski • November 21, 2008 • 3 Comments

The New York Times is reporting that New York senator Hillary Clinton has been offered and will accept the position of Secretary of State in the new President-elect Obama administration.Â She will resign her position in the Senate. I’m pleased…

by Dan Chmielewski • October 13, 2008 • 10 Comments

Ever since Robert Novak was diagnosed with a brain tumor, the OC Register has been trying out a number of hard right columnists in spite of the growing purpleness of Orange County and the paper’s readership.Â I’m on the record…

by Chris Prevatt and Dan Chmielewski • September 27, 2008 • 6 Comments

by Dan Chmielewski • September 23, 2008 • 6 Comments

Our friends at Media Matters had this post Â that just has to confirm Rush Limabugh is dipping into an alternate reality.Â On his program, Rush claimed Barack Obama isn’t African-American, he’s an Arab-American. From the piece: On the September 22…

by Dan Chmielewski • September 23, 2008 • 6 Comments

Senator Barack Obama stands to benefit from the public opinion on who’s to blame for the Wall Street meltdown.Â According to a new poll by CNN, Americans blame Republicans and their policies by a two-to-one margin, which has to make…

by Dan Chmielewski • September 20, 2008 • 4 Comments

A new study publihed recently suggests that people are either born liberal or born conservative (sort of like you’re born gay or born straight) — your political viewpoints are hardwired in your DNA and the notion we can change hearts…

by Dan Chmielewski • August 28, 2008 • 1 Comment

Obama’s speech in full; one of the great speeches of all time. Â To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation; With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept…