11-10-08

Happy 233^rd Birthday Marines!

Operation Shoebox Christmas Stockings for the Troops!

 

Philly Fans give Biden Bronx Cheer: Biden was booed when he was showed on the video screen.

Jazz Shaw: Many of George W. Bush’s critics coined the term The Imperial Presidency in anger over his interpretation of Executive power and his wide ranging use of instruments such as signing statements and Executive Orders. It will be interesting to see how these critics react if the newly minted President Obama avails himself of these same powers to swerve the government’s direction the opposite way.

Ed Morrissey: Politico reports that estimates of voter turnout continue to decline in this year’s national election.  At first, some predicted a turnout of 137 million.  Now the estimates have declined to the point where the percentage of eligible voters would be the same as in 2004, but only if one accepts the idea that we’re still missing millions of votes from the final total.

Chicago Trib Editors: Today one unstoppable force of nature threatens the culture of sleaze and its insider financial deals, its illegal patronage hiring, and its pay-to-play contracts for cronies…Mr. President-elect, please tell Patrick Fitzgerald that his job future is as secure as yours. And invite Illinois officials to keep this independent and skilled prosecutor at bay not by angling to remove him, but by following the law.

Richard Fernandez: Who’s looking forward to the next four years? “Three former political radicals” predicted the rebirth of social activism in America at an art gallery gathering.

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