Caroline Kennedy?  Thanks But No Thanks  —  digg it  —  Everyone seems to be salivating because Caroline Kennedy called David Patterson and is apparently interested in the Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Clinton.  —  It's a truly terrible idea.  —  Her leadership could have been really helpful …

Obama Picks Shinseki to Lead Veterans Affairs  —  President-elect Barack Obama today will introduce retired Army Gen. Eric K. Shinseki as his nominee to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, bringing to his Cabinet a career military officer best known for running afoul of the Bush administration …

Republican beats corruptocrat Bill “Cold Cash” Jefferson  —  Well, this helps take the sting out of the re-election of corruptocrat Jack Murtha.  Republican upstart Joseph Cao defeated Bill “Cold Cash Jefferson” in the runoff for Louisiana's 2nd Congressional district race.

Rove planning to ‘name names’ of Bush haters in his new book.»  —  Karl Rove is reportedly one of the key architects overseeing the “Bush legacy project,” predicting that the President will be remembered as a “far-sighted leader.”  In a new interview with Cox News …

Biden unwelcome in Senate huddles, where Cheney wielded power  —  WASHINGTON — In a move to reassert Congressional independence at the start of the new presidential administration, the vice president will be barred from joining weekly internal Senate deliberations, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …

In racially exclusive neighborhood, residents worried Bush will make it a ‘target’  —  As President Bush prepares to move into his new Dallas home at the end of his term, neighborhood residents worry about having him close by.  —  One woman shared her fears as she walked past Bush's house carrying …

Plans of Attack  —  Ten young men land a small boat at a quay in a city of 18 million people.  Within minutes of setting ashore, they are throwing grenades and raking crowds with automatic weapons fire.  Days later, almost 200 people are dead, more are wounded, the financial capital of a nation …

Remembering Pearl Harbor 2008 I write this as I look out my 29th floor hotel room in the direction of Pearl Harbor.  My wife and I came to Oahu, Hawaii to celebrate our 29th anniversary on December 2nd.  Although it is a coincidence that we are still here on December 7th, it still feels eerie.

EVEN GEORGE WILL.... We've past the point at which this can reasonably be described as foolish.  Now, conservative apoplexy about the non-existent drive to reinstate the “Fairness Doctrine,” is just annoying.  George Will, who one might expect to know better, devoted 740 words …

Ten Things David Gregory Needs to Know  —  10.)  Monday night is the new Saturday  —  9.)  Saturday Night Live is a pretty cool wake-up call  —  8.)  Dennis Kucinich is a biter  —  7.)  You'll never have to anchor another car chase — ever  —  6.)  No more OJ stories either  —  5.)

Abortion Politics Didn't Doom the G.O.P.  —  AN iron law of recent American politics dictates that any Republican setback at the polls will be quickly pinned on the pro-life movement.  You might think that the Republican Party's 2008 debacle would be an exception to this rule.

Supply trucks hit in brazen attack in Pakistan  —  Suspected Taliban insurgents attacked two truck stops, destroying more than 150 vehicles carrying supplies bound for U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan.  —  In one of the biggest and most brazen attacks of its kind to date …