memeorandum http://www.memeorandum.com/ Political Web, page A1 en-us Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:10:39 -0500 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:10:39 -0500 'I don't work for Obama' (The Hill) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p168#a090106p168 The Hill:
'I don't work for Obama'  —  Democrats must be “very, very careful” to avoid overreaching and will not rubber-stamp President-elect Obama's policies, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday.  —  In an interview with The Hill, Reid said it is essential for Obama …

]]> Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:15:00 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p168#a090106p168 Report: Al-Qaida No. 2 blames Obama for Gaza fight (Hadeel Al-Shalchi/Associated Press) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p171#a090106p171 Hadeel Al-Shalchi / Associated Press:
Report: Al-Qaida No. 2 blames Obama for Gaza fight  —  CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader lashed out at President-elect Barack Obama in a new audio message Tuesday, accusing him of not doing anything to stop Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip, according to an intelligence monitoring center.

]]> Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:30:05 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p171#a090106p171 Quin-essential cases: Re-nominating Keisler would be change GOP can believe (Quin Hillyer/www.dcexaminer.com) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p170#a090106p170 Quin Hillyer / www.dcexaminer.com:
Quin-essential cases: Re-nominating Keisler would be change GOP can believe  —  For all of Barack Obama's lofty talk about bipartisanship, the incoming president has yet to do anything of real substance on the domestic political front to lessen the Capitol's partisan toxicity.

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:25:00 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p170#a090106p170 "We have no grand political scheme" (Marc Lynch) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p158#a090106p158 Marc Lynch:
“We have no grand political scheme”  —  I spent the morning at a lecture organized by GWU's outstanding Homeland Security Policy Institute's Ambassador's Roundtable Series featuring Israel's Ambassador to the United States Sallai Meridor.  It was a profoundly dismaying experience.

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:55:06 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p158#a090106p158 Feinstein Explains Her Reticence* About Panetta Nomination (Elana Schor/TPM Election Central) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p131#a090106p131

Elana Schor / TPM Election Central:
Feinstein Explains Her Reticence* About Panetta Nomination  —  Just talked with Dianne Feinstein outside the Senate chamber about her qualms with the Leon Panetta nomination.  The incoming Senate intelligence committee chairman said that both President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden called …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:40:02 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p131#a090106p131 End Times - VIRTUALLY ALL THE predictions about the death ... (Michael Hirschorn/The Atlantic Online) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p141#a090106p141 Michael Hirschorn / The Atlantic Online:
End Times  —  VIRTUALLY ALL THE predictions about the death of old media have assumed a comfortingly long time frame for the end of print—the moment when, amid a panoply of flashing lights, press conferences, and elegiac reminiscences, the newspaper presses stop rolling and news goes entirely digital.

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:40:02 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p141#a090106p141 Panetta a 'Brave' Choice, Says Former CIA Agent (Kathryn Jean Lopez/The Corner) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p135#a090106p135 Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Panetta a ‘Brave’ Choice, Says Former CIA Agent  —  “Ishmael Jones” is a former deep-cover officer with the Central Intelligence Agency.  He is author of The Human Factor: Inside the CIA's Dysfunctional Intelligence Culture, published last year by Encounter Books.

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:25:00 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p135#a090106p135 FL-Senate: Jeb Bush Will Not Run (Chris Cillizza/The Fix) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p111#a090106p111

Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
FL-Senate: Jeb Bush Will Not Run  —  Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is expected to make a decision soon about whether he will run for the open Senate seat in Florida in 2010.  —  UPDATED, 3:48 p.m. ET: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will not run for the open Senate seat of Sen. Mel Martinez …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:15:00 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p111#a090106p111 Burris Backs Reid Into a Corner (Chris Cillizza/The Fix) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p143#a090106p143 Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Burris Backs Reid Into a Corner  —  Lost amid the scads of cameras and scrambling reporters seeking to get a glimpse or a word from former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris over the last 24 hours is one simple fact: Burris — and, by extension, embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:45:01 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p143#a090106p143 Stimulus arithmetic (wonkish but important) (Paul Krugman) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p97#a090106p97 Paul Krugman:
Stimulus arithmetic (wonkish but important)  —  Bit by bit we're getting information on the Obama stimulus plan, enough to start making back-of-the-envelope estimates of impact.  The bottom line is this: we're probably looking at a plan that will shave less than 2 percentage points off …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:35:05 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p97#a090106p97 THE FIRST TEN SENATE BILLS. (Tim Fernholz/American Prospect) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p87#a090106p87 Tim Fernholz / American Prospect:
THE FIRST TEN SENATE BILLS.  —  A Democratic aide on the hill passes along the first ten bills that Majority Leader Harry Reid will put in the hopper this evening to kick off the new session of Congress, as sent by leadership to various Senate Legislative Directors.

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:20:05 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p87#a090106p87 240,000 dollars awarded to man forced to cover Arab T-shirt (Agence France Presse) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p115#a090106p115

Agence France Presse:
240,000 dollars awarded to man forced to cover Arab T-shirt  —  NEW YORK (AFP) - An airline passenger forced to cover his T-shirt because it displayed Arabic script has been awarded 240,000 dollars in compensation, campaigners said Monday.  —  Raed Jarrar received the pay out on Friday …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:40:00 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p115#a090106p115 The World's Pornographic Interest in Jewish Moral Failure (Jeffrey Goldberg) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p120#a090106p120 Jeffrey Goldberg:
The World's Pornographic Interest in Jewish Moral Failure  —  Okay, yesterday I was depressed.  Today, I'm just pissed off.  It's absolutely astonishing to me how interested the world is in Israel's failings.  This is the source of a bitter but hilarious observation I once heard a Kurdish leader make …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:35:05 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p120#a090106p120 Obama to ride in style in GM limo (David Shepardson/Detroit News) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p105#a090106p105 David Shepardson / Detroit News:
Obama to ride in style in GM limo  —  Armored '09 Cadillac to carry new president in inaugural parade.  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama is getting a new ride to go with his new address on Jan. 20.  —  General Motors Corp. recently delivered to the U.S. Secret Service a brand …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:25:00 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p105#a090106p105 Jeb won't run for Senate (Jonathan Martin/Ben Smith's Blogs) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p130#a090106p130 Jonathan Martin / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Jeb won't run for Senate  —  Jeb Bush has decided not to run for the Senate in Florida next year, according to former state House Speaker Marco Rubio.  —  “He said it just wasn't the right timing,” Rubio said, recounting a phone call he received this afternoon from the former Florida governor and presidential brother.

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:20:02 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p130#a090106p130 Reid calls on Coleman to concede (Reid Wilson/The Hill) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p126#a090106p126 Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Reid calls on Coleman to concede  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said that while Democrats will not seek to seat Democrat Al Franken today, Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) should concede the election.  —  In his inaugural address to the 111th Congress, Reid referred …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:15:00 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p126#a090106p126 Exclusive: Former Intel Chair Roberts Backs Panetta (Elana Schor/TPM Election Central) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p121#a090106p121

Elana Schor / TPM Election Central:
Exclusive: Former Intel Chair Roberts Backs Panetta  —  Just interviewed Pat Roberts (R-KS), former Senate intelligence chairman, about the contention surrounding Leon Panetta's nomination to head the CIA.  Roberts was castigated by the liberal establishment for his performance investigating …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:50:03 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p121#a090106p121 Obama Wants Journalist Gupta for Surgeon General (Howard Kurtz/Washington Post) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p114#a090106p114

Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Obama Wants Journalist Gupta for Surgeon General  —  President-elect Barack Obama has offered the job of surgeon general to Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the neurosurgeon and correspondent for CNN and CBS, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation.  —  Gupta has told administration officials …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:30:00 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p114#a090106p114 Skier Suffers Exposure (The Smoking Gun) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p89#a090106p89 The Smoking Gun:
Skier Suffers Exposure  —  Man left dangling upside down, pantsless after Vail lift mishap  —  In a bizarre incident that will surely lead to litigation (or an out-of-court settlement), a skier at Colorado's ritzy Vail resort was left dangling upside down and pantsless from a chairlift last Friday morning.

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:20:05 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p89#a090106p89 Imagine the Jews Were the Real Terrorists! (Michael Goldfarb/Weekly Standard) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p90#a090106p90 Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
Imagine the Jews Were the Real Terrorists!  —  Stephen Walt, coauthor with John Mearsheimer of The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, has started a new blog at the website of Foreign Policy.  He is one of a number of new bloggers the magazine has brought on board ahead of Obama's inauguration.

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:15:00 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p90#a090106p90 Latinos push Obama on vacant post (Guillermo X. Garcia/MySanAntonio.com) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p64#a090106p64

Guillermo X. Garcia / MySanAntonio.com:
Latinos push Obama on vacant post  —  READ  —  After the withdrawal of Bill Richardson's name as an Obama administration Cabinet nominee, Hispanic leaders say they expect the president-elect to name another Latino to head the Commerce Department.  —  An Obama transition team source …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:00:07 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p64#a090106p64 The Obama stimulus package should be spent on transformative ... (Eliot Spitzer/Slate) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p60#a090106p60 Eliot Spitzer / Slate:
The Obama stimulus package should be spent on transformative investments, not bridges and buildings.  —  The incoming Obama administration and Congress are planning a huge fiscal stimulus package.  They hope that such a stimulus will catalyze an economic turnaround and be a cornerstone of a “New New Deal.”

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:55:04 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p60#a090106p60 A Conflict Hamas Caused (Richard Cohen/Washington Post) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p40#a090106p40 Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
A Conflict Hamas Caused  —  Nearly a year ago, I was in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, where, on almost any day, you could see the current war coming.  “The next Middle East war may start over Sderot,” I wrote back then.  I came by my prescience the hard way — in a bomb shelter.

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:20:00 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p40#a090106p40 Burris, Blocked From Taking Seat, Gains New Support (New York Times) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p78#a090106p78

New York Times:
Burris, Blocked From Taking Seat, Gains New Support  —  WASHINGTON — Roland W. Burris, the would-be junior senator from Illinois, picked up the support of a key Democrat late Tuesday afternoon in his bid to occupy the seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:20:00 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p78#a090106p78 Obama Picks Panetta as CIA Director (Washington Post) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p43#a090106p43

Washington Post:
Obama Picks Panetta as CIA Director  —  President-elect Barack Obama stunned the national intelligence community by selecting Clinton White House chief of staff Leon E. Panetta, a longtime Washington insider with little intelligence experience, to serve as the next head of the CIA.

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:20:06 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p43#a090106p43 Burris denied entry to Senate (CNN) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p76#a090106p76

CNN:
Burris denied entry to Senate  —  (CNN) — Roland Burris was denied entry to the Senate chambers on Tuesday as he tried to claim the seat once held by President-elect Barack Obama.  —  Burris said the secretary of the Senate rejected his credentials, and therefore he would not be allowed access to the floor.

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:20:06 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p76#a090106p76 40 Palestinians killed in IDF strike on UN school (Haaretz) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p65#a090106p65 Haaretz:
40 Palestinians killed in IDF strike on UN school  —  Israel Defense Forces tank fire killed up to 40 Palestinians at a United Nations school in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, medical sources at two hospitals said.  —  The attack brought the Palestinian death toll to nearly 600 in Israel's 11 …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:15:00 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p65#a090106p65 Pelosi's power move leaves House Republicans fuming (Molly K. Hooper/The Hill) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p31#a090106p31 Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Pelosi's power move leaves House Republicans fuming  —  House Democrats are poised to approve new rules that will significantly increase their authority while taking the bullets out of the few legislative weapons Republicans have in the lower chamber.  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:10:15 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p31#a090106p31 Roland Burris v Senate: Showdown live (Mark Silva/The Swamp) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p58#a090106p58 Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Roland Burris v Senate: Showdown live  —  Roland Burris of Illinois, rejected in his attempt to take a new seat in the Senate this morning, averted any public showdown by quietly accepting the refusal of his credentials inside the Secretary of the Senate's office on the third floor of the Capitol.

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:25:00 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p58#a090106p58 Explosion in UN school kills at least 30 (Yaakov Katz/Jerusalem Post) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p62#a090106p62

Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Explosion in UN school kills at least 30  —  At least thirty people were killed in an explosion in a UN-run school in the village of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian reports.  There were reportedly also scores of wounded on the scene.  The Israeli military said it was looking into the reports.

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:10:03 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p62#a090106p62 Levi Johnston quits oil field job (Wesley Loy/Anchorage Daily News) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p45#a090106p45 Wesley Loy / Anchorage Daily News:
Levi Johnston quits oil field job  —  PUBLIC SCRUTINY: Rules say he needs diploma for apprenticeship.  —  wloy@adn.com  —  Levi Johnston, the boyfriend of Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol, has quit his North Slope oil field job over questions about his eligibility to work …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:25:01 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p45#a090106p45 Senate bid by Jeb Bush iffy, friends say (Adam C. Smith/St. Petersburg Times) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p24#a090106p24 Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Senate bid by Jeb Bush iffy, friends say  —  Republican excitement over the prospect of Jeb Bush running for U.S. Senate has given way to increasing speculation that the former governor will stay out of the race.  —  Bush declined to comment for this article but was expected to make an announcement perhaps as early as this week.

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:15:03 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p24#a090106p24 Obama Pitches Stimulus Plan (Washington Post) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p37#a090106p37

Washington Post:
Obama Pitches Stimulus Plan  —  GOP Asked to Help Design Bill; $300 Billion in Tax Cuts Sought  —  President-elect Barack Obama arrived on Capitol Hill yesterday and immediately set to work reassuring skeptical Republicans about his massive economic stimulus package …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:00:01 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p37#a090106p37 Senate Democrats put off plans to seat Franken (Thomas Ferraro/Reuters) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p30#a090106p30 Thomas Ferraro / Reuters:
Senate Democrats put off plans to seat Franken  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid yielded to Republican threats and agreed on Monday not to immediately seat fellow Democrat Al Franken, whose razor-close victory in Minnesota faces legal challenges.

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:25:05 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p30#a090106p30 Biden on economy: 'We're at war' (Jonathan Martin/The Politico) http://www.memeorandum.com/090105/p169#a090105p169

Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Biden on economy: 'We're at war'  —  Vice-president-elect Joe Biden likened the country's economic crisis to the attacks of 9/11 Monday in a private meeting on Capitol Hill.  —  “We're at war,” Biden told congressional leaders of both parties during their sit-down with Barack Obama in the Capitol …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:20:08 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090105/p169#a090105p169 Five Reasons Why India Can't 'Do A Gaza' On Pakistan (Forbes) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p21#a090106p21 Forbes:
Five Reasons Why India Can't ‘Do A Gaza’ On Pakistan  —  Israel has far fewer restrictions.  —  Over the last week, many Americans (and not a few Indians) have asked me why India does not “do a Gaza” on Pakistan, referring, of course, to an emulation of Israel's punitive use of force …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:45:00 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p21#a090106p21 Steele, Blackwell take limelight at RNC forum (Ralph Z. Hallow/Washington Times) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p17#a090106p17 Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Steele, Blackwell take limelight at RNC forum  —  Members to vote for new chairman  —  Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, an accomplished speaker, and former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, not well known for dazzling performances, each repeatedly drew sustained applause …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:35:00 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p17#a090106p17 An Ex-Detainee of the U.S. Describes a 6-Year Ordeal (New York Times) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p7#a090106p7 New York Times:
An Ex-Detainee of the U.S. Describes a 6-Year Ordeal  —  LAHORE, Pakistan — When Muhammad Saad Iqbal arrived home here in August after more than six years in American custody, including five at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, he had difficulty walking …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:09 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p7#a090106p7 REALLY A MYSTERY (Josh Marshall/Talking Points Memo) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p4#a090106p4 Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
REALLY A MYSTERY  —  From an observer up on the Hill ...  And from a career intel professional ...  I used to do a lot of intelligence reporting.  But I haven't really done any to speak of in a few years.  So I'm coming at this cold.  But I feel instinctively suspicious of the congressional reaction to this appointment.

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:55:06 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p4#a090106p4 Iran's Postmodern Beast in Gaza (Robert D. Kaplan/The Atlantic Online) http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p1#a090106p1 Robert D. Kaplan / The Atlantic Online:
Iran's Postmodern Beast in Gaza  —  Israel has just embarked on a land invasion of the Gaza Strip after a week of aerial bombing.  Gaza is bordered by Egypt, and was under Egyptian military control from 1949 through 1967.  And yet in a startling rebuke to geography and recent history …

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:10:03 -0500 http://www.memeorandum.com/090106/p1#a090106p1