Wow. I didn’t see this coming: Robert Gibbs told White House staffers Wednesday that he is leaving his post as President Obama’s press secretary, ending a two-year tenure that made him the face of the White House as he sparred with reporters and defended administration policies… According to three Democrats with White House knowledge, Gibbs in recent weeks had been […]

Have you heard about the Obama administration group that ended 2010 $1,600,000,000 UNDER budget? Probably not. It was the United States Census Bureau who completed their Herculean task and came in 22% under budget. The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that it is 22 percent under budget for the 2010 Census, largely thanks to the unanticipated cooperation of the American […]

In 2008, the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) was created as a barely-noticed add-on to the 2008 Farm Bill, signed into law by George W. Bush. What sounded like a good idea — funding the use of waste biomass (sawdust, etc.) for biofuels and other uses — turned out to be not such a good idea. Complaints about the program […]

Mark Murray has an really good piece up at MSNBC called “The Do-Something Congress”. In it, he makes this rather dramatic statement: [L]ost in the poll numbers and the voters’ message in November is this one unmistakable fact: This Congress, which likely will come to a close this week, accomplished more, legislatively, than any other Congress since the 1960s (the […]

Politico is reporting today that Michigan Gov. Granholm may become part of the Obama administration. It comes as part of an overall shake-up of the White House staff that will give David Plouffe, mastermind of the 2008 Obama for America campaign, a more central role as senior advisor. He will replace David Axelrod who will move into campaign management mode. […]

As I’ve written about before at Daily Kos and elsewhere (HERE and HERE, e.g.), GM has had remarkable success in 2010 and their impending initial public offering (IPO) Thursday is cause for some rejoicing. This morning we learn that GM’s share price, originally forecasted to be $26-29, will be $32-33, an increase of of about 14%. This will increase the […]

The water cooler talk in my oh-so-conservative workplace this morning was about how “Obama is going to grant millions illegal immigrants amnesty by using and Executive Order so he has more voters in 2012”. Aye, aye, aye… So I whipped out my trusty Googles and searched and, sure enough, a bunch of GOPosaur senators, the usual list of suspects, has […]

The conservative right is famous for its claim that the Obama administration has turned “General Motors” into “Government Motors“. Hell, there’s even a pithy t-shirt and scathing website (or ten). Unfortunately for the conservatives, however, GM announced this week that they have paid back the US and Canadian government $5.4 BILLION on Tuesday. Oh and, by the way, it’s WITH […]