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Obama set to decide AfPak, 'cost...a concern'

Following an unusual nighttime meeting in the Situation Room Monday, President Barack Obama has finished debating the Afghanistan/Pakistan policy with his advisers and will announce a decision shortly, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said ...

From JOSH GERSTEIN, The Politico,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Robert Gibbs

NPR, Emanuel no longer on first-name basis

So, who actually listens to NPR, lol. They are probably afraid of being called partisan just due to using someone's first name in an informal way. What they don't realize is that nutjob whackaloon rightwingers have already bought into the lie that all ...

From JOSH GERSTEIN, The Politico,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NPR,  PBS,  White House

Budget chief Orszag joins war council

His name was not included in a list of participants the White House released earlier Monday, but there has been increasing talk in recent days of the cost of stepping up the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan. A quick search of previously-released ...

From JOSH GERSTEIN, The Politico,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House

More on Filibusters

I am a political scientist who has studied the Senate filibuster. As much as I'd like to agree with JB's post, it misses the mark in important ways -- leading people to blame Obama and Reid for what is really way beyond their control. (Note: that is ...

From JOSH MARSHALL, Talking Points Memo,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Harry Reid,  U.S. Republican Party

CDC ventilator rationing panel rejects attack

Members of a federal panel advising the Centers for Disease Control on guidelines for how ventilators should be allocated in the event swine flu worsens responded forcefully and, in one case angrily, on Monday to suggestions that the effort would ...

From JOSH GERSTEIN, The Politico,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harvard University

Lee holds rally to end Afghanistan war

sputter, jobs remain scarce and education costs rise, "the economic reality is that we cannot afford, either in blood or treasure, an open-ended war." OAKLAND — It's time to ratchet up the rhetoric not only against a U.S. troop increase in Afghanistan, ...

From JOSH RICHMAN, Contra Costa Times,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Congressional Black Caucus,  Barack Obama,  Barbara Lee,  Tom Hayden,  Danny Glover

Hulu adds tagging for movies, TV shows

Movie and TV show streaming service Hulu on Monday added tagging to the mix, allowing users to add up to 30 tags to each piece of content for the sake of organization. These tags also work site-wide, which means that users can see all types of related ...

From JOSH LOWENSOHN, Webware,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Verizon Wireless

The Senate Big Picture

As you know, I used to work in the Senate. When I did, the threat of extended debate was made fairly often: usually to delay legislation until some matter of parochial concern to one or more Senators was dealt with, occasionally to threaten with ...

From JOSH MARSHALL, Talking Points Memo,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party,  The Pentagon,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama

FCC mulls protecting kids online

The Federal Communications Commission is considering whether it should seek greater legal authority to protect children from dangers posed by new Internet-based media, including social networking sites, according to a document released Monday. The ...

From JOSH GERSTEIN, The Politico,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Communications Commission

Ill-Tempered-ism

"It's hard to be more conservative than I am on issues -- though there are different ways stylistically to communicate that -- I'm pro-life, I'm pro-gun, I'm pro-family, and I''m anti tax." ... "I don't know what else you're supposed to be, except ...

From JOSH MARSHALL, Talking Points Memo,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Charlie Crist,  U.S. Republican Party

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