Posts about Politico as of February 18, 2009
02/19/2009
Cooldude Politico, the non-partisan political site addresses the question whether Coleman has a chance in hell of hanging on to his Senate seat … to overcome the 225-vote deficit he was saddled with at the end of the official recount. Politico reporter
02/19/2009
Last week was a remarkably revealing week regarding this new Administration’s transportation policy … in the proposed Senate recovery bill. And then on Tuesday Politico confirms the rumor, quoting Obama’s
02/19/2009
Obama’s secret administration. Transparency my ass … this the Most Transparent Administration Evah? Josh Gerstein at Politico notices a few items that seem
02/18/2009
theruckus: The map of potential high speed rail lines. Engineers: let’s do this! When I was in D.C … there will be another $1 billion dedicated each year for the next five years. (source: Politico) Not only would
02/18/2009
Via Politico: In his first weeks in office, President Barack Obama shut down his predecessors system for reviewing regulations, realigned and expanded two key White House policymaking bodies
02/18/2009
Matt Yglesias has been on the warpath for days, accusing Republican lawmakers of “lying” about a “mythical” high speed rail project that Harry Reid has been lobbying for being included in the stimulus bill.(See here, here, and here.) Ok, here’s what we know — $8 billion in the stimulus bill has been allocated to high speed rail
02/18/2009
The Plank grandmother Politico writers who aren’t sure if their story idea is strong enough are encouraged by their editors to ask: a) Would this be a “most e-mailed” story? b) Would
02/18/2009
Full Comment brings you a regular dose of international punditry at its finest. Today: From Hosni Mubarak’s Egypt to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Iran and now the United Arab Emirates, authorities in the Islamic world are adamant: homosexuality does not exist in their countries
02/18/2009
Aerosmith tells Republicans to stop using their songs . Everyone still hates Republicans. JD Hayworth, anti-semite (and proud of it) … that there are actually two Politicos. There’s the good Politico, which offers big-picture, reported
02/18/2009
Remember transparency ?: In his first weeks in office, President Barack Obama shut down his predecessor’s system for reviewing regulations, … published there several days after the fact. A Politico review of Federal Register issuances since



