Franken = Winner

So say three judges.
Eric Black sets out the potential legal steps after this ruling but says:
The likeliest outcome — no matter whether Team Coleman takes their case to the U.S. Supreme Court and/or tries to get a fresh start in federal district court — is that Franken will be seated in the Senate in roughly [...]

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Two Americas

Do these these polling breakdowns show why the Republicans are the party of tax cuts for the rich and the Democrats are the party of (relative) social welfare? Or do those policy platforms show why the voting in America breaks down in this way?

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Change

… that would give Brian Harradine the shits:
President Obama plans to sign an executive order today reversing a Bush-era policy banning federal funding for international groups that promote or perform abortions, according to the Associated Press.
UPDATE, 4:40 pm: The president has signed the executive order.

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The Friday Freebie

The Friday Freebie is where I share an online, open-access resource that I think readers might find interesting and useful. Each week, I will introduce a free resource that I think will be useful to teh angry Leftists – books, podcasts, web sites, etc. The aim is to compile a toolkit for understanding and advancing [...]

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Change

… you can see the innards of:
US President Barack Obama [official profile] on Wednesday issued the first executive orders of his presidency, focusing on White House ethics and transparency. The Executive Order on Presidential Records [text] grants broader public access to the records of previous presidential administrations, reversing restrictions implemented by former President George W. [...]

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Change

Game on:
One of President Barack Obama’s first acts is to order federal agencies to halt all pending regulations until his administration can review them.
The order went out Tuesday afternoon, shortly after Obama was inaugurated president, in a memorandum signed by new White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.

Game on Mk II:
The U.S. moved Tuesday to [...]

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Every vote counts

This is what a close election looks like: 1,209,188 vs 1,209,183 at the time of writing. You can also have a look at what the contested ballots look like.
In other news on the Minnesota ballot changes, Nate Silver notes that the Canvassing Board thinks Brett Favre is less likely to be a real person than [...]

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Huckster

This is what strikes me about Mike Huckabee – I know perfectly well that some of his political views are completely repugnant to me, while with others I might just find them disagreeable; but I still find him amusing, witty and likable.
Four years from now, that interpersonal charm he possesses might win over many of [...]

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TransitionWatch

Today’s updates on Cabinet appointments:

Tapped: Hillary Clinton for State.
Pegged: Timothy Geithner for Treasury.
UPDATE: Tapped twice and untapped? Bill Richardson for Commerce or State, Clinton perhaps not.

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No more tubes

Huzzah!

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