Daley was a poor hire in these times. A guy ingratiated to business and not to party politics or populist movement. Daley, 63, says the chief of staff job is the best he has ever held, though there is “nothing I’ve seen here that I didn’t know about politics. Politics is all about relationships, people. [...]
The Netanyahu fan club didn’t know that they were being recorded… Picking up chatter from live mics and then recounting to the public is no different than what WikiLeaks does: A staff member reportedly explained that the headphones to go with the translation sets were not yet being handed out because this would have allowed [...]
Been swamped professionally and personally lately, so my blogging and news reading has been sporadic and behind the “news cycle” which is good. But just a quick anecdote. A acquaintance of mine from college is a Conservative Republican and posted to his facebook feed: “Great job Obama: DJIA 10,998.30 -297.51.” on the 9th of this [...]