So, after six ballots, the RNC finally chose its next leader: Michael Steele, the party’s first African American Chairman. Who is Michael Steele? The short answer is, a nightmare for a party which ought to be trying to portray itself as more moderate in light of recent Democratic gains.
Besides being a miserable failure as a […]
This just in:
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois lawmakers have not only thrown out Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (blah-GOY’-uh-vich), they have barred him from ever holding public office in the state again.
Both votes were 59-0.
Blagojevich’s removal comes nearly two months after his arrest on charges of trying to sell Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat. He is the […]
On a supporting El column on the corner of E Harrison St and S Holden Court. The white stuff is snow.
Ugh:
By almost any measure, 2008 was a complete disaster for Wall Street — except, that is, when the bonuses arrived.
Despite crippling losses, multibillion-dollar bailouts and the passing of some of the most prominent names in the business, employees at financial companies in New York, the now-diminished world capital of capital, collected an estimated $18.4 billion […]
Above: a fake review, written by the Vice President of Marketing for Carbonite on his own product
If there’s one thing that’s been gratifying about the fallout of the Belkin story is that it has people re-evaluating things they’ve seen in the past, and looking at them in a new light (and then blogging about them).
Today […]
Originally Belkin had intended to issue a second statement last week detailing the results of their internal investigation about alleged wrongdoing on behalf of their employees (a story that broke on this blog). I understand that their investigation has gone on longer than expected, but that they still plan to issue a second statement in […]
Blagojevich didn’t bother to show up for the first day of the Illinois state senate trial, so I guess we all know what that means:
Mr. Blagojevich, 52 and in his second term, had clearly given up whatever hopes he had of persuading the State Senate not to remove him, legal and political analysts said, and […]
Did I mention I’m in Illinois?
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, issued the following statement today on plans to introduce an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to end appointments to the Senate by state governors and require special elections in the event of a Senate seat vacancy.
What are […]
An anonymous commenter writes on one of my blog posts from this week regarding the Belkin situation:
Having worked for Belkin for 10 years and this is only the tip of the ice berg, I used to do worse than this to gain market share and inside information on the competition. Belkin WAS the hands down […]
So, after hiring Drew Peterson’s PR firm and retaining R. Kelly’s lawyer, Rod Blagojevich is finally going to go on trial in the state senate here in Illinois. The senate, if it votes with a 2/3rds majority, could ultimately remove a sitting governor for the first time in the state’s history.
In the latest development, Blagojevich’s […]
So posting will be limited.
You know you’re really in the 21st century when… There are a few stories floating around about how new White House employees are irked that they can’t use instant messaging anymore, and that they’re concerned that this will impact their efficiency. Ditto with stories about how Obama fought tooth and nail, eventually winning the right […]
I rarely do this, but in this case, I can’t help myself from showing three examples (out of thousands) of media coverage of the story I broke last week right here on The Daily Background.
– David Pogue nominates me for “Internet Hero of the Week.”
– The Associated Press picks up the story.
– G4 (formerly TechTV […]
I’m tempted to say that Obama’s first day in office was more productive than George W. Bush’s last whole month in office, and it might be true.
The new president received briefings on the economy, Iraq, froze the salaries of his highest paid staff to remind everyone that they’re public servants, as well as announced tough […]
Every progressive blogger ought to read Chris Bowers post on building a bigger carrot.
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