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Home Article LIGHTNING ROUND: CONFUSION, CORRUPTION, AND CONTINUATION.


LIGHTNING ROUND: CONFUSION, CORRUPTION, AND CONTINUATION.

by Mori Dinauer

December 11, 2008

1:19 AM

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 * Barack Obama has chosen Nancy Sutley to chair the White House Council on
   Environmental Quality and former Clinton EPA head Carol Browner to be the
   administration's energy czar. On the other hand, two sources peg Michigan
   Gov. Jennifer Granholm for energy secretary while two others say it's UC
   Berkeley physicist Steven Chu. First Read also floats former NJ EPA
   commissioner Lisa Jackson for EPA head.

   

 * The president-elect will use his full name when he takes the oath of office
   Jan. 20, according to The Los Angeles Times, but insists it is in the service
   of inaugural tradition, and not part of his professed desire to "reboot" the
   United States' image in the Muslim world. The day before the inauguration,
   Obama and Biden plan to engage in a undefined community service in the D.C.
   area.

   

 * Sitting RNC chairman Mike Duncan wants to continue on in his job,
   mass-emailing Republicans this morning and launching a web site devoted to
   the effort. Since the party has only given lip service to making itself more
   palatable in the eyes of the public, why not just keep the same leadership?

   

 * Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has indicated that she is willing to
   "invoke an obscure Illinois Supreme Court rule under which the state's seven
   justices could vote to oust a sitting governor deemed unfit for office,"
   according to The Chicago-Sun Times. Meanwhile, Barack Obama has called for
   Blagojevich to step down and continues to deny meeting with the governor to
   discuss his replacement, despite contradictory accounts from his staff. Harry
   Reid has put pressure on Blagojevich, drafting a letter with Dick Durbin that
   promises to not seat any last-minute appointments by the disgraced governor.
   Finally, Deputy Gov. Bob Greenlee has tendered his resignation for unknown
   reasons.

   

 * Change.gov, the Obama transition web site, has launched a feature that culls
   questions from the public and ranks them according to whether the online
   community approves or disapproves of the question. Certainly an interesting
   experiment in direct democracy, although I am generally skeptical of the
   efficacy of these "town hall" approaches to something as complex as running
   the federal government. After all, somebody has to set priorities for the
   administration and decide whether these questions are valid, regardless of
   what those participating believe.

   

 * LA Gov. Bobby Jindal doesn't appear ready to publicly commit to a 2012
   presidential run, hardly a surprise. Jindal's record and policy positions
   ought to mortify most progressives but he's not stupid enough to throw his
   hat in the ring before 44 takes office. There's also the matter of his
   running for reelection in 2011, which would logistically complicate a
   presidential run.

   

 * Given Norm Coleman's troubles with the FBI and Al Franken's claims of
   disenfranchisement, I'm pretty sure the Minnesota Senate race will never be
   decided.

   

 * Holiday shopping watch: McCain 2008 merchandise now going for rock-bottom
   prices! Cheap laptops! Blackberries for $30! Ethernet cables by the pound!
   Nothing from the Sarah Palin collection, however.

--Mori Dinauer


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Mori Dinauer is a former web editorial intern at the Prospect.

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