A senior Obama campaign official shared with The Washington Note that in July 2008, the McCain and Obama camps began to work secretly behind the scenes to assemble large rosters of potential personnel for the administration that only one of the candidates would lead.
This is the segment I did last night on Countdown with David Shuster standing in for Keith Olbermann. I’m back in the U.S. and can report that enthusiasm for Barack Obama throughout Europe is off the charts.
Just arrived in Washington from Barcelona. And now I’m off to chat with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC’s Countdown tonight. We will be discussing themes from this article on President-elect Obama’s plans for Hillary Clinton.
I’m flying back from Spain. We’ll have much to discuss after I arrive back home.
I will be back to Washington on Friday after an excellent program in Madrid with the Spain- based alums of the London School of Economics. I am now in Barcelona.
Today, Google CEO Eric Schmidt who is also Chairman of the Board of Directors at the New America Foundation (where I work) will give a speech and answer questions at an event organized by my organization and which I will stream live here at The Washington Note from 1:00 pm til 2:30 pm EST.
Rumor is that Obama’s new presidential car, the Obamamobile, will look something like this. Looks like a fun, tough tank of a limo. Whatever it takes to protect him is fine with me — but bet this gas hog will put a dent in Greenland ice.
(Andrew Bacevich talking with Bill Moyers) Fire Dog Lake has some of the best book salons on the web. They run in real time for two hours with a web-based exchange between an author and FDL readers.
Los Angeles Times correspondent P.J. Huffstutter has pool reporter duty today and sent in this gem. . . However, your pool reporter did spot something sort of charming in today’s Chicago Sun-Times: According to gossip Michael Sneed, Obama’s new Secret Service name is “Renegade.” Mrs. Obama’s is reportedly “Renaissance.
