Even retailers are finding Obamamania irresistible if this section featuring Obama paraphernalia in the Walgreens on State and Walton is any indication. The sign says, "New Item: Obama Tshirts/Sweatshirts" and in addition to the hats and badges, you can also pick up a copy of Obama's autobiography and various "special editions" devoted to the incoming President.

The following ended an article in Politico titled "Obama's Five Rules of Scandal Response":

"To the extent that the report succeeds in its goal of establishing the distance between Obama and Blagojevich, it necessarily raises the question: Why was the president-elect and leader of the Democratic party playing no role in a key appointment to national office being made in his home state, and by a Democratic governor?"

Best news I've heard all month. Clyde Prestowitz on this evening's Newshour with Jim Lehrer:

We're in a crisis right now. And it's painful, and it's going to get more painful. But the good news is that, at least for the United States, we're going to have a manufacturing renaissance.

Blagojevich-Madigan Democrats?:

"Paid for by the Republican National Committee". The ad originally pointed to this page on GOP.com. As seen on Taegan Goddard's Political Wire (of all places).

I just get all giggly when I hear the right-wingers are scared the Democrats are going to bring back the 'Fairness Doctrine'. It's so old media.

The real action is focused on new media and making sure we all have equal access both as producers and consumers. This equal access is called "Net Neutrality".

As a recent editorial in the New York Times explains:

Talk about soft on crime. 'Deep Throat' died today. It was reported on NPR's Morning Election. The weird thing was this sort of he-said-she-said handling of the man's legacy with the 'she-said' part coming from convicted criminals like G. Gordon Liddy.

I can't find the Liddy quote but this excerpt from an AP article which they also include gives a taste of the warped thinking process:

Even if you didn't know anything about it, all you have to do is look at who's most vociferously against it and you'd know immediately which side to support.

So Barack Obama is Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year'. Most people, even his detractors, would probably agree.

Add me to the thumbs-down column on calling a special election for U.S. Senator. We have an approved-upon method of replacing a senator and suddenly we're going to throw that out and do something completely different? That seems like bad policy to me.

I love the Gray Lady and wish we had the equivalent here but I really have to wonder what they were smoking when they published the article titled, "Obama's Effort on Ethics Bill Had Role in Governor’s Fall" that began this way: