Barack Obama

Obama looking at retired four-stars for key posts

Retired Marine Corps Gen. James L. Jones and Navy Adm. Dennis C. Blair are rumored to be Obama's top choices for top national security positions.

By Vincent Rossmeier November 21, 2008

Report: Clinton nomination all but done deal

Multiple outlets report that, barring some unforeseen development, President-elect Obama will nominate Hillary Clinton to be secretary of state shortly after Thanksgiving.

By Alex Koppelman November 21, 2008

McCain wins! (In Missouri)

More than two weeks after Election Day, the Associated Press finally calls the state and its 11 Electoral College votes for John McCain.

By Alex Koppelman November 19, 2008

Al-Qaida deputy insults Obama

Ayman al-Zawhri says Barack Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X.

By Alex Koppelman November 19, 2008

Lieberman decision pits Dean against liberal blogosphere

The outgoing DNC chair says he's "fine" with the vote regarding Joe Lieberman because the result is what President-elect Barack Obama wanted.

By Vincent Rossmeier November 18, 2008

Report: Holder will get attorney general nod

Newsweek reports that Barack Obama has offered Eric Holder, a former deputy attorney general, the job; Holder would be the first African American to lead the DOJ.

By Alex Koppelman November 18, 2008

Obama, McCain meet

The two former rivals, joined by Rahm Emanuel and Lindsey Graham, sat down together in Chicago on Monday.

By Alex Koppelman November 17, 2008

Report: Obama offered Clinton Sec. State job

In their meeting, the president-elect reportedly offered his former rival a position as his secretary of state.

By Alex Koppelman November 14, 2008

S.C. priest: No communion if you voted Obama

"Voting for a pro-abortion politician when a plausible pro-life alternative exits constitutes material cooperation with intrinsic evil," the priest said in a letter to parishioners.

By Alex Koppelman November 14, 2008

Secretary of State Clinton?

Talk that Hillary Clinton might be under serious consideration for the job appears to be more than just rumor-mongering.

By Alex Koppelman November 14, 2008

Obama, McCain to meet

The two former rivals will talk at President-elect Obama's transition headquarters in Chicago on Monday.

By Alex Koppelman November 14, 2008

Stuff white people like: John McCain

Don't give yourselves too much credit, white people -- it's African-Americans and Hispanics who put Barack Obama in the White House.

By Alex Koppelman November 13, 2008

Obama resigns from Senate

The move -- which, obviously, was expected -- takes effect on Sunday.

By Alex Koppelman November 13, 2008

Save Lieberman!

Several prominent Democratic senators are working to save the divisive Connecticut senator's committee chairmanship.

By Vincent Rossmeier November 12, 2008

Talkin' Paul Broun Paranoid Blues

It takes a truly brave dissenter to grasp the extent of Barack Obama's hatred of freedom, motherhood and pie.

By Gabriel Winant November 12, 2008

What Obama's arrival means for Washington

It's not just about policy and politics but the town, too.

By Thomas Schaller November 10, 2008

Barack-Rahm politics

Whatever else you may think of him, Rahm Emanuel is a great choice.

By Thomas Schaller November 10, 2008

Get ready for the New World Order

Are McCain supporters' worst fears about to come true?

By Alex Koppelman November 7, 2008

NRO writer: Obama community service plan like concentration camps

Posting at one of the National Review's blogs, John Derbyshire invokes both the Nazis and Soviet forced labor in discussing Obama's proposals.

By Alex Koppelman November 7, 2008

Obama holds meeting, press conference on economy

The president-elect worked to calm Americans about the latest troubling economic news and at the same time made sure not to act like he's already been sworn in.

By Alex Koppelman November 7, 2008