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Obama: Stimulus Could Grow To Over $1 Trillion
Barack Obama told CNBC that his stimulus package potentially could grow well beyond its initial target of $775 billion. "We've seen ranges from $800 (billion) to $1.3 trillion," said Obama. "And our attitude was that given the legislative process, if we start towards the low end of that, we'll see how it develops."

Obama Delivering Economic Speech Today
Barack Obama is delivering his big economic speech at 11 a.m. ET this morning in Fairfax, Virginia. Obama will make the case that his stimulus is absolutely necessary, while also promising efficiency and accountability.

Obama Rolling Out Tim Kaine For DNC Chairman
Barack Obama and Tim Kaine will be holding a 3:30 p.m. ET press conference at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, obviously the official announcement of Kaine as the next chairman of the DNC. Kaine was elected governor of Virginia 2005, endorsed Obama's presidential candidacy very early on in 2007, and did a lot of work to help turn Virginia blue this past November.

Burris Testifying To Impeachment Panel
Roland Burris is scheduled to testify today before the Illinois House's special committee to impeach Rod Blagojevich. Burris' job here is to make it clear that even if there are allegations that Blago tried to sell the Senate seat, there were nevertheless no shenanigans in the actual selection of Burris himself.

Daschle Up For Confirmation Hearing Today
Tom Daschle is scheduled to appear today before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, the first Obama cabinet nominee to face a confirmation hearing. Daschle's nomination is likely to get through the Senate very easily.

Congress To Officially Certify Obama's Victory Today
Congress will count the electoral votes today, officially certifying Barack Obama's win and bringing the 2008 presidential election to an end.

Obama Site Getting Questions About Bush Administration's Torture Policies
The New York Times reports that the Obama transition team's "Open for Questions" site has received heavy support in favor of one particular subject: Whether the Obama Administration will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate George W. Bush and other officials for policies such as torture. This comes after liberal blogs endorsed the question and asked readers to vote for it.

Cheney Expects Total Retirement From Public Life
In an interview with CBS radio, Dick Cheney said he expects to fully retire from public life after he leaves office. "I've got a lot of rivers to fish," said Cheney. "So I don't think anybody will feel sorry for me. They shouldn't."


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I think it's safe to assume that nobody on the planet is going to feel sorry for Dick "Dick" Cheney. Sorry isn't at all the right word to describe what most people feel for him.

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I'd equate it to taking a big ole'.....

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Secret Deal in the Works?: Burris Agrees to Hide Blago in Senate Office
http://satiricalpolitical.com/?p=5532

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Daschle appointment LIVE

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Why would Cheney think that someone would feel sorry for him?

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i feel sorry for cheney that he never loved his country.

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more like he never appreciated it, didn't think it deserved respect. blind, blind man.

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I think you're being too kind. Sociopathic is closer; not only does he not love his country, I don't think he has any feeling at all for anyone who isn't Dick Cheney.

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Cheney's choice of prepositions was a tad off. No one's likely to feel sorry for him. But people will feel sorry about Dick Cheney for a long time to come.

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agreed.

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Does anyone else find it kind of unsettling that Obama is saying we will start at $750 billion and "see how the legislative process devlops"? As if he is already resigned to the idea of $300+ extra billion of handouts in the way of Amendments designed to secure votes?

How would those handouts fit into the grander plan? How do we keep them from being just a handful of disjointed State projects with no larger purpose to fix this busted up country/economy.

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It would be nice if we could say that a particular bill must remain clean, say the first run through. This way the ones who are only posturing for favors (but would vote for it anyway) would have to take a real stance. It's sad when a bill is submitted and the authors already concede that it'll balloon by almost 50% before it gets to them. Hello pork!

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I wasn't aware that there were rivers at the Hague.

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Imprisoning Cheney is one job I don't want taken overseas.

I say, turn Gitmo into our own Breslau, and lock up the Bush cabal there. We could offset the cost by running island tours, and charging people to throw rotten produce at them.

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and shoes.

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I hear there is some awesome fishing in Spain and Italy. I hope darth vader gets the word and heads there on January 21. Great fishing in those countries. He could land a big one.

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OT but it's too bad that Dr. Kavorkian wasn't available for Surgeon General, LOL.

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