A Midterm Meltdown: Next Steps

Questions of the Day 1) What does Obama do to ensure re-election? 2) Who changes positions at the White House? 3) Speaker Boehner? And is Mike Pence considering a presidential run? 4) What happens in the lame-duck? Anything exciting? 5) Who runs in 2012?

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Some Advice for the President

About one year ago I posted a list of the top-10 officials I had hoped that Obama would nominate to his Cabinet. At the time, I was only slightly disappointed in Obama’s safe and pedestrian choices. I was sure that the Administration had a bright future ahead of it. But the safe and plodding Obama [...]

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Some More Picks

5) Attorney General: Neal Katyal. The law-school professor who successfully prosecuted the case Hamdan v. Rumsfield would be the most obvious choice to signal a break with the previous administration. 6) Secretary of Health and Human Services: Paul Farmer. This medical visionary would signal a new front in America’s healthcare system: only my understanding the [...]

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Some Picks for the Cabinet

Barack Obama is still getting high marks from the American public, but his stimulus bill has stalled in Congress and the economy is still in intensive care. One of the most disappointing events so far was Obama’s appointment of a whole slew of political hacks to his Cabinet–instead of emptying out the Senate to find [...]

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Twiddling While the Barn Burns

We know how it works. The constant refrain of terror attacks over the past few years has made Americans desensitized. While one death is a tragedy, a hundred dead is just a number. Indians have been no different on this account. Bombings in Delhi, Jaipur, Hyderabad, and Bangalore in just the last few years have [...]

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Grant me a wish, GENI: Not McCain

For those who can use the internet (aka a magical series of tubes), head on over to Ars Technica for a review of the GENI project, run by the National Science Foundation.  This critical research should lead to a new framework for the internet, resulting in more security and faster speeds.  Those who use the [...]

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Bye Bye Bayh

No, please don’t do it.  Caroline Kennedy, I have faith in you.  You can look through the hype and see the substance.  Yes, he’s got a great haircut and two wonderful boys.  And yes, unlike somebody (*cough* *cough* *Biden*), he actually takes a moment to think before opening his mouth.  But Bayh is not the [...]

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Obama @ UChicago

The NYTimes has released a fascinating article on Obama’s career at the University of Chicago law school during the late 1990s (read it here).  Obama refused to comment or give an interview about the article, which means that the campaign may view the story as a negative.  I, however, would strongly disagree. Like any well-researched [...]

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