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Tom McClintock WINS California Congressional District 4?

Flap — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:07:12 +0000

California State Senator Tom McClintock, R- Thousand Oaks and wife, Lori on election night, November 4, 2008

Tom McClintock lead in his race against Democrat Charlie Brown surged late this afternoon and he may have locked up victory in California Congressional District 4.

State Sen. Tom McClintock’s campaign on Friday surged to nearly a 1,800-vote lead in the tight congressional battle against Democrat Charlie Brown, perhaps sealing victory in the foothill district.

“We’re not claiming victory, but we just think it’s mathematically impossible for (Brown) to win,” said Bill George, spokesman for McClintock.

George said the thousands of Placer County votes tallied Friday stretched McClintock’s lead from barely 300 votes to 1,793, with only about 4,500 more votes to count in the nine-county district.

Brown spokesman Todd Stenhouse said Brown would not concede, noting that thousands more votes remain to be counted, most of which are provisional ballots that “have been breaking very, very strongly for Charlie.”

“We remain committed to the same goals that we’ve been committed to all along and that is that every vote is counted in this historic election,” Stenhouse said.

McClintock who has been in Washington D.C. attending freshman orientation will return to California this evening or tomorrow in all likelihood with a new job - member of Congress.

Stay tuned…….

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Media Die as Governor Palin Takes Questions From Turkeys

Flap — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:01:52 +0000

Mark Steyn has it hilariously RIGHT.

Tim Blair has a good round-up of reaction.

Video: Sarah Palin and Thanksgiving Turkeygate

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Gallup Poll: Palin, Romney and Huckabee Favored for 2012

Flap — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:32:21 +0000

Today’s Gallup poll:

And, no surprise here - Conservatives prefer Sarah Palin:

Looks like Rudy and Newt can make other plans for 2012. With Hillary’s move to State looks lie Rudy Giuliani’s options are wide open in New York anyway.

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Will General James Jones Be Barack Obama’s National Security Advisor?

Flap — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:06:18 +0000

Retired Marine General James Jones on Meet The Press, September 10, 2007 discussing the Iraq War

Perhaps.

A pretty good sign for hawks, a pretty bad sign for doves — word is that Retired Marine Gen. James Jones, who made an appearance with John McCain during the campaign, appears to be Obama’s pick for National Security Adviser. It was never clear about whether the appearance represented an actual or merely de facto endorsement, it did quash buzz that Jones was a potential running mate for Obama.

With Hillary Clinton’s appointment at State, Robert Gates apparently staying on at Defense, Eric Holder as the Attorney General and some of the other Clinton Administration retreads, the LEFT must be going NUTS today.

President-elect Barack Obama has moved to the center in appointing his cabinet.

Is this change?

Plus Ca Change……

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Hillary Clinton to Accept Secretary of State

Flap — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:23:30 +0000

Hillary Clinton will accept President Obama’s appointment as the next Secretary of State, according to the New York Times.

Hillary Rodham Clinton has decided to give up her Senate seat and accept the position of secretary of state, making her the public face around the world for the administration of the man who beat her for the Democratic presidential nomination, two confidants said Friday.

Mrs. Clinton came to her decision after additional discussion with President-elect Barack Obama about the nature of her role and his plans for foreign policy, said one of the confidants, who insisted on anonymity to discuss the situation. Mr. Obama’s office told reporters Thursday that the nomination is “on track” but Clinton associates only confirmed Friday afternoon that she has decided.

“She’s ready,” said the confidant. Mrs. Clinton was reassured after talking again with Mr. Obama because their first meeting in Chicago last week “was so general,” the confidant said. The purpose of the follow-up talk, he added, was not to extract particular concessions but “just getting comfortable” with the idea of working together.

A second Clinton associate confirmed that her camp believes they have a done deal. Senior Obama advisers said Friday morning that the offer had not been formally accepted and no announcement will be made until after Thanksgiving. But they said they were convinced that the nascent alliance was now ready to be sealed.

The Obama Adminsitration plus the Clintons. Now, the next four years will be REAL interesting.

The next Clinton scandal will be in 3…….2……..1.

Hillary’s replacement/appointee in the Senate will be either Andrew Cuomo or Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. who will have to stand in a special election in 2009. This leaves Rudy Giuliani to go one on one against David Patterson for New York Governor in 2010.

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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600

Poll watch: The Rudy factor, Martinez’s vulnerabilities, Crist’s strength
Second is New York’s gubernatorial race, where incumbent David Paterson is also expected to seek his first full term (he came in power after Elliot Spitzer was forced to resign last spring). It is hard to see the GOP mount a strong challenge given their dismal state after the 2006 and 2008 elections, but one Republican could make the race interesting: Rudy Giuliani. Siena came out with a poll testing the match-up yesterday. It found Paterson narrowly leading, 49% to 43%, suggesting that Rudy could at the very least make things competitive. When paired up against Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Giuliani takes a 46% to 44% lead. However much Cuomo wants to move to the gubernatorial mansion, however, it looks like challenging Paterson in a primary would be a bad idea: the incumbent crushes him 53% to 25%.
California State budget deficit around $30 billion over next 19 months
The Legislative Analyst's Office will release a new report today analyzing the woeful state of California's finances. It will flesh out last week's estimate that the state faces a $27.8 billion deficit over the next 19 months. But a new report from Beacon Economics predicts things will look even glummer in the future: * Labor markets are showing increased signs of stress. * There is little sign of a recovery in housing, and foreclosure rates are growing worse by the day. * Consumer markets have fallen off a cliff. * Corporate profits are taking a serious beating. The report commissioned by California Forward, the nonpartisan government reform group, describes itself as "decidedly more pessimistic" than the LAO or Schwarzenegger administration projections, largely due to lower projections for corporate taxes. The report also predicts the first year-over-year decline in statewide property taxes "since the Great Depression," according to Fred Silva +++++ Calif meltdown
Log Cabin Republicans On Its Last Leg?
As Dan reported a few days ago, Log Cabin Republican President Patrick Sammon has announced he is leaving his post at the national gay Republican organization after two years. It seems there is more going on behind the scenes as well. One of my very reliable LCR Board insiders tells me a shocking fact: “Log Cabin is over $150,000 in debt.” And nearly the only source of income to Log Cabin lately is from none other than the Gay Left’s version of George Soros: the infamous Tim Gill. We have tracked Gill’s ties to Soros and Log Cabin extensively over the years here at GayPatriot.
eHarmony forced to offer same-sex dating services
So, this is “progress?” eHarmony, a Christian-targeted dating website, gets sued by a gay man demanding that the business match him up with a same-sex partner. The New Jersey Attorney General intervenes on behalf of the gay plaintiff and forces eHarmony to change its entire business model. To be clear: The company never refused to do business with anyone. Their great “sin” was not providing a specialized service that litigious gay people demanded they provide. This case is akin to a meat-eater suing a vegetarian restaurant for not offering him a ribeye or a female patient suing a vasectomy doctor for not providing her hysterectomy services. Sadly, eHarmony has settled . I wish they hadn’t, but I understand the decision given the chilling antics of the anti-Prop. 8 mob. The company agreed not only to offer same-sex dating services on a new site, but also to offer six-month subscriptions for free to 10,000 gay users. +++++++ Alot of whining going on in the homosexual community.
Napolitan for Homeland Security
The interesting political question is why she'd take this job. She's been considering running for McCain's seat in 2010 or Kyl's in 2012 — I can't see how she could go to Washington and start running for Senate in less than two years, so maybe she has 2012 in mind instead. But even so, as DHS secretary, she is now going to be answerable for every illegal alien crossing the border and every snafu at ICE or USCIS — like the revelations from Houston that immigration authorities allowed back into the community violent criminals who admitted they were illegal aliens. ++++++ I thinks she viewed her prospects better in the Obama Administration rather than Arizona agaisnt entrenched GOP Senators - plain and simple.
Dear Prop. 8 Supporters - You May Think You Won, but Really You’re Losers
How NOT to win hearts and minds about gay marriage
Arizona's New Republican Governor... Jan Brewer? Thanks, President-Elect Obama
The Democrats have lost their best candidate in Arizona. Napolitano was a canny politician who knew how to outflank the GOP. I think going to Washington and taking up Homeland security will not be a boon to her future political career. Several Republicans were lining up to run for governor in 2010. With Jan Brewer as an incumbent, they may modify their plans. The top of the Arizona GOP ticket in 2010 (Brewer and McCain) should help down ticket. In the meantime, I just glad we are getting her out of the state. Who said that the Obama Presidency would be all bad? ++++++++++ Anything that helps the GOP at this point.
Should Barack Obama Go To Georgia? - The Fix
Even as President-elect Barack Obama continues to rapidly fill out his White House staff and Cabinet picks, the buzz around whether he will spend some of his prized political capital on behalf of former state Rep. Jim Martin (D) in Georgia continues to grow. Martin is taking on Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R) in a Dec. 2 runoff occasioned by the fact that the GOP incumbent was unable to win 50 plus one percent of the vote on Nov. 4. Martin clearly benefited from Obama's presence at the top of the ticket -- particularly in the black community -- and Democrats eyeing a 60-seat filibuster proof majority believe an Obama appearance may be the only way Martin can come close to re-creating the sort of base turnout he needs to beat Chambliss next month. +++++++++ It may be a risk of political capital that Obama does not wish to make.
Antiwar groups fear Barack Obama may create hawkish Cabinet - Los Angeles Times
Antiwar groups and other liberal activists are increasingly concerned at signs that Barack Obama's national security team will be dominated by appointees who favored the Iraq invasion and hold hawkish views on other important foreign policy issues. The activists are uneasy not only about signs that both Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates could be in the Obama Cabinet, but at reports suggesting that several other short-list candidates for top security posts backed the decision to go to war. +++++++ Obama moved to the center to win the election against McCain and if he wants to win re-election he will have to continue in that direction. Obama is no fool.
Gay marriage backers explain why they lost Proposition 8
There's been a lot of outrage from the No on Proposition 8 camp since California voters approved a ban on gay marriage. But until now, there has been less soul searching about what went wrong. But Terry Leftgoff, founder of the Gay and Lesbian Business Assn. of Santa Barbara, has a thoughtful piece on WeHo News looking at how the opposition to Proposition 8 fell short. It did, he says, on several levels: A mixed message, failing to respond to attacks from Yes on 8 forces, little black and Latino outreach. +++++++ Duh The Yes on 8 campaign had one of the best campaigns Flap has ever seen.

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THE WORST OF TIME(S) FOR 250 - New York Post
TIME Inc. today becomes not a publisher of magazines but of pink slips instead. The magazine giant is expected to cut more than 250 from the payroll as part of an overall plan by Time Inc. CEO Ann Moore and Editor-in-Chief John Huey to slash 600 jobs from its overall work force of 10,200 employees worldwide. +++++++ More collapse of the MSM
Obama Loves the 90's
Eric Holder, Rahm Emanuel, Hillary and Bill Clinton, Greg Craig, Ron Klain, maybe Larry Summers... I feel like I should grow a goatee, smoke an American Spirit and crank up some Smashing Pumpkins. Gotta go, "X-Files" is on. +++++++ Obama is lost in a time warp.....
Cheney Indicted in Clearly Bogus Indictment; Sullivan Wets His Pants with Excitement
Unless you’re Andrew Sullivan, who takes as true any development unfavorable to Republicans, no matter how freaking wild it sounds. This is why people mock you, Sullivan. Because you’re a shrieking, hysterical, gullible moron. And that’s me pulling my punches. ++++++ Pulling?
The NYT’s Floyd Norris Flubs Cuban Story
You’d think that Floyd Norris would know something about securities regulation, since he is the chief financial correspondent for the NY Times and the International Herald Tribune. If his story/blog port today on the Mark Cuban SEC case is anything to go by, however, the guy’s a typical MSM idiot. ++++++ Well, the New York Times, Professor. What do you expect?
Prop. 8 battle enters new stage
"This push-back in the last two weeks has actually mobilized the Yes on 8 people," said the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. If the California Supreme Court were to overturn Proposition 8, "you will see a mobilized group like you have never seen in the state of California." Recall talks Rodriguez said in an interview Tuesday that some religious leaders are discussing a potential recall of Supreme Court justices. He expects the Supreme Court to overturn Proposition 8, and if that happens, "there are grounds for a recall. We saw that with Gray Davis," he said. "We have an oligarchy, an oligarchy in judges' role in the state of California." +++++++ A recall of the Justices in 2010 would be easily accomplished.
Is gays' intolerance on Prop. 8 the best strategy?
It's ironic, isn't it? The Catholic Church has crushed dissension over Proposition 8 within its ranks. And now, the gay community has crushed dissension as well. It proves again that in the city of Sacramento, coming out against gay marriage is dangerous politically. Gay leaders have the clout to strike back. Still, the question remains: Is this the best way to persuade a majority of voters to support gay marriage? Potential votes can be lost when beliefs – and hearts – harden like stone. ++++++++ Indeed - not the best approach
Foundations look to enter the news business -Dan Weintraub
Readers already concerned about what they perceive as liberal bias in the media will probably look with skepticism on coverage financed, even indirectly, by foundations that generally support more activist government. At the same time, though, conservative activists are lapping up the unique coverage offered by Flashreport.org, which features a network of Republican activists and consultants who participate in politics and write about it in real time. If nothing else, all of these projects seem to show that as long as the public has a hunger for information, someone will try to feed it. Still to be determined is a new economic model that allows those who do the work of gathering and distributing the information to make a living at it over the long term. ++++++++ Although Jon is a friend of mine, the Right has a long way to go to support the new media. There are those of us who would wish to do more with the right financing.
California high court to revisit gay marriage
Gay rights groups clearly hope the Supreme Court will take an opportunity to issue another decision that tilts their way, but to do so, Chief Justice Ron George and his colleagues would have to make quite a legal stretch, and if they did so, they'd be accused a second time of substituting their personal philosophies for the will of voters. Their first decision earlier this year overturned a statutory ballot measure that only marriages between men and women would be recognized, even as gay marriage opponents were offering it to voters again as a constitutional amendment. ++++++ The stage for recall of the California Supreme Court has been set.
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING REPUBLICAN BASE
Since the potential for additional Republican gains among married white Christians appears to be limited, Republican leaders will need to find ways to reduce the Democratic advantage among voters who are not married white Christians in order to maintain the party's competitive position. However, given the generally liberal views of this group, this will not be easy. In 2006, according to data from the Cooperative Congressional Election Study, 57 percent of these voters supported a woman's right to choose an abortion under any circumstances, 66 percent opposed a constitutional amendment to prohibit gay marriage, and 71 percent favored a single-payer health care system. Any attempt by Republican leaders to significantly increase their party's support among voters who are not married white Christians would therefore require changes in some of the party's longstanding policy commitments -- changes that would clearly upset a large segment of the current Republican base.
Confirming Fears - Eric Holder and Barack Obama
As we observed throughout the campaign, Barack Obama gave indications that his election would mean a return to the September 10 mentality, a national-security outlook marked prominently by its lack of seriousness about the terrorist threat. In choosing Eric Holder to be his attorney general, President-Elect Obama has taken a step toward confirming those misgivings. Holder was the Clinton administration’s last deputy attorney general, succeeding Jamie Gorelick in 1997 under Janet Reno. That appointment marked the final elevation in a series of Clinton-era promotions that punctuate his résumé. Holder’s rise, like Obama’s own, is of symbolic significance, as he now has been nominated to be the nation’s first black attorney general. Symbolism, however, cannot camouflage the fact that Holder is a conventional, check-the-boxes creature of the Left.
Patterico And Code
Criticize me all you want. But why is this fourth grade homophobic crap the first thing that always comes into their minds?
Iran increases stockpile of uranium
Iran is forging ahead with its nuclear programme, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog reported on Wednesday, deepening the dilemma facing US president-elect Barack Obama over his campaign promise to engage with Tehran. The latest report by the International Atomic Energy Agency reveals that Iran is rapidly increasing its stockpile of enriched uranium, which could be rendered into weapons-grade material should Tehran decide to develop a nuclear device. The agency says that, as of this month, Tehran had amassed 630kg of low enriched uranium hexafluoride, up from 480kg in late August. Analysts say Iran is enriching uranium at such a pace that, by early next year, it could reach break-out capacity – one step away from producing enough fissile material for a crude nuclear bomb. +++++++ Israel must be getting nervous. What will Obama do?
Oogedy-Boogedy-Boo
Maybe there is some significant overlap with the so-called “oogedy-boogedy” set, but then the problem with them wouldn’t be their religiosity or their social conservatism or any of the cultural markers that freaked out every pundit east of the Appalachians when Mike Huckabee would start to speak. Instead, the problem is that they were too wedded to the Bush administration and its failed record, and they were too dependent on reciting the trite slogans they heard on the radio and read in syndicated conservative columns. Of course, the war was a major reason why the GOP fell into disrepute, and Parker notably still has nothing to say about that. I am going to go out on a limb and guess that she has rarely, if ever, written a single word of serious criticism of the administration regarding the war. You cannot diagnose what ails Republicans if you have no credibility on this most basic of policy questions, and there is no reason to think that Parker has any.
Those Oogedy Boogedy Christians - Marc Ambinder
But the realities of politics today are such that the GOP cannot win national elections without the enthusiastic support of white evangelical Christians. They can try; it won't happen. That depresses moderates in the party, it depresses atheists and agnostics in the party, but it's the reality. The results of 2004 showed that, given certain conditions and issue sets, winning coalitions can be formed. Maybe the Bush-Iraq-Terrorism-Economy-Katrina event chain has changed all of that forever; maybe not. To throw this out there: it will be easier for a conservative Catholic nominee, like, say, Bobby Jindal, to expand the Republican coalition rather than a white evangelical protestant like Mike Huckabee. +++++++ Mick Huckabee will stay at Fox News

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Will the U.S. Supreme Court Rule Proposition 8 Unconstitutional?
Law professor Brian Gray argues in this morning’s L.A. Times that California’s Proposition 8 may violate the federal Constitution — and that we could see a ruling to that effect some day, written by one Anthony Kennedy. Is he right? The answer depends on whether you believe Justices Kennedy and O’Connor, on one hand — or Justice Scalia, on the other. If you’re inclined to believe Justice Scalia, then Professor Gray may well be right: the U.S. Supreme Court might one day mandate gay marriage. I’m not sure why Gray relies on the old case of Romer v. Evans, which declined to overrule Bowers v. Hardwick, rather than Lawrence v. Texas, which did. I think Gray is drawing a parallel between Proposition 8 and the measure invalidated in Romer, because each involved a statewide ballot measure to place in a state’s constitution a provision disfavoring gays. But whether Proposition 8 would be struck down depends much more on Lawrence than on Romer, because Lawrence went much further to defend
McClintock Continues to Lead in CA-4
We start this week with a lead of 622 votes out of 339,292 total cast, or 0.18 percent. The good news is that there are less than 1,500 ballots to tally in the only county that Brown won and over 25,000 ballots to process in the counties that I carried. We expect final Nevada County numbers to come in by the middle of this week. Once they have been reported, our lead should steadily grow as the remaining ballots from Placer, Sacramento, Butte and El Dorado counties are tallied.
THE TRAGIC PREDICTABILITY OF THE JEWISH VOTE
The Republican Jewish Coalition should close its doors. Its budget, and anything else the GOP spends on wooing Jewish voters, should be equally divided between building more Orthodox Jewish day schools (thereby encouraging the Orthodox to have more children) and transporting evangelical Christians to the polls on Election Day. That would do more to help Israel and to assure Jewish survival than the money wasted quadrennially on trying to bring a message of reason to the mega-meshugeneh.
Kos: After Lieberman's Acceptance, I'm Done With Reid As Majority Leader - Geraghty
What will really drive them bonkers — well, more bonkers — is that the vote within the caucus was apparently 43-12 in favor of keeping Lieberman as chairman.
Romney back on the campaign trail
Add Mitt Romney to the list of big name Republicans who are lending a hand to Sen. Saxby Chambliss, as he fights for his political life. Chambliss is the freshman Republican senator from Georgia who will face off against his Democratic opponent, former state lawmaker Jim Martin, in a runoff election on Tuesday December 2.
Daily Kos: Today's lesson
There's that. But there's also disdain for the American electorate that voted in overwhelming numbers for change from the discredited Bush/McCain/Lieberman policies. But in a city known for tone-deafness, there clearly isn't a more tone-deaf group than the Senate Dems. I'm done with Reid as Senate leader.
Which GOP Will Obama Face? E.J. Dionne
But how conservatives resolve their differences will also matter to Obama's success. For now, the right is divided into ideological conservatives and dispositional conservatives.
Urinating dentist in ban appeal
A dentist found guilty of urinating in a surgery sink and other unhygienic practices has started a High Court appeal to save his career. ++++++ If true, this is really gross.....
Obama team counting Senate votes on Holder as AG
Newsweek, quoting unidentified legal sources close to the presidential transition team, reported Tuesday that Obama offered Holder the job and he accepted. Newsweek said Holder still has to undergo a formal "vetting" review by the Obama transition team before the selection is final. ++++++ Another Clinton retread and with Marc Rich's pardon - priceless
Hillary could reject State offer
“A lot of the speculation and reporting is out ahead of the facts here,” said the person, who requested anonymity. “She is still weighing this, independent of President Clinton's work.” Clinton, the person said, remains deeply “torn” between the possibility of serving in Obama’s cabinet and remaining in the Senate to “help pass health care and work on a broad range of domestic issues.” +++++++ Chances are it is a No go.....
Draft Sarah group surfaces
A group dedicated to pushing Sarah Palin into the 2012 presidential race was formed last week and is already emailing Iowa Republicans. The "2012 Draft Sarah Committee" has a rudimentary website up showing the Alaska governor dishing out moose chili and appears to be composed of rank-and-file conservative activists. They've already found their way into the in-boxes of some of the opinion-makers in early primary and caucus states. David L. Kelly, apparently the group's Treasurer and Colorado coordinator, sent a mass email today that hit at least one Iowa GOP vet. ++++++ Premature.....
Conservative Identity Politics
I've written about my problem with conservative identity politics more than a few times, but let me just expand on this point in regards to my Sarah Palin post below. Yes, it's true part of her appeal is that she speaks to a demographic category — though it isn't quite ethnic nor purely religious or regional. And absolutely, the fact that she's a woman was a factor as well, a sort of trump card for leftwing identity politics. But it's no coincidence that John McCain needed help with precisely these constituencies and demographic groups. Those overly vexed by her selection seem to forget that John McCain was actually trying to win the election. And all due respect to the potential electoral juggernaut that would have been McCain-Pawlenty '08, I just don't see a lot of merit to the effort to depict Palin into some grand symbol of conservative decay. ++++++++ Conservative identity politics not = Sarah Palin but horsetrading demographically
As We See It: Proposition 8 reaction risks backlash -
Seeking a way out of the polarizing debate now occurring, several local people have written to the Sentinel urging the state to move toward granting "civil unions" for both heterosexual and homosexual couples - without using the word "marriage," which would be associated with religious traditions. In such unions, gays would have all the rights and equal treatment under the law that heterosexual couples enjoy. Still, they have fought hard for the right to legal "marriage," and changing the wording might feel like a defeat many would be unwilling to accept. Religious communities, in turn, would have to give up their battle over "legal marriage." +++++++ No way.There are already civil unions for homosexuals and what benefit does it give society to change the traditional definition of marriage? None.
All That Hard Work By Liberals This Year Is Finally Paying Off - Geraghty
So Joe Lieberman is keeping his chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee on the say so of 42 Senate Democrats AND President Obama; his Secretary of State might be Iraq War supporter and preconditionless-summit opponent Hillary Clinton; no one will be prosecuted for waterboarding, Bush's guy John Brennan may take over at CIA and Bush's man Robert Gates may stay on as Defense Secretary. I don't know how the liberals feel, but so far the Obama administration rocks. +++++++ And, KOS hates Harry Reid. Perfect......