The reprehensible Saxby Chambliss still leads in Georgia. But, there's still time on this one. Still, even if we get this, we'd still be counting on Jackhole Joe as our 60th vote. That doesn't give me tremendous confidence.
Another horrid Repub, Virgil Goode of Virginia, is demanding a recount in his election, but looks likely to lose. Goode riddance.
Rounding out GOP news, one of the candidates for the RNC chair just quit his whites-only country club. Oh, the sacrifices of being a public servant.
On the positive, and more interesting side, while being very clear that there's only one president right now, Barack is clearly stepping up his involvement in the country's economic affairs. The Washington Monthly notes that he seems to be spacing his economic moves (i.e., naming cabinet officials) out to keep in the news. So far, Wall Street likes this. The Dow rose when he named Geithner as his Treasury pick and rallied today as he introduced the rest of his team. As the Newsweek article to which Ilsa posted earlier mentioned that he's being appropriately careful about getting too mixed up with Bush's policies, it's interesting how he's asserting himself and how, for now at least, it seems to be helping.
Add from Ilsa: Nate weighs in on the Illinois senator search. I like his conclusions.
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