Will America never get its precious Commerce Secretary? Obama's latest Commerce nominee, Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, has just withdrawn from consideration. Maybe they shouldn't have picked a guy who opposes Obama on everything? Obama's first Commerce nominee was Bill "Beard" Richardson, who withdrew...

It’s only three weeks into Barack Obama’s Presidency and “Mr Cool” is loosing it big time. The swaggering confidence that he showed through the campaign has now been replaced with flashes of anger. Obama’s speeches are now filled with threats and warnings, his message o...

New Mexico is moving closer towards enacting a domestic partnership bill for the first time. New Mexico is an interesting case, because it does not have a law banning same-sex marriage nor has it had any initiatives to ban the practice. There have also been no lawsuits or legislative actions to enac...

With tax cheats Tim Geithner and Tom Dasche in or on their way to cabinet positions, Don Surber looks at some of the other associations of the man in the White House: Let us review the list of people who belong in jail he has hung out with over the years: William Ayers. Rod Blagojevich. Tony Rezko. ...

After a near perfect month of transition operations, Obama has stumbled twice in two weeks....

It was not lost on anyone that the president-elect of the United States, riding the crest of his popularity, and the Democratic leadership of the U.S. Senate were outsmarted last week by a state politician who won his last election almost 20 years ago....

NBC’s Andrea Mitchell appeared on the PBS show Charlie Rose on Wednesday night, and discussed what aroused her political zones. Rose clumsily asked which story "turns you on," and naturally, Mitchell said "this young president" with a globe-traveling upbringing and his team of ...

The Victory Fund wants former HRC board co-chair Fred Hochberg to replace Bill Richardson as Secretary of Commerce. It would be Obama's last chance to put an openly LGBT person in his cabinet. Denis Dison, spokesperson for the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, said his organization and the Presidentia...

Don Surber takes a look at the team Barack Obama has put together for his cabinet: Let us review that cabinet that President Obama built. In order of importance, with my grade on the choice. Vice president — Sen. Joe Biden. Bob Uecker, except he does not realize it. Wanted to divide Iraq into 3 pa...

Interesting. If this happened, you'd have to be a trusting soul to think the chief of staff was some loose cannon who acted on his own. But this sounds all too familiar - political "pay to play" contributions are common, especially for bond firms: Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Federal prosecutors are asking...