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You really have to wonder what President Barack Obama would think if he saw how Portlanders handle snow and ice. From the Associated Press: "Can I make a comment that is unrelated to the economy very quickly?" the new president...

So the Unites States Senate has confirmed admitted tax cheater and Obama appointee Tim Geithner to the US Treasury. (and of course Democrats Wyden and Merkley supported the tax cheater. Hope N...

The numbers are starting to trickle out of how much each state could get from the jumbo-sized $825 billion stimulus package being put together by Congress and the Obama administration. By spreading these numbers outside the Beltway, policymakers hope to...

Putting Barack Obama in the Oval Office in place of George W. Bush hasn't changed the public's distaste of the $700 billion financial bailout - and judging by the latest votes in Congress, that's as true in Oregon as anywhere...

Joe Klein has a fascinating nugget toward the end of his latest column for Time. Klein is famous for his satirical 1996 novel, Primary Colors, that featured a thinly disguised Bill Clinton - and no one who read that book...

AP Photo/Ron EdmondsPresident Barack Obama receives congratulations from Chief Justice John Roberts after taking the oath of office. As it turned out, that exquisite musical rendition of "Simple Things" was the perfect introduction to President Barack Obama's inaugural speech. The...

Thanks to the historic nature of Barack Obama's inauguration - and his reputation as a wordsmith - he is expected to give a memorable speech after he takes the oath of office Tuesday. But will we recognize the words in...

Just in case you missed it, here is Obama at the Lincoln Memorial today, a preview of what we will see on Tuesday. I wasn't there, but many friends and family members were. Among them was my 11 year old goddaughter who will grow up with a sense that America is a place of where citizens are asked to dig deep to build the country they want to see, as they were nearly 50 years ago. Many of us have hearts that our bursting with happiness...some are wary and doubtful that true change can ever come. No matter what you...

Obama's Tim Geithner saga continues to unravel.

I posted this entry yesterday showing that Obama's pick for Treasury (head of the IRS) not only did NOT pay some of his taxes, but he was taking the...

Progressive finger wagger par excellence David Sirota slams Jeff Merkley this evening for his vote to release the remaining $350 million of TARP funds without any new strings attached. In doing so, Merkley parted company with Ron Wyden, even though during his election campaign candidate Merkley spoke strongly in favor of Wyden's original vote opposing the Wall St. bailout. Rank hypocrisy? A vote of confidence in President-to-be-in-five-days Obama? For Sirota, Merkley "is starting his Senate career epitomizing the worst kinds of images people have of politicians - those who sound like they're for "the folks" at election time, and then...