It's up to New York Gov. David Paterson to decide who will fill Hillary Clinton's senate seat, assuming (as we safely can) that she'll be secretary of state in a matter of weeks. Paterson's options are many, Andrew Cuomo is the favorite of voters, but there's one long-shot who just screams disaster/drama/ain't that America good times!
Bill Clinton! Of course, he claims to have no interest in accepting the appointment whatsoever, but come on. It's fun to think about.
Definitely not filling an open seat in the Senate is Georgia Democrat Jim Martin. He lost a run-off election last night to the marvelously named Saxby Chambliss, a Republican who is now and forever indebted to Sarah Palin. She stumped for the guy non-stop. The Chambliss win means no filibuster-proof Senate for Democrats.
Republican Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski has basically told Sarah Palin to "back off, that's my corner." The two are up for re-election in 2010, and some think Palin might enjoy her own two years in the Senate before making a bid for the White House. We've seen that can be done!
Minnesota senator hopeful Al Franken continues pushing that boulder uphill in his effort to get every vote counted. It's paying off, bit by bit: he picked up 31 new votes yesterday.
At a meeting of U.S. governors yesterday, Barack Obama got to meet Lousiana Gov. Bobby "GOP's Obama" Jindal and trot out the VP-elect Joe Biden (who promptly went off script when talking to Sarah Palin). Obama promised immediate help for the 41 states who are facing budget shortfalls for next year. (Can anybody name the nine solvent states?)
After 30 years in exile, Academy Award-winning director Roman Polanski has made a formal request have the child molestation case against him dismissed. Polanski was convicted in 1977 of unlawful intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.
Bush's last-minute planned "new right of conscience" rule will not only let medical professionals opt out of all things abortion, but may also mean anybody in the medical care food chain can refuse to participate in such banalities as birth control or advancements like fertility treatments. Wait, when is this guy getting the hell out of our lives?
Want to help your as-yet unborn daughters to avoid or survive breast cancer? Eat eggs -- lots of them -- while you're pregnant. Hey, it worked on rats!
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