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Lieberman Goes Unpunished by Senate - DPN - Wednesday, November 19, 2008

►ABC News reports that P-E Obama has appointed a blogger, the first ever to fill a cabinet position, for his cabinet. | Source

►Lieberman crows to Couric about his lack of punishment, and says he feels "closer to Dems" than he has since 2000. *gagging*

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“Asked to respond to critics who are angry at how little punishment Lieberman received for campaigning against Barack Obama in the election, the Connecticut Independent pointed to Barack Obama's appeal against retribution.”  »Huffpo

:: Lieberman: Dems didn’t punish me »Politico

►Not really political 'news' persay, but nevertheless of interest to many online, Andrew Sullivan, at The Atlantic poses the question "Will Blogs Kill Political Magazines?" Interesting and well written, Sullivan is one of my favorite writers online.

:: James Joyner responds to Sullivan »Outside the Beltway
:: Sullivan responds to Joyner in Will Blogs Kill Political Magazines?, Ctd.

Political News Round-up - Tuesday, November 18, 2008

►Eric Holder to be named Obama's attorney general [Holder was Clinton's deputy attorney general], and thus the first Aftrican-American US Attorney General. According to Charles Gibson on ABC World News, two senior Democratic senators told ABC that they expect Holder to be confirmed.

“President-elect Obama has decided to tap Eric Holder as his attorney general, putting the veteran Washington lawyer in place to become the first African-American to head the Justice Department, according to two legal sources close to the presidential transition.”  NEWSWEEK
:: Holder to be named attorney general   »MSNBC
:: Barack Obama picks Eric Holder as first black attorney general  »Weekly Telegraph - UK

►As we told you yesterday that he would, Lieberman has kept his chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee but lost his chairmanship of the Environment and Public Works subcommittee, which is a minor post. This so ticks me off. Update: New movement - LOL- today is "International Laugh at Joe Lieberman Day".

“How about we make the rest of the calendar year International Grow Some Mother Fracking Balls Day, and deluge the rest of the Senate Democrats?”  Jason Linkins