Buck Naked Politics: Franken May Seek Intervention to Get Ballots ... by Deb Cupples | Reportedly, about 12000 absentee ballots were disqualified in Minnesota's US Senate race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman -- and roughly 1000 of them were improperly excluded. Last week, a canvassing board in ...Buck Naked Politics: Recession Finally Announced by Deb Cupples | I noticed for some time now that Bush Administration officials (and many politicians) simply did not want to use the R-word in public. Only naysayers, doomsdayers, and God-awful liberals would actually use the word ... Buck Naked Politics: Our President Says the Darndest Things by Deb Cupples | No, I don't mean President-elect Barack Obama. I mean the lately low-lying lame-duck. Recently, President George Bush said this about the election of Obama:"'I think it was a repudiation of Republicans,' he told Charlie ... Buck Naked Politics: Memeorandum Gets a Well-Deserved Compliment ... by Damozel | At The Guardian, Jack Schofield writes glowingly of our one and only news aggregator:If you want to know what’s happening in the world, then Memorandum will tell you – at least in a couple of areas. Buck Naked Politics: News Round Up: Hillary & Obama to Seal the ... by Damozel | It is indeed official: Obama will nominate Hillary for Secretary of State. The Caucus reports:The Obama and Clinton teams have been preparing the ground for this announcement for days. Mr. Clinton, who has extensive ... Buck Naked Politics: The Bush Administration's 11th Hour Rush to ... by Teh Nutroots | The Midnight De-regulator strikes again! As expected, Bush's minions are busy trying to inflict as much damage as they can before they're out of power. This is of a piece with Paulson's handing out all the remaining ... Buck Naked Politics: Will Obama Release the X-File Memos? by Damozel | According to The Telegraph, he's being asked to do exactly that. Desperate to see the US emulate the British Government and disclose reported "contact" with UFOs, the enthusiasts have written to Mr Obama to ask that his ... Buck Naked Politics: Jon Swift on the Black Friday Wal-Mart Stampede by Deb Cupples | My niece and nephew were in town for Thanksgiving, and we made our annual trek to The Mall the day after. The downside of our annual trek is the crowds -- the upside being a chance to work off one-percent of the ... |