tom daschle as secretary of health & human services

You don't tap the former Senate Majority Leader to run your health care bureaucracy. That's not his skill set. You tap him to get your health care plan through Congress. You tap him because he understands the parliamentary tricks and has a deep knowledge of the ideologies and incentives of the relevant players. You tap him because you understand that health care reform runs through the Senate. And he accepts because he has been assured that you mean to attempt health care reform.

lieberman stays put

senators voted in secret for joe lieberman to keep his chairmanship. i can't believe they are keeping him on the team - but that's politics. some say he has been put on notice - he should have been put on notice months ago and this should have been the dismissal.

lieberman threatened to leave the democratic caucus if they stripped him of his chairmanship. reid said, "we'll see." i would've said, "good riddens."

i'm up on duffy

ok. so i saw duffy on snl a couple weeks ago. back when i was watching it regularly to catch the tina fey/sarah palin skits. hot. i love her music. another one of her songs came up on last.fm for me today. check out the video.

quantum of solace was excellent

daniel craig is the best 007 ever! quantum of solace was a race of a film - it's only real shortcoming is the lack of gadgets. i really wanted to see at least one cool gadget. but it is very clear that daniel craig has revitalized and reinvented bond the way christian bale did for batman.

must see!

sheila bair for treasury secretary

i surely hope the rumors are true and obama makes her hank paulson's replacement.

can't wait for quantum...

I'm not an athlete, although I've always enjoyed keeping fit in between bouts of minor alcoholism.

I live out of a suitcase, which I found tremendously exciting and romantic when I was younger, and is a pain in the arse now. I don't have any order in my life except when I'm working. Then I'm meticulous; I'm disciplined as much as I can be, because otherwise I can't do it.

pirates in the gulf of aden

pirates? really? how big of a problem can this really be? um, huge! $20M paid out in ransoms in the last year! some shipping companies are taking the hit to their pocketbooks and re-routing ships around the cape of good hope. i'm curious to see what our governments do.

rahm emanuel as chief of staff

good cop bad cop, anyone? it's definitely exciting to have a chief of staff with chops. chicago comes to washington.

michelle obama - 'our commander in sheath'

i am curious how michelle obama's style will change as she takes office. her dress on election night was a bit polarizing. alot of people hated it. one can definitely concede that no other first lady would have worn it, it was not 'safe'. and personally, it grew on me. the more i saw the dress, as it has been captured in billions of photos memorializing the historic win, the more it grew on me.

my favorite so far was her look maria pinto purple sheath worn when barack clinched the democratic nomination.

the one thing i can say about her style thus far is that she has made embellishments her signature. unfortunately, i am not a huge fan of embellishments. but i am a huge fan of having a signature trademark.

check out her style thus far.

our national love story

it's so nice to have a political couple whose romance isn't dead. there's something about the chemistry between the two - you can't deny it's sincerity. i hope their love story becomes a part of our nation's future.