Nightly Ramble: The ‘Corner Store’ Edition

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It’s the Corner Store edition. Just a few quick items. In, and out.

• Obama to be upstatged: As you likely already know, Barack

Fox News, this monring:

New York Gov. David Paterson will name Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, an upstate Democrat, to replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate, a Democratic official with knowledge of the governor’s decision told FOX News on Thursday night.

James at OTB:

Having initially been highly skeptical of Hillary Clinton’s appointment as Secretary of State, partly on the basis that she had neither diplomatic experience nor a diplomatic temperament, I feel obliged to pass on this observation from

Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere… Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble

Lots going on, today, despite it being a holiday. Let’s get to it.

• It’s about time you did this, Mr. President.  Only one

Welcome one and all, to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere… Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble.

(Editor’s note: Due to a screwup on my part, this post went up before it was suppsoed to.)

We started off a little

You will have seen, by now, my piece on Hillary Clinton and political payoffs here on BitsBlog and On Pajamas Media. Apparently it’s a still developing story, with new players being added all the time. this morning, comes  The

Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read on the ‘shere… Bit’sBlog’s Nightly Ramble

First regular ramble of the New Year, and so much going on, I don’t know as I can fir it all in… but I’ll

Regular readers will be interested to know that I’ve got a post up over at Pajamas Media on the Hillary Clinton Play for Pay thing.

Top of the Ticket:

New Mexico Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew his name as Commerce Secretary-designate this afternoon for the new administration of President-elect Barack Obama.

With an almost audible sigh of relief barely two weeks before his inauguration

Charlie Savage in the New York Times, who apparently has suddenly found it’s investigative chops again, now that the danger of Democrats losing power in the recent election has passed….

WASHINGTON — An upstate New York developer donated $100,000 to

You don’t have to have actual eyesight to see that Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg is woefully unfit to serve as a United States Senator, but apparently working eyes help.  We all know that New York governor David Paterson is legally blind. 

Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere… BitsBlog’s Nightly Ramble.

Lot’s of last minute stuff to get in before the holiday. Let’s get to it.

• I’m hearing they’re starting to ask Chris Dodd

The nation is on the cusp of a depression.   We have an raw, naive and untested President taking office next monh.     New York State’s economy is  tanking.    What New York State does not need is yet another mere celebrity senator.  

I’ve been watching the events and reax from the arrest and indictment of Rod Blagojevich,-(D) (The owner of what is possbly the worst rug I’ve ever seen… and given Sam Donaldson, that’s saying something…) I have begun to wonder just

The Puffster, a/k/a Tom Daschle, is claiming, albeit without evidence, that somehow Obamacare would be a boom to our economy, Laura Meckler, Wall Street Journal:

WASHINGTON — Former Sen. Tom Daschle, who is slated to oversee health-care policy