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President-elect Barack Obama is calling for Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich to resign. That’s according to an Obama spokesperson. Earlier this week, Blagojevich was arrested on federal corruption charges. He’s accused of conspiring to sell or trade the Senate seat vacated by Obama in exchange for financial benefits for himself and his wife. At a news conference, the President-elect said he had no contact with the Governor about selling his Senate seat and added that he’s saddened by the news. Blagojevich is free on bail.
Obama told reporters this week that it’s time to deal with the issue of climate change in a serious way. With former Vice President Al Gore at his side, he said the time for denial is over. Gore, Obama and Vice-President Elect Joe Biden met privately in Chicago to discuss energy and climate change. A spokeswoman for Gore said he wasn’t seeking an official position in the new administration, but the meeting prompted speculation about what the former Vice President’s exact role in an Obama White House might be. The President-Elect said the purpose of the meeting was to learn how new environmental policies can spur job creation and jumpstart the economy.
Former Senator Tom Daschle is Obama’s choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. The President-elect made the official announcement earlier today. The former Senate majority leader from South Dakota said he plans to write the health care proposal that Obama will submit to Congress next year. Daschle said he hopes to have the plan enacted by next year, but added that it will take several years to implement. The former senator is currently on the health care advisory group of Obama’s transition team.
As Obama continues to fill out his Cabinet, Democratic sources say the President-elect is close to naming his pick for energy secretary. Steven Chu, who’s a physicist and runs the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is reportedly Obama’s choice. Sources say Obama will also name Carol Browner to be the newly created climate director inside the White House. Browner was the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the Clinton administration.
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June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
you are a dumb …
you are a dumb shit, global warming is now called climate change Al Gore and Obama are a bunch of liberal idiots.
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Global warming is …
Global warming is the Great Lie! And it looks like Obama is adding to his corrupt buddies list.
People who don’t care for Barack Obama are NOT racist…in fact I am pleased that Michael Steele was just voted in as the new RNC Chairman. This racist claim has got to go…this is 2009 and those racist arguments don’t wash. Get out of the past!
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
research global …
research global warming…..it’s false!!!
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
im on cam and bored …
im on cam and bored
wanting new friends bB
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
I guess you’re …
I guess you’re probably not going to like me too much.
That’s fine. Obamabot.
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Hurry, throw Blago …
Hurry, throw Blago under the bus too, before you get caught!
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Note that Obama is …
Note that Obama is saying exactly what Nixon said following Watergate.
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Better not go to …
Better not go to south India Al – the peasants there will throw more than a SHOE at you – IF they have the strength after selling their kidneys to pay for losses from their GMO Rice! IF they haven’t already commited suicide for a pittance of insurance for their starving children! Saying “sorry” doesn’t cut it Al: STOP whoring for Monsanto’s death machine! Period!
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
fuck whoever …
whoever doesn’t like obama
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Nov.12,08:” …
Nov.12,08:”According to Advisor B,from the Pres.elect’s perspective,there would be fewer ‘fingerprints’ on the Pres.elect’s involvement with ‘Change to Win’…”you wo’nt have stories in 4yrs. that they bought you off”.
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
hey, at least hes …
hey, at least hes trying to stop global warming and hes stopping corruption. the people who hate Obama are the racist ones…
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
yup
yup
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Obama is an America …
Obama is an America hating hunk of trash….
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Lot of ppl could …
Lot of ppl could say the same about the US
lol
who’s right?
R: The one with the more money.
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
WHY I NOT SURPRIZED …
WHY I NOT SURPRIZED ??well is typical serbian trash ,this bastards kill ,genocide and corrupt evrything though.naw thei ar trying to import this to US !!!!
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
In various attempts …
In various attempts to explain away the corruption of Chicago political sleez, the Messiahobama cannot put two words together without stuttering, ah, erhing, like a grade schooler. I thought G.W. Bush was an idiot because he didn’t speak fluently. Also Obami used poor grammer with an incorrect congigation of a verb, but he is a genius? , ahing r
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
great weekly …
great weekly segment idea
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Obama cannot be an …
Obama cannot be an American president because he will naturally be loyal to his mother’s country and loyal to his father’s country. This is against the Constitution. Go to RallyCongress[dot]com.064
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Gore is a fraud and …
Gore is a fraud and so is Global Warming.
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
..watch what the …
..watch what the other cash puppeter of Obama hopes to have institutied as soon as possible:Oprah is OUTED in the YouTube video..The Gospel According To Oprah’s Friends…and…Marianne Willaimson Movie One..these new age demon channelers want all religions(except theirs)..and churches to be eliminated…(bad for the earth “brain-vibrations”)..and the looney left want the climate control clean-green agenda IMPOSED ON ALL OF US as~~~fast~~so no one can protest! also cows to much:they’re OUT!
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Wow! does no one …
Wow! does no one know what tactics Obama used to get himself in the seat of the state senate? He is just part and a participant of the Chicago democratic machine.
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Oblabla and …
Oblabla and Blagojevich are as greasy as fried lard.
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
explains how …
explains how obummer got in that seat.
after 143 of attendance he’s ready to dictate.
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Is UPI still owned …
Is UPI still owned by the Moonies?
June 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Obama has nothing …
Obama has nothing to do with this. Go Obama!