Hillary Clinton: 'It's going to be hard'
by Mark Silva Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived at the State Department this morning, and President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will follow at Foggy Bottom this afternoon -- as a sign of the importance the new administration will place on diplomacy. Clinton, speaking of the "potential and possibility'' of American foreign policy, drew a warm welcome from a diplomatic bureaucracy that has played second fiddle to military policy for much of the Bush...

Gov. Paterson to Name Kirsten Gillibrand to U.S. Senate
Reports are claiming that New York governor David Paterson will select Kirsten Gillibrand, Representative from New York, to replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate.

Mark Penn Poll: Mark Penn’s Ad Is Best Ad Of Politics
Politics magazine will release the results of their “2008 campaign poll of political insiders” this Thursday, but we already know the winner of one category: best ad of the presidential race. It is Hillary Clinton’s “3 a.m.” ad, the one about how Hillary Clinton was the only person who could answer a telephone at night without getting us all killed, or raped. Mark Penn was the “thrust” behind this successful ad, which you may have read about in any colu

Hillary Clinton Promises New Era In U.S. Diplomacy
About 1,000 employees crammed the entryway to the department and cheered robustly when Clinton arrived for her first full day as secretary of state.... More

Clintons launch campaign swing for Obama in Pa.
AP - When Bill and Hillary Clinton take the stage Sunday at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, it will be the launch of an active campaign for their former nemesis Barack Obama in the home stretch of the 2008 presidential race. The nation’s best known and most powerful Democrats for nearly two decades, the former first couple is getting used to a new role: cheerleaders for Obama, who vanquished Hillary Clinton last spring in a Democratic primary contest for the ages. Whatever recriminations the Clint

Obama’s Inauguration So Popular Because Of Decemberists
President Obama is expected to sign executive orders decreeing free foot massages and cookies for Guantanamo detainees, just like his opponents always warned us. [UPI] People who work in the downtown, Mall and Capitol Hill areas will be treated to rolling street closures and anti-abortion protests today. [Washington Post] Hillary Clinton was very predictably approved as secretary [...]

Clinton confirmed as secretary of state
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate approved the nomination of Hillary Clinton for secretary of state Wednesday by a vote of 94-2. The New York senator, former first lady and former presidential candidate will become America's next chief diplomat. The sole dissenting votes came from Sens. Jim DeMint, R-South Carolina, and David Vitter, R-Louisiana. Clinton's confirmation was held up Tuesday when Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn objected to a voice vote, demanding a roll call vote instead.

A Very Important Message From Hillary Clinton
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It's Been Much Too Long
La Pequeña has returned to us! I was beginning to think she fell down the toilet or was eaten by a house cat or something. Thankfully, none of those things happened, so she was able to give us this amazing video. La Pequena Hillary Clinton is back and this time she's pissed at America for not giving her the nomination! She's so fucking angry that she's turned into La Pequeña Hillary Hulk! She's like a cute, tiny, grouchy pickle person! This is what the real Hillary probably looks like when she tries to p

Paterson Makes It Official: Meet Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Photograph of Senator-designate Kirsten Gillibrand, surrounded by other lawmakers including Governor Paterson by Mike Groll/APGovernor Paterson introduced his long-awaited pick to fill Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, upstate Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand. Politicker NY reports Gillibrand said, "I realize that for many New Yorkers, this is the first time you've heard my name and you don't know much about me. But I assure you that over the next few years, you will get to know me, and I will get to know you

Campaiging for Obama, Celebrating Hillary
For a while, the political rally that took place in Scranton, Pennsylvania on October 12 seemed to be taking place in a parallel universe in which Hillary Clinton is running a general election campaign. Scranton, of course, is Clinton Country. Older white women constituted the majority of the crowd inside the Astroturf carpeted sports complex, and many of them wore Hillary buttons on their shirts. Several of the men wore Hillary buttons on the suspenders they used to hold up their jeans. Bill delivering a

Sarah Palin = Star Wars, Hillary Clinton = Star Trek [Political Science (fiction)]
The Republicans tried to replace Hillary Clinton in the hearts of millions of women voters by giving us Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate. But Palin hasn't quite proved to be the perfect Hillary replacement. Could it be their differing policies? Nah. It's really the fact that Hillary is totally Star Trek, while Sarah is 100 percent Star Wars. And there's no substituting between those two things. Conclusive proof below. Hillary is technobabble, Sarah is The Force. Ask Hillary how she plans to refor

Palin on SNL? ‘All in good time,’ producer says
NEW YORK (AP) -- It seems like the inevitable comedic summit of this fall’s presidential campaign: the real Sarah Palin coming on "Saturday Night Live" to meet her look-alike impersonator, Tina Fey. Tina Fey, left, portrays Gov. Sarah Palin during an SNL skit. Right, Palin waves to the crowd. "All in good time," said a cagey Lorne Michaels, longtime executive producer of NBC’s "Saturday Night Live," which has been rejuvenated this fall by Fey’s three skits

A Palin ‘SNL’ appearance likely to be a surprise
It seems like the inevitable comedic summit of this fall's presidential campaign: the real Sarah Palin coming on "Saturday Night Live" to meet her look-alike impersonator, Tina Fey."All in good time," said a cagey Lorne Michaels, longtime executive producer of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," which has been rejuvenated this fall by Fey's three skits as the Republican vice presidential candidate.Michaels said on Wednesday he wasn't actively seeking Palin, but that the McCain campaign called after the first skit,

Sarah on 'SNL'? Palin & show both open to it
It seems like the inevitable comedic summit of this fall's presidential campaign: the real Sarah Palin coming on "Saturday Night Live" to meet her look-alike impersonator, Tina Fey. RELATED: Palin TO DROP PUCK AT RANGERS-FLYERS "All in good time," said a cagey Lorne Michaels, longtime executive producer of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," which has been rejuvenated this fall by Fey's three skits as the Republican vice presidential candidate. Michaels said on Wednesday he wasn't actively seeking Palin, but tha

America Travels Back in Time [Y2k]
There's no War on Terror!John McCain is a maverick! Hooray: 2000 is back!America apparently forgot about 9/11, because President Obama is rolling back all the important and effective new national security policies of the Bush administration, like secret CIA prisons and extraordinary rendition of uncharged terrorism suspects to foreign countries where they'll be conveniently tortured. And he's closing Guantanamo! This means there is no more "War on Terror," and we lost, because there is still terror, obvious

Will Fey's impersonation woo Palin to 'SNL'?
It seems like the inevitable comedic summit of this fall's presidential campaign: the real Sarah Palin going on "Saturday Night Live" to meet her look-alike impersonator, Tina Fey. Images View Larger Image "All in good time," said a cagey Lorne Michaels, longtime executive producer of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," which has been rejuvenated this fall by Fey's three skits as the Republica

Caroline Kennedy Ends Entire Dynasty [Breaking]
Uh. David Paterson was going to appoint Caroline Kennedy to the Senate tomorrow, or this weekend, but now he can't, because she dropped out of the "race."This is according to The New York Post which cites no one at all, and sometimes Post exclusives are from fantasyland, but hey, this is what they say:Caroline Kennedy has told Gov. Paterson that she is withdrawing her name from consideration to replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate, The Post has learned.Kennedy cited "personal reasons," according to so

Obama Hottie Goes Into Facebook Hiding [Jon Favreau]
The attention, it was just too much: Barack Obama 's single, 27-year-old speechwriter apparently disappeared himself from Facebook within three days of his boss' inauguration. We blame young women.Oh, sure, it could have something to do with White House policy, federal law, yadda yadda yadda.All we know is that after Obama's staff, including the speechwriter, Jon Favreau, appeared in a Times Magazine photo essay Sunday, we heard from a friend desperate for advice on what to say to Favreau on Facebook, where

Will Fey's impersonation woo Palin to 'SNL'?
It seems like the inevitable comedic summit of this fall's presidential campaign: the real Sarah Palin going on "Saturday Night Live" to meet her look-alike impersonator, Tina Fey. Images View Larger Image "All in good time," said a cagey Lorne Michaels, longtime executive producer of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," which has been rejuvenated this fall by Fey's three skits as the Republica

Caroline Kennedy's Family Struggle [Dynasties]
Caroline Kennedy made it official, confirming she would no longer seek a U.S. senate seat "for personal reasons." Those personal reasons likely have a lot to do with Teddy Kennedy.Caroline Kennedy told associates her decision was related to uncle Ted's illness, according to the Times, which sounded at first, to us and others, like an implausible excuse. Ted Kennedy's brain tumor has been a serious concern since the summer, well before Caroline was in contention for Hillary Clinton's senate seat.But then cam

U.S. foreign policy: Who's in charge?
The planned appointment of former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell as Mideast envoy today resolves the outstanding question about American foreign policy: Who will be in charge?  The answer: Both of them.  President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will appear today at the State Department to formally announce Clinton’s appointment and to roll out some of her senior staff and envoys. Among them will be Mitchell, a source familiar with the plans

The Star Report: Light reading - autobiographies from Sarah Palin and Britney spears?
One would think that wilderness governor Sarah Palin and resurgent pop tart Britney Spears probably don't have much in common, unless you count similar family planning strategies. But guess what? They're writers, too! Word comes that massive book deals are in the works for both. Palin has reportedly enlisted the services of Robert Barnett, the Washington lawyer who represented President Obama, would-be President Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton in their multimillion-dollar book

Meet Your New (Homophobic, Gun-Loving) Senator, New York
One had to expect that Caroline Kennedy's resignation from the horse race for Hillary Clinton's Senate seat would closely precede word of New York Governor David Paterson's appointment of a winner. Given her recent tendency to behave like an entitled child , one who refuses to accept that she's not wanted at the party, there was no way Kennedy was dropping out until she was sure she'd lost. Today, less than 24 hours after the end of Kennedy's Senate bid, Kristen Gi