Check out Steve Young's Great Failures of (and lessons from) 2008 in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
• Obama Plans National Marketing Blitz for Stimulus PackageObama tells 90 Bush-era Pentagon appointees to pack their bags and get the hell out -- Stage Set for Obama to Exercise Immense Power Over Domestic Policy• MN-Sen: Franken All But Declares Victory -- Franken Officially Ahead By 50 Votes for Now• Rep. Danny Davis Turned Down Blagojevich Senate Appointment -- Defiant Blagojevich Refusing to Back Down with Burris Apppointment• FBI probing outgoing Congressman Tim Mahoney (R-FL16-Mistress)• Torture prosecutions finally begin in the U.S.• Israel rejects Gaza truce calls• Thanks to AIG, American Taxpayers May Be on the Hook for Madoff Losses
More at the Newswire.
• Obama economic plan to cost 'between $675 and $775 billion'GOP, divided and in the minority, scrambles to cobble together a unified voice in stimulus plan – After Backing Massive Wall Street Bailout, McConnell Mulls Blocking Obama's Economic Stimulus Plan – GMAC gets $6 billion from US treasury -- Former FDIC Chair L. William Seidman, Now Advising Paulson, Is Looking to Profit from Bailout – Axelrod says Obama Administration will push forward tax cuts despite economic crisis• Bush Refuses to Interrupt His Final Vacation as Middle East Crisis EscalatesIsrael declares 'War to the bitter end' on Hamas – Israeli warplanes slam Hamas government compound• Neo-Confederate Coded Word RNC Chair "Magic Negro" Aspirant Gets Support from "Hooded in Their Hearts" Republicans More below the fold.
• Under Bush, OSHA mired in inaction• Dan Rather $70 million lawsuit against CBS becomes a cloud over Bush legacy• Day 3: Israel bombs Gaza in 'all-out war' on Hamas• In rare show of unity, UN pushes end to Gaza violence
NOTE: Newswire aggregating limited headlines through December 30th.
