Jason Reich

Al-Qaeda, meet Janet!

November 20, 2008 - The latest name to emerge from the speculation surrounding Barack Obama's cabinet appointments is that of Janet Napolitano, the Arizona governor who, sources say, has been tapped to become secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. By all accounts she's a popular choice, and apparently even...

Potential AG Eric Holder gives us black robe fever

November 19, 2008 - If you're waiting to hear back about your job application for attorney general, you're about to get some bad news. According to reports, Barack Obama has offered the gig to longtime lawyer and former deputy attorney general...

Find out where Barack Obama is RIGHT NOW!

November 18, 2008 - The Obama family is getting ready to pack up and move to Washington, and if the media has anything to say about it, D.C. residents will be able to know exactly where they are at every minute of the day. First came the frenzied speculation about where daughters...

Obama's DC concert is completely sold out

November 18, 2008 - Want tickets to Barack Obama's inauguration? Get in line, you entitled snot. The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies has distributed just 240,000 tickets for the event, which are available...

Inappropriate Hottie Rundown: White House kids

November 17, 2008 - With Inauguration Day a few short weeks away, the most eagerly anticipated new residents of the White House aren't Michelle and Barack Obama, but their way-too-cute daughters, Sasha and Malia...

Everybody wanna getta piece of Obama

November 16, 2008 - Since the very moment Barack Obama was declared the winner of the election, the president elect's phone has been ringing non-stop with advice, suggestions and requests from leaders around the world. The Russians, the Europeans, even the Taliban want...

You'll never work for Barack Obama

November 14, 2008 - Sure, we're in an economic crisis, but that doesn't mean nobody's hiring. President-elect Obama is looking for a few good men, and by "good," we mean squeaky-clean, unbesmirched, never-done-a-thing-wrong-ever good. Anyone seeking a high-level post in the new administration...

Old GOP pol (not McCain) pissed about young Dem upstart (not Obama)

November 13, 2008 - Well, well. A hearty ironic congratulations and a sarcastic slow clap to Vanessa Sievers, the 20-year-old Dartmouth College junior who ran for treasurer of Grafton County, NH, and won. The defeated three-term Republican incumbent, 68-year-old Carol Elliott, protested that Ms. Sievers won only becaus...

The Utah boycott: find out what you aren't missing

November 13, 2008 - On Election Day, California voters overrode a state Supreme Court ruling and passed Proposition 8 banning gay marriage. It's a tragedy for equal rights, and yet advocates for gay marriage are putting the blame not on Californians, but on Utah and it...

¿Como se dice, "Secretary of State"?

November 12, 2008 - Hispanic leaders are loudly calling for Barack Obama to pick New Mexico governor Bill Richardson for his Secretary of State. (No word whether they are also swigging tequila and firing their six-shooters into the air.) Speculation about Barack Obama's cabinet has been swirling since the election, an...

Dear President Poopyhead: children's letters to Barack Obama

November 12, 2008 - Good news, teachers. America has just given you a brand-new class project. Why not have your adorable tykes write letters to the new president elect of the United States? They're doing it everywhere, from...

President-elect Obama saying it to himself, over and over again

November 11, 2008 - Barack Obama gave his first press conference as president elect last week. It was a generally mellow affair focused on economic issues. But any Obama supporter worth his or her "Hope" button couldn't help but feel a little thrill hearing about the measures Obama plans to enact, as he...

Barack Obama has been president-elect for two days yet my cancer isn't cured- WTF?

November 6, 2008 - The New York Times reports today about efforts by the Obama camp to manage expectation about the incoming president. With enthusiasm for the candidate through the roof, aides are concerned that supporters may be upset or frustrated if Obama can not quickly solve all America's problems or wash away...

Look out, environment, because you're about to get Kennedy-ed

November 6, 2008 - As the speedy transition to an Obama White House moves forward, speculation over who will be filling important roles in the administration continues to circulate. As of Wednesday morning, Obama said he was considering putting environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at the head of the Environme...

Election night slideshow: World stunned that 52% of America is kind of like them

November 5, 2008 - Chances are you spent most of last night in a drunken stupor, be it one of disappointment or of revelry. Either way, you missed quite a bit. Check out what else was happening on election day, both around the world and here in the U-S-A...