Townhall.com Leon Panetta is a good pick as CIA director because he knows how to get access to the president, which is essential to the job, writes Hugh Hewitt. House Democrats plan to hold a hearing on the stimulus bill that ... READ MORE
The Corner Republicans get some satisfaction in watching Democrats stumble over Roland Burris, the man they had first pledged to block from the Senate but who now looks like he'll get in, writes Byron York. Republicans need to make clear whether they'll ... READ MORE
TalkingPointsMemo Leon Panetta's nomination as CIA director might go through if President-elect Obama retains the agency's number two guy, Stephen Kappes, who has a big supporter in Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), writes Josh Marshall. Feinstein is right to say that Roland ... READ MORE
MyDD The negative reaction by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) to President-elect Obama's choice of Leon Panetta as CIA director once again shows that change to Washington won't come easy, writes Charles Lemos. Under President Bush's time in ... READ MORE
Daily Kos President-elect Obama's choice of Leon Panetta as CIA director shows that he's serious about breaking away from the intelligence community's past practices, writes mcjoan. Since Republican Norm Coleman stands little chance of winning a lawsuit to help him overturn Democrat ... READ MORE
Marc Ambinder Vice President-elect Joe Biden is going to Southwest Asia this week so he can gather data to help the Obama administration hit the ground running once it takes office, writes Marc Ambinder. The row between Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and ... READ MORE
The Fix Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan is the slight favorite to to win the RNC chairman's race, which is still wide open and is starting to divide the GOP, writes Chris Cillizza. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's (R) decision not ... READ MORE
The Corner President-elect Barack Obama may not have seriously vetted New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) for his selection as Commerce secretary, Byron York proposes after reading a Washington Post report that Richardson downplayed the significance of the investigation that led him to withdraw his name. ... READ MORE
Daily Kos Democrat Al Franken is playing it safe by staying in Minnesota after declaring victory over incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), but that's not enough to keep RNC Chairman Robert "Mike" Duncan from accusing him of stealing Coleman's Senate seat through ... READ MORE
Townhall.com Caroline Kennedy's Senate campaign has tanked, Amanda Carpenter proclaims after a new Public Policy Polling survey reported that 44 percent of New Yorkers have a "lesser" opinion of her than before she announced her desire to fill Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) ... READ MORE
