Commentary Topic from greenfaucet
Why did Republicans re-elect John Boehner as House Minority Leader despite the beating the GOP took in November? Ah, yes... it must have been to watch him continue to be outwitted--this time by a guy who hasn't even taken office yet.
Further details of the Obama stimulus plan that emerged today contained the following little nugget, from the President-elect himself:
"We are going to ban all earmarks, the process by which individual members insert projects without review."