Check out this highly recommended diary at Kos, which tries to argue in favour of the proposition that appointments don't matter by equating obama to a mafia don. It doesn't get more "interesting" (As Glenn puts it) than that in terms of rationalizing/justifying obama's picks.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/8/101026/695/605/670633
But yeah, Obama appointing someone he previously voted against confirming should really put this sort of thing over the top, the shark and the moon all at once.
The Wasilla soap opera just gets weirder as Palin complains critics are "picking apart a good point guard"
The media outlet's use of Bush euphemisms sparks a much-needed debate on journalistic standards.
And so are his Fox News pals, who lambasted Sen. Al Franken's "stolen election"
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Thanks for sharing, Governor. Now please take a cue from Norm Coleman, and go away
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