The idea of federal yard sales. Literally. Obama finds unfamiliar foreboding in AP analysis: “Gone are the days when they could merely bludgeon the Bush administration and promise to seek bipartisan solutions to the nation’s economic problems.” Obama’s bracket backlash: “I think it’s the first time a sitting president has ever wasted his time in such a public fashion.” The creepy fallout of bailouts: “Give the bonuses back, or we’ll find a way to take them back.” Turns out the enforcement of existing laws is pretty darn popular. Chris Dodd works on cleaning up the phenomenal political mess he made himself. Governors entreated to spend stimulus money really, really fast, and totally responsibly and transparency, but mostly really, really fast. Bloomberg opening borough election HQs. N.C. State student identifies new and innovattive way to deal with “hate speech:” putty and paint. The growing Geithner problem. Obama: Geithner’s doing a heckuva job.
