How Obama gets to 60 from the National Journal

K Friedl over that Nash Journal breaks it down how Obama can get to 60 senators on a bunch of bills. Apparently there are 4 GOPers who are likely to pull an Iverson. Without looking at the article, can you guess who?

The Call: Episode 5, 22 June 2008

I'm attempting to incorporate the audio of The Call as a podcast from this weblog. Let's see how it goes.

The Rose, Samuel Beckett-style

This cracked me up.

Chill Out, Winston!

I hope Obama schools douchebags like Boehner.

Blagojevich Impeached in Record Time, Bush Flown Off in Executive One

Anyone else struggling with the fact that Blagojevich was whisked out of office for relatively minor corrupt-politics tactics, while only Kucinich had the balls to move to impeach Bush, and he was stonewalled on that? Does America find petty criminals disgusting, but reveres large-scale ones?

"You could grow orchids in there"

Maybe the best reason I'd want to work in the Obama White House--he likes it toasty:

“He’s from Hawaii, O.K.?” said Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Axelrod, who occupies the small but strategically located office next door to his boss. “He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there.”

Here's the New York Times article on Obama's dress code and thermostat tactics.

Mike Birbiglia: Whiffleball Tony

It's just the audio, but enjoy this 2 minute clip from Mike Birbiglia's standup which compares the Bush presidency to "Whiffleball Tony", that goodtime guy who comes by to the barbecue and starts up the whiffleball game.

There are few standups I enjoy -- but this guy is the goods.

John Oliver on Long Island

Still one of the funniest bits from the campaign.

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Indecision 2008 - Pander Auction

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Cowbell

The Chancellor hipped me to this. Hilarious.

Klosterman and the Obama Basketball Myth

I dig Klosterman, and loved this Esquire piece on Craig Robinson, brother-in-law of the baller-in-chief. Chuck examines the worn yarn about how Robinson was able to learn alot about Obama in their first pick-up game together.

Money paragraph:

In an interview with ESPN, Robinson described Obama's floor game like this: Barack is a left-handed player who can only go to his left. He's got a long frame. He'd rather drive than shoot. He isn't much of a passer. From this cursory description, it sounds as if Obama is a politicized version of ex-St. John's scoring machine Walter Berry. But this comparison is inaccurate. According to Robinson, the player Obama most resembles is stoic, Nixon-era point guard Lenny Wilkens. Now, this might be true. His logic works. But I assume Robinson also felt an obligation to select a southpaw doppelgänger who represents a certain class of positive, nebulous value. Wilkens has been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame twice and has no negative baggage; conversely, nobody who understands basketball would want to think their president is like Walter Berry, an offensive black hole who once casually remarked, "My game does not consist of fundamentals." Such an allusion would not test well.