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Housekeeper and Taxes Are Said to Derail Kennedy’s Bid NYTIMES (ALBANY) – Problems involving taxes and a household employee surfaced during the vetting of Caroline Kennedy and derailed her candidacy for the Senate, a person close to Gov. David A. Paterson said on Thursday, in an account at odds with Ms. Kennedy’s own description of [...]

“My hope, and please understand me when I say this. I disagree fervently with the people on our side of the aisle who have caved and who say, ‘Well, I hope he succeeds. We’ve got to give him a chance.’ Why? They didn’t give Bush a chance in 2000. Before he was inaugurated, the search-and-destroy [...]

   [Enlarge] President Obama hugged his half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, at her December 2003 wedding to Konrad Ng, third from right, in Hawaii. From left, his daughters, Sasha and Malia; his grandmother Madelyne Dunham, seated; Konrad’s parents, Joan and Howard Ng, and brother Perry Ng; and Michelle Obama. ———————————————————————— Reference: In First Family, a Nation’s Many Faces [...]

President Obama signed his first executive order yesterday, concerning ethics within the executive office, accompanied by Vice President Biden. He made ‘unprecedented‘ changes to open up government and limit lobbyists’ insider influence. He also took up withdrawal from Iraq, Mideast peace and the closure of Guantanamo. Barack Obama moved decisively to distance himself from the [...]