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Steve Clemons on one of the unsung heroes behind Barack Obama’s rise to power:

It’s Congressman Cooper’s new staff assistant:

U.S. Congressman Jim Cooper today announced that he has appointed Effie Johnson to the position of staff assistant.

The qualities Barack Obama is currently seeking in a running mate may be much the same as those sought by George W. Bush in 2000:

US Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones has died.

Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives, died Wednesday after suffering an aneurysm, medical officials said. She was 58.

Al Gore’s former Chief Of Staff talks presidential debate politics. (via Dru)

Reports have come in that presidential candidate, Mabel, has been immersed in a political scandal of astronomical proportions.

A secret camera has found that Mabel and an unidentified female that we think might possibly be a communist participated in a **gasp** terrorist fist bump.

Calvin Rye thinks that the Chairman of the Shelby County Board of Education better watch his back:

Ah, the dreaded "spend time with the family" excuse. It's no secret that San Francisco has had "difficulties" in addressing issues related to homelessness; many believe they've done about the worst job possible and have mistreated scores of people in the process.

... but I think Karl Rove's exit of the country supposedly on the date of his Subpoena to Appear before the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee is telling.