The eagle has landed

Obama is in D.C. and he already has problems. It seems his stimulus bill will not be ready at 12:01 PM on January 20th, oh, and he's got his first official cabinet faux-pas.

Well, you knew someone wasn't going to make the final cut.

Am I the only one that thinks this Richardson thing was all a set up? Think about it: Richardson gets passed over twice, so Obama names him to Commerce as a thank you for the support, but they both know that he won't get sworn in. Richardson gets his public hat tip, Obama repays a debt and gets some added support from the hispanic community, everyone is happy.

What, too cynical? Come on...FBI investigations don't just come out of no where, just ask the Governor of Illionois.

Oh, and this week we get to set the clock all the way back to 1959 with a special 98 member Senate.

And, in other news (via Boing Boing): did you realize that no American President has died under that same flag that he was born under? At first this made no sense to me, but then you think about it and realize that it's so obvious. And it can only mean one thing: hola to our fifty first state: Puerto Rico (or Canada if the Queen can't work things out).

Only 16 days to go...happy New Year.