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The Dalai Lama Talks to Larry King on Meeting Obama

His Holiness The Dalai Lama was on Larry King Live last night he spoke to Larry King about his meeting with President Obama a few days before:
The full interview with the Dalai Lama is available on the Dalai Lama’s website.

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Former Kerry Aide Marvin Nicholson to Stay on Obama’s Team

The Boston Globe reports that John Kerry’s former “body man” Marvin Nicholson will “continue his role as “trip director” for President-elect Barack Obama.”
Nicholson, Kerry’s former “Chief of Stuff,” will coordinate the “minute-by-minute movements on Air Force One and on the road” for incoming President Barack Obama.
Dem Daily readers may remember this story about Nicholson on [...]

‘Rednecks for Obama’ Making News

Rednecks for Obama are back in the news again today. I wrote about them back in late August. Here’s the latest:
Tony Viessman, 74, and Les Spencer, 60, got politically active last year when it occurred to them there must be other lower income, rural, beer-drinking, gun-loving, NASCAR race enthusiasts fed up with business as usual [...]

Loretta Sanchez and Linda Sanchez , CA-48 and CA-39, Lose Brother in Boating Accident

The sister’s Sanchez have had days of waiting as their brother and his companion were missing. Today the Los Angeles Times has the story of his boat being found and both bodies being on-board.
I’ve met Loretta Sanchez. She’s a strong willed person who will stand up to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Yet think of the horror [...]

Late Night: Johnny A

If you like great guitarists, then I have a treat for you all tonight: Johnny A. Johnny A is truly one of the finest guitarists I have ever seen perform over the years — in fact he’s so fine, that Gibson Guitar even created the Johnny A. Signature model. I first saw Johnny A perform [...]

Curt Shilling Steps Up to the Plate to Provide Home for Evacuees

Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and wife Shonda connected with a family needing housing through Web site, openyourhome.com, which matches displaced families with people willing to house them.
The Schillings registered Friday and on Saturday anonymously arranged for the Fields family, with seven children between the ages of 5 and 12, to fly to Boston and [...]

“I’m So Sorry” — Show It — Meet With Cindy!

Newsweek has a story about how Bush deals with grieving families. “I’m so sorry“, is a portrait of man conflicted about the consequences of the Iraq war. Yet, the question looms…
If George W. Bush makes a point to meet with and grieve with families who have lost their loved ones in Iraq, WHY, WHY, [...]

The Washington Note: MSNBC Firm on Bolton and PlameGate

Despite the fact that the White House is hinting at a recess appointment for Bolton, Steve Clemons of the TWN reports that ‘MSNBC reports to TWN that its source on Bolton being interviewed by the Valerie Plame Wilson grand jury “is unimpeachable.”‘