Hillary for Secretary of State...Huh?!?

According to the New York Post, it appears that Barack Obama is considering naming Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. Now, what has Hillary Clinton done to be considered worthy of this title? Or, will Bill Clinton be feeding Hillary advice about how to be diplomatic?

This should be an interesting cast of characters being nominated for positions within the Obama administration. After all, they do have an interesting screening process. The New York Times featured the questionnaire sent out to prospective Obama administration officials. Check out the questionnaire here. I wonder if Hillary had to fill it out, because if she did, the questionnaire probably avoided the ethical questions.

Connolly Reveals His Agenda

BVBL reports that Gerry Connolly has decided to reveal his true agenda, which will include raising the gas tax to pay for transportation improvements. Connolly made this comment on WTOP's Politics Program with Mark Plotkin. Connolly said, "If the gas tax is the way we do that, so be it. It hasn't been raised in a long time," Connolly said. "I hate to talk about raising taxes first thing out, but we have to stabilize the revenue source for the Federal Highway Trust Fund."

Now, why didn't Gerry share this with the voters in the 11th district before last Tuesday? Connolly should know that raising taxes is not the solution to the transportation crisis. Cutting back on unnecessary programs is the first step to the crisis, so that more money will be available. Anyone with common sense would know this, but Gerry doesn't realize this and his DC office phones will be ringing off the hook for the next two years with angry complaints from his constituents.

Obama: Ready to Lead Now

According to Newsbusters.com, Obama's transition co-chair Valerie Jarrett made a statement on Meet The Press that states how Barack Obama will waste no time ruling the country. Doesn't this already confirm our worries that Obama will pushing his liberal agenda forward? Jarrett said, "given the daunting challenges that we face, it's important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one."

Well, fasten your seat belts, folks. The Obama administration promises a bumpy ride for the next four years.

Obama: Who will I tax first?

You know the famous statement: "Democrats like to tax everything. When something is born, they tax it. When a business grows, they regulate it. When something dies, they subsidize it." Well, the very first thing President-elect Obama wants to do is start working on jump starting the economy, and his plan is to provide tax relief for the middle class. I guess that tax relief will be in the form of economic stimulus checks, which will have to paid back to the government. So, it appears that taxes will no doubt increase.

The Dallas Morning News reports that Obama also has his eyes, not just on the economy, but on health care and education reform, as well as withdrawing troops from Iraq. All things that will cost the United States more debt over time. The enacting of these reforms are only going to cause the economy to spiral further in decline.

Hopefully, Obama will reach across the aisle and seek common sense proposals that will help put America back on the right track. Taxing people in a troubled economy will only result in more people who will be poverty stricken or deciding whether they will have to choose between rent or food.