Daily Democratic Wire 12-31-2009

George Wenschhof

Today, while still on vacation in Hawaii, President Barack Obama will receive the preliminary internal report he ordered on the attempted airline bombing - tidbits already leaked to the press showed a shortcoming in the sharing of information between agencies. Time.com has more here.

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With the year ending, it seems everyone has something to say -

MSNBC FirstRead.com Blog has a good piece on the ten most over hyped stories of the decade - remember Weapons of Mass Destruction and Iraq being an imminent threat? How about "Joe, the Plumber", the stupid story used by Republicans in the 2008 election. The guy's name was not Joe and he wasn't even a plumber. You can read more here.

The Chicago Tribune SwampPolitics.com has a story on the graying of President Obama during his first year in office. You can read it here.

Politico.com weighs in with their top ten weirdest moments of 2009 - remember Chief Justice Roberts misspeaking during the inauguration and Obama being sworn in twice? You can read more here.

TheHill.com writes about how extraordinary the 2009 year has been - how about the impeachment of Illinois Governor Rd Blagojevich (D)? or the "You Lie!" comment from Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.)? The loss of the Lion of the Senate Ted Kennedy and of course the election of the first African American President. You can read more here.

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Following on the heels of a news report detailing a U.S. Army study showing the Afghan troops are nowhere near ready to assume security of their country, a suicide bomber wearing Afghan military uniform kills C.I.A. operatives at a camp base - The NY Times has more on this story here.

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Democratic Change Commission charged with reviewing Democratic Party Presidential primary process issues first report - chaired by Jeff Berman, the early recommendations include superdelegates having to cast their ballots based on the electoral results in their states. I still do not see the reason for superdelegates and would rather see them go away. Also discussed was making the earliest primary February 1. It was January 8, 2008 in New Hampshire. Politico.com has more here.

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