Could Obama have made a weirder choice for CIA director? Here's why Panetta is doomed. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/XQ4dsioJCeUw6-9q0WsVjQPZcgc/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/XQ4dsioJCeUw6-9q0WsVjQPZcgc/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/hT0bNk_8M1s" height="1" width="1"/

Board says DFL candidate prevailed by 225 votes over GOP incumbent Coleman. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/qh6rNMqiYH3MI2G1JFrpU66dznE/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/qh6rNMqiYH3MI2G1JFrpU66dznE/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/Vv4Juv1cIHo" height="1" width="1"/

Israel is encouraging abuses by preventing foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/UU1KbKF-IQ5j6_8AA0QhpZy2OGc/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/UU1KbKF-IQ5j6_8AA0QhpZy2OGc/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/b3KoEQhLF9g" height="1" width="1"/

Will Tim Kaine be a good DNC chair? Much will depend on what the Obama team has planned. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/I2mWvtekPxaMsQWMrg0EyZcxCH8/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/I2mWvtekPxaMsQWMrg0EyZcxCH8/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/kOmdmaF7Xxc" height="1" width="1"/

DFL candidate is ahead now by 225 votes over GOP incumbent Coleman. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/1rb42h7C-6Bqg5_3bztbUhjcIZI/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/1rb42h7C-6Bqg5_3bztbUhjcIZI/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/pVblGmGt2lw" height="1" width="1"/

The White House encourages Israeli brutality. But will Obama do anything different? We'll see. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/OW2363At1GMIxkl9aDo6ytYB4r8/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/OW2363At1GMIxkl9aDo6ytYB4r8/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/GuqPjKWJcPY" height="1" width="1"/

DFL candidate is ahead now by 225 votes over GOP incumbent Coleman. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/xIdOkuNszhKNkjZEC3leeWzdHvM/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/xIdOkuNszhKNkjZEC3leeWzdHvM/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/nJ1m66BsG10" height="1" width="1"/

Former Foreign Relations Committee chair was a wise advocate for congressional constraint on the executive pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/n52-gCTA9DhEn1BXA2oGzzbveIs/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/n52-gCTA9DhEn1BXA2oGzzbveIs/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/PrfN5SWUH1o" height="1" width="1"/

We don't need a stimulus, we need a recovery. And that means investing $1 trillion over the next two years. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/h3HMXRPkV0UUNdsMJmnhMXRZDe0/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/h3HMXRPkV0UUNdsMJmnhMXRZDe0/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/WPYrxI90DPo" height="1" width="1"/

A look back at a crazy year. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/5u1nsIIpewN8z0t2AvpA5tfki_E/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/5u1nsIIpewN8z0t2AvpA5tfki_E/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/F8I5Q-20Oog" height="1" width="1"/

United Electrical, TransAfrica, Bernie Sanders, Marcy Kaptur, Rachel Maddow and the rest of the heavy lifters for justice. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/PxTCaW8kV1sv7jBpx4yR1qiG42s/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/PxTCaW8kV1sv7jBpx4yR1qiG42s/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/PPMswq2Xays" height="1" width="1"/

The Senate should not seat Roland Burris unless he agrees to resign when Illinois's scandal-plagued governor exits. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/u07vHp8UF_RaIzBhKH9T1KjGoyo/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/u07vHp8UF_RaIzBhKH9T1KjGoyo/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/_4IsWjU8RuA" height="1" width="1"/

This carnage is about two elections: the one in Israel, and the coming one in Palestine. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/AqhXU7PiH9BHMnukI3-dT77kkw8/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/AqhXU7PiH9BHMnukI3-dT77kkw8/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/kxDJgzs9dP0" height="1" width="1"/

Change.gov is taking questions again--let's ask Obama to appoint a special prosecutor for the Bush administration's crimes. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/Ds3baWJd2DhrRMgklvTyz7siNzI/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/Ds3baWJd2DhrRMgklvTyz7siNzI/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/7B6V_xPvDCU" height="1" width="1"/

Change.gov is taking questions again -- let's ask Obama to appoint a special prosecutor for the Bush administration's crimes. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/G2LV3u9BGrEE_pQlI3rG7yk_n3U/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/G2LV3u9BGrEE_pQlI3rG7yk_n3U/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/6Vfk45k5Pp4" height="1" width="1"/

Support the work of CARE International and Medecins sans Frontieres in caring for the victims in the Gaza Strip. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/0RIwo9zxkYDmDFVM8Hews-fs8Sw/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/0RIwo9zxkYDmDFVM8Hews-fs8Sw/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/h7TlI9vJ1_o" height="1" width="1"/

Israeli hardliners and Hamas extremists create facts on the ground for Barack "January 20" Obama. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/LXoQ1m9ry8zdC807OULh1zOlyH8/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/LXoQ1m9ry8zdC807OULh1zOlyH8/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/f8FfQzjEWVc" height="1" width="1"/

Controversy over RNC chair candidate's use of a song "Barack the Magic Negro" exposes hypocrisy. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/TfNgoYTEgujkuIb7fuxKfXNG_RA/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/TfNgoYTEgujkuIb7fuxKfXNG_RA/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/J4bxO4J-1MY" height="1" width="1"/

The Gaza crisis is so severe that it demands the president-elect speak up for diplomacy. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/a7vl1MJFKzDB8pqriFLrMjqbwLs/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/a7vl1MJFKzDB8pqriFLrMjqbwLs/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/6_TriYSsYoI" height="1" width="1"/

UN specialist and Nation editorial board member Richard Falk calls to move on an emergency basis to develop new approaches to providing real protection for the Palestinian people. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/6IyQFY2u1k2ILWrMan9z0WXcDkM/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/6IyQFY2u1k2ILWrMan9z0WXcDkM/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/ttLrePwT2yA" height="1" width="1"/