Month: February 2009

Kamen: Obama to Tap Money Man?

Al Kamen reports that President Obama may name Democrtaic fundraiser and bundler Louis Susman as U.S. ambassador to Britain.  Kamen missed the bigger story here that Oprah is apparently out of the running; back in October a Telegraph article called her a “sensible choice,” quoting diplomatic sources.  But back to Mr. Susman: Susman was an […]

ACORN Stimulus: Update

I’ve previously discussed the prospect of ACORN (or, more specifically, one of its related foundations) receiving government funds under the stimulus bill recently signed by President Obama.  This is the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009” available here (warning, it’s a 13 MB file). ACORN has basically denied that it has received or plans […]