An interesting perspective on the economic downturn has been sweeping through army recruitment centers across the nation. As the economy slows, enlistment speeds.

It is becoming increasingly clear that one of the paramount benefits of appointing former and standing members of congress - and their staff - to cabinet positions is knowledge.

In a post election interview with The New Yorker, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee spoke about his position on the Palin pick:

No surprise here. Whispers around the beltway say that key conservatives of the Regan and Bush administrations are organizing a draft Palin movement to make the Alaskan Governor and former Vice Presidential contender the Republican front runner in four years.

Soon after throwing his support behind the Republican candidate Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Mitt Romney joined him on the trail.

In a November 5th article by Michigan’s Rep. and Chair of the Republican House Policy Committee Thaddeus McCotter entitled, “Now, Seize Freedom!” McCotter opens with, “Welcome to ‘Republican Rock Bottom.’” In this trying time, McCotter attempts to provide “five enduring” principles that will allow the Republicans to achieve their goals and solve some of America’s [...]

Concerning Abe Lincoln’s Presidential cabinet, a group known as a team of rivals, then New York politician Chauncey M. Depew wrote, “No President ever had a Cabinet of which the members were so independent, had so large individual followings, and were so inharmonious.”

Discussing his regrets with CNN’s Heidi Collins, still President Bush named a few moments in his presidency he wishes he could take back.

After being down for nearly one year, the Neo-conservative think tank known as the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) is back up and running.

During a discussion on Monday’s Hardball with Chris Matthews, Larry Persily, Former Editor of the Anchorage Daily News told Matthews a reason why Gov. Sarah Palin has been so testy with the national media is because in Alaska, media outlets don’t accept quotations from anonymous sources.