The Hill Articles: December 30, 2008

Senate pick bogs Obama down in racial politics Obama dismisses Bush Pentagon appointees THE BIG QUESTION — Tuesday, Dec. 30 Obama sides with Senate Dems against Blagojevich Obama Sides with Reid: Don’t Seat Blago’s Pick Lobbyist Sues NYT for Alleging Affair With McCain Greer floats potential RNC candidacy Questions surround Blagojevich appointment DAY’S END ROUNDUP Lobbyist sues Times over McCain affair story Sen. Cornyn says Senate shouldn’t seat Franken Obama’s Inauguration Committee Holds Ticket Raffle Blago Strikes Back Blagojevich defends Senate appointment The Very First Year-in-Review for 2009 Who Are We in 2009? Who Are You? — Samuel Huntington and Pete Townshend Burris: I can overcome Blago taint Barack the Magic Negro? Senate Dems refuse to seat Blagojevich’s pick Reid: We Won’t Seat Burris If Blago Appoints Him Blago’s Senate Pick Blagojevich to make appointment to Obama Senate seat Franken leads by 50; Coleman battling MIDDAY ROUNDUP Kennedy’s Ever-Expanding Laundry List of Political Faux Pas Do You People Not Know What the Internet Is? Slowly, RNC members commit to candidates Daschle, Solis, Duncan Hearings to Start Next Week Raines hires ex-Fannie Mae lobbyist Money and Politics Senate Dems aid their own with last-minute dollars 2012 J Street Criticizes Gaza Strikes Bristol Palin Gives Birth to Baby Boy: Reports MORNING READ The Corner Firedoglake contentions MyDD Power Line The Huffington Post Drudge Report AMERICAblog RedState Open Left From the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch — Originally published Tuesday, Dec. 30 White House adds $6 billion to auto bailout