411 Responses to “Link Dump: November 19th, 2008”

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1. Comment posted by sweetlew on November 19, 2008 at 8:30 pm (#896432)

   “Democrats who worked in Washington during the Clinton Administration” and “members of the Clinton inner circle.”

   True, but I think even you would have to agree that Hillary was definitely in the Clinton inner circle! ;)

   Ditto Emanuel.


2. Comment posted by TLC on November 19, 2008 at 8:36 pm (#896433)

   SOS is a very unselfish position. You really can’t have an opinion. Your the Presidents speaking voice abroad. It’s really the one position where the president needs a yes man/woman. Hilary is too strong of a personality for the position in my opinion and doesn’t have the diplomatic experience that someone like Richardson has.

   Lots of us don’t agree with Dubya but Connie Rice is really the perfect SOS for him. Very Loyal, like minded and a good soldier. Even though Bush’s polcies were flawed imo, I believe she served him well. A presidents Advisers are when yes men/women are not good for the pres.


3. Comment posted by Jessica on November 19, 2008 at 9:15 pm (#896434)

   True, but I think even you would have to agree that Hillary was definitely in the Clinton inner circle! ;)

   Ditto Emanuel.

   Of course, and I still don’t quite get the Hillary as SOS idea. Foreign policy was the one area of significant policy differences between Hillary and Obama, and with health care reform being a big priority it’s an open question as to whether she’d want to leave the Senate.

   As for Emanuel, he seems to be very much in the “hard-ass who gets shit done (while leaving a trail of entertaining anecdotes in his wake)” - basically Jessica’s Favorite Type of Politician.


4. Comment posted by TLC on November 19, 2008 at 9:22 pm (#896435)

   I like the Emanuel choice. I also like getting Daschle choice. Totally against the Clinton reported Choice and don’t know much about the A.G. choice to comment on. I don’t think it is fair if people use a bad decision (The Pardon scandal) to define Holden.


5. Comment posted by Future on November 19, 2008 at 9:31 pm (#896436)

   If she becomes SoS then she can kiss the Presidency good-bye. I don’t know why she would accept it.


6. Comment posted by TLC on November 19, 2008 at 9:35 pm (#896437)

   I just don’t think the SOS appointment would benefit either Obama or Clinton


7. Comment posted by Jessica on November 19, 2008 at 9:44 pm (#896438)

   If she becomes SoS then she can kiss the Presidency good-bye. I don’t know why she would accept it.

   Barring something totally crazy happening, she’s not running in 2012, and she’ll be pushing 70 by 2016. Since someone from her party won, 2008 was really her only shot.


8. Comment posted by Future on November 19, 2008 at 10:54 pm (#896439)

   I don’t think that’s necessarily true Jessica, she could succeed Obama in 2016, or imagine if he is very unpopular she could run and defeat him in the primaries in 2012. Stranger things have happened.


9. Comment posted by The Mad Stork on November 19, 2008 at 11:37 pm (#896441)

   Source: Mussina to retire after 18-year career
   By Jayson Stark, ESPN

   As expected, New York Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina has decided to retire, according to a baseball source with knowledge of the situation. Mussina informed the Yankees last week he would give them a decision by the end of this week.

   Mussina, who turns 40 next month, spent the last eight seasons with the Yankees after pitching for the Baltimore Orioles for the first 10 years of his career. His 270 wins rank second among all active right-handers, behind only Greg Maddux. In the final start of his career, he pitched six shutout innings against the Boston Red Sox to finish off the first 20-win season of his career.

   “I have not talked to him lately,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Wednesday evening at a Manhattan charity event to benefit his Catch 25 Foundation and Alzheimer’s research. “He had led me to believe that that’s what was going to happen at the end of the year. I wasn’t quite sure in a sense that I believed him because sometimes when you get away from it you really miss it.”

   According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he’s just the fifth pitcher since 1900 to win 20 games or more in the final season of his career — and the first since Sandy Koufax in 1967. He’s the only pitcher in that group to win his 20th game in his final start.

   The Yankees had indicated they were interested in bringing Mussina back if he wanted to keep pitching. But they had also suggested they might need to wait to see if they could accomplish their goal of signing at least two other free-agent starters this season — an indication they weren’t counting on Mussina to return from the beginning.

   “I know he talked about wanting to be home more. And if he does, I won’t be surprised,” Girardi was quoted as saying by The Associated Press. “But if he comes back, I won’t be surprised, either. And I wouldn’t necessarily be surprised if that’s what he said, [then] changes his mind in January. Because you know it’s something that’s been such a huge part of his life and his family life, that you miss it.”

   A text message The Associated Press sent to Yankees general manager Brian Cashman was not immediately returned. Girardi said he hadn’t spoken with Mussina since the season ended.

   “I know Brian, as far as I know as of today, had not made him an offer,” Girardi added. “But we were just kind of waiting to see what he said, and he was on our radar screen as well as many other starting pitchers that are free agents.”

   Mussina’s retirement was first reported by FoxSports.com.

   “Mike will be making a decision on his intentions shortly,” Mussina’s agent, Arn Tellem, said in an e-mail to 1050 ESPN Radio in New York. “Given the significance of this to Mike I would hope you can respect his desire to be the author of any such announcement consistent with his own time table. A decision of this magnitude should not be the subject of unconfirmed rumors and speculation. Accordingly, I am not going to make any further comment until Mike has made his final decision.”

   Tough to walk away from that. First ever 20-win season and only 30 away from 300. He could easily get 15 more with the Yanks next season. Then it’s only 15 away at worst. If this is true and he actually stays retired, I will be shocked.


10. Comment posted by TLC on November 20, 2008 at 12:33 am (#896443)

    Orioles signed catcher Jose Reyes to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
    Reyes, who was up with the Cubs in Sept. 2006, missed last season following surgery to remove bone chips from his elbow. He’ll likely be a backup catcher in Double- or Triple-A next year.


11. Comment posted by Jessica on November 20, 2008 at 12:41 am (#896444)

    Danny will be rooting for him, I imagine ;-P

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