PostPartisan: December 7, 2008 - December 13, 2008

Thoughts on This Blagojevich Business

I know I’m supposed to be outraged about how Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (allegedly) hung a "For Sale" sign on his integrity. But let’s admit it: The Obama administration has been so controversy free, it’s nice to have a...

By Steven Stein  | December 9, 2008; 11:42 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (40)
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The Worst CEO

Sam Zell never really had much skin in the game. Last year, when he purchased the Tribune Company, which filed for bankruptcy today, he put up $315 million of his own money and paid the balance of the purchase...

By Harold Meyerson  | December 8, 2008; 4:29 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (28)
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Eric Holder vs. the Powerful

Eric Holder, Barack Obama's choice to be attorney general, is a veteran of Washington wars in which victors are loath to take prisoners, let alone pity the vanquished. So the former U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, D.C....

By Colbert King  | December 8, 2008; 1:44 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (20)
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