Forget Centrist, Try Republicrat

It seems PUMAs are not the only “party unity my ass” advocates.  In fact, that should be the motto of the Republicrats, the new party of “O.”  Jack Cafferty’s question of the day is “how can the GOP help pres-elect Obama,” based on Newt Gingrich’s leter to the Republican National Convention condemning it’s Blagobama ads:

I was saddened to learn that at a time of national trial, when a president-elect is preparing to take office in the midst of the worst financial crisis in over seventy years, that the Republican National Committee is engaged in the sort of negative, attack politics that the voters rejected in the 2006 and 2008 election cycles.

Gingrich, who predicted Obama would win Iowa in the primaries, and who once called Obie a Kennedy-esque phenomenon, joins Sen. John McCain in calling for cross-party support of McCain’s former rival.  Obama, who has ticked off many so-called “progressives with his cabinet picks, has always enjoyed a cozy relationship with the GOP; Republicans for Obama claims to be a grassroots organization who “encouraged” Obama to run for president, he promoted “Democrat for a Day,” most notably in Pennsylvania, to get Republicans and Independents to temporarily switch party affiliation in order to vote for him in the primaries, and owes his election, in part, to Republican “Obamacan” crossover, especially during the primaries and caucuses, and anti-McCain depressed general election  turnout.

Colin Powell, not only endorsed Obama, he also had some not-so-nice things to say about his nominal party.  However, it may be that Obama’s GOP buddies-to-be might soon have to take their positions under the bus, too; despite repeated promises to appoint Republicans to his “bi-partisan” cabinet, so far, there’s only been one, Robet Gates’ holdover.

Obviously the “day” part of “Democrat for a Day” meant more to Obama than his Obamacans knew.  Just as obviously, some of them have added “dreaming” to the word.  Then again, George Bush is going out of his way to hook his homeboy up.

UPDATE: According to the Boston Globe, the Republican record of one cabinet member will hold, though Obama is scheduled to name Illinois Republican, Rep. Ray LaHood Secretary of Transportation.   Seems Robert Gates is registered Independent.  Ah,  could the Combine finally be going Washington?

Everybody In Chicago Wants To Talk…Later

Rod Blagojevich, the Illinois governor accused of trying to sell the Senate seat president-elect Barack Obama curiously vacated in record time, is “dying to talk,” according to Politico:

Gov. Rod Blagojevich spoke with reporters for several minutes before taking a jog in snowy Chicago, telling them to “hang loose” to hear his side of the story.

“I can’t wait to begin to tell my side of story, to address you guys and most important, the people of Illinois,” Blagojevich said. “That’s who I am dying to talk to.”

Also, according to Politico, Obama himself is “frustrated” that he can’t talk:

President-elect Barack Obama said he’s anxious to “correct immediately” some media reports on transition team contacts with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, but would hold off until next week as promised to federal authorities.

“It’s a little bit frustrating,” Obama said Wednesday at a Chicago news conference. “There’s been a lot of speculation in the press that I would love to correct immediately. We are abiding by the request of the U.S. attorney’s office, but it’s not going to be that long. By next week, you guys will have the answers to all your questions.”

In the same article, Obama’s ventriloquist, David (Astroturf King) Axelrod, railed against being “hamstrung” by the Fed’s request to zip it where the internal investigation report is concerned:

“Nobody is more eager than we are to be able to release that,” Axelrod, a senior Obama adviser, said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “And when you see it, it will corroborate what the president-elect has said, which is that he never spoke with the governor or any of his aides about this, and that there were no inappropriate discussions between members of his staff and the governor’s office in this matter.”

So, a couple of things jump out at me.  One, who says bribery and collusion, etc. are crimes that can only be committed among friends?  How close do you have to be to buy and sell anything?  I’ve never bought a car from a guy I had breakfast with the morning after.  Just saying.  Two, while Axelrove is vouching for everybody on Obie’s staff, (does that include Jesse Jackson, Jr. and Rahm Emanuel’s conversations with Team Baggo before Nov. 6, when he was officially announced as Chief of Staff?  Just asking.) who’s gonna vouch for Davey?  He has a long history with the Chicago Tribune…

At the age of 27, Axelrod became the City Hall Bureau Chief and a political columnist for the Chicago Tribune. He worked at the Tribune for eight years, covering national, state and local politics.

…which was also named in the Baggo complaint, and rumor has it, he’s planted some powerful political astroturf there.