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...there's one thing this country needs - other than a cosmic bailout - it's a decent Obama impersonator. Saturday Night Live's Fred Armisen, a 42-year-old comedian of white and Asian heritage, just doesn't cut it, at least according to the President-elect, who said of Armisen during the presidential campaign, "Compared to Tina Fey and what she's doing with Governor Palin, my imitator isn't doing as great...
...former corps member and graduate of Brown University, who is now the TFA recruiter for the greater Boston area, felt similarly. “TFA is not to be anyone’s back-up plan,” he said. “It needs to be the thing that moves you through every day, that wakes you up in the morning...We’re looking for people dedicated to our mission.”Biber also said he thought that increased interest in Teach for America might be due to people looking for “meaningful...
...reported that he had paid his son $80,000 in campaign funds "for a pair of political websites so poorly designed an expert estimated one should have cost no more than $100 to create." Says congressional scholar Tom Mann: "It's very sad, but it's sort of one thing after another ... It's still too early to tell what the resolution will be, but it certainly isn't helpful that new items keep emerging...
...Albany) are often opposed to those of the urban, liberal voters in the New York City area. Although Obama won the state with 62% of the vote, most upstate counties gave him only 45%-55%, while Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx gave him 80%-90%. "The whole Caroline Kennedy thing is not a tip of the hat to upstate," says Joshua Dyck, an assistant professor of political science at SUNY Buffalo. "Here's a part of the state that already feels neglected...
George Papandreou, leader of the center-left opposition, accused the government Tuesday of being unable to handle the riots and said it has lost the people's trust. After a somber meeting with the Prime Minister early this morning, Papandreou said that "the best thing they [the Government] can do is resign and let the people find a solution ... We will protect the public...