Obama picks evangelical Rev. Rick Warren to give the invocation at the inauguration and the Human Rights Campaign is not too happy about the choice.  The NextRight (I guess a right wing response to Daily Kos) thinks they have it figured out.  Taking a page out of the Dick Morris/Bill Clinton playbook?

There was a sense among Obama’s communications team that not only did they have a gifted candidate to ride but also that they had figured out new ways to maximize their advantages. They viewed themselves as “game changers”

Complete article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/magazine/21Gibbs-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

A month from now, the nation will say farewell to its sports-obsessed president who doesn't like tough questions. And it will replace him with, well, another sports-obsessed president who doesn't like tough questions.

Complete article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/16/AR2008121602652.html

Blago's 2006 speech on his golden rule and governing philosophy.  Your mom must be real proud of you now, Blago.