Tim Geithner has “a wonderful giggle.”

We’ve noticed America hasn’t really warmed to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, and we’re wondering if that’s because people don’t really know him that well.  A “Wall Street Journal” poll points out that while 68 percent of Americans feel positively about President Obama, just 18 percent feel the same way about Sec. Geithner…51% say they don’t know him [...]

Who Is Kathleen Sebelius?

So glad you asked! You may have heard yesterday that President Obama announced his new nominee for Health and Human Services Secretary: Kathleen Sebelius, who is currently Governor of Kansas. So what do you need to know about this Kansas Jane? Read on for the highlights…

Kathleen Sebelius is a Democrat and the 44th governor of [...]

Hot Topics at Holder Hearings

Today on Capitol Hill, the Senate Judiciary Committee finished its hearings on Eric Holder to be Attorney General.  CJP was your johnny on-the-spot, and here’s what we can tell you:

Holder made lots of news, telling the senators:

Waterboarding is torture and therefore illegal;
Guantanomo Bay will be closed, although he didn’t say when;
Military tribunals need to be [...]

Hillary Clinton moves closer to SoS…

The nation’s top Jane, Hillary Clinton, moved one step closer to becoming the next Secretary of State with a largely, but not entirely, smooth hearing with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Chairing the hearing was Sen. John Kerry, former presidential candidate.  Co-chairing was Sen. Richard Lugar, former presidential candidate.  In attendance were Sen. Chris Dodd, former presidential [...]

Who is Chu?

Have you ever asked yourselves, “Who IS Steven Chu?”  Haven’t we all?
Other than someone who we can only hope ran for 8th-grade class president with pencils that said, “Choose Chu,” he is also Barack Obama’s  pick for Secretary of Energy, announced yesterday.  So what else do we know about the man who’s going to be in charge of [...]

Who is Eric Shinseki?

 So glad you asked.  
Shinseki is the highest ranking Asian American in Army history and is Barack Obama’s choice to head the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Running the VA may be the most difficult, least glamorous job in all of government.  So who is the man taking it on?

Eric Skinseki was born in Hawaii to Japanese-American parents, [...]

Who is Bill Richardson?

You may remember Bill Richardson as one of the many candidates in the Democratic presidential primary field in 2008. But what else do we know about Barack Obama’s pick for Secretary of Commerce? So glad you asked.
Richardson has gobs of experience in public life, including as an official and unofficial diplomat, but curiously [...]

Obama’s “Team of Rivals”

As you read about Obama’s announcement of his national security team today and tomorrow, you may ask yourself why you keep hearing the phrase “team of rivals” again and again.  It’s all a reference to Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book, “Team of Rivals” that details Lincoln’s choices for his cabinet after he won the presidency in [...]