• first Gregory Craig, who was in charge of policy for detainees, left the White House. Time has a great article about his downfall here.
• second Phillip Carter, a Defense Department official in charge of closing Guantanamo, resigned for “personal reasons.” Hmm. source

• At least that’s what authorities are saying about the death of William E. Sparkman. Back in September, Sparkman was found dead in rural Kentucky. The crime was especially bizarre – he was hung and his body had the word “Fed” scrawled on it. Authorities now say that the case wasn’t a hate crime but a staged suicide in an attempt to earn a life insurance payout. Well, at least he wasn’t mauled by dogs like one unlucky Indiana census worker a few years back. source

• 45% of respondents in a recent poll said they’d vote for John McCain in next year’s Arizona senate election
• 43% of respondents said they’d vote for radio host J.D. Hayworth, who used to be a congressman source

• 39% of white people approve of Obama’s job performance
• 90% of black people approve of Obama’s job performance
• 80%+ of liberals give Obama some lovin’; whites are the only decline source

• After eight years, some of those years in which we did not have, I think, either the resources or the strategy to get the job done, it is my intention to finish the job.
• President Barack Obama • On his Afghan troop announcement, which many expect him to make during a live television address Tuesday – just around the point you should be making Turkey (or Tofurky) soup out of your leftovers. As with seemingly everything in his presidency, he’s either going to piss off his base or piss off the right with his decision. We hope he does the right thing and figures out a way to piss off both sides. Now that would be awesomely presidential of him. source

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• Whoever came up with this idea needs to figure out a way so we regain our balance after watching this. Because *ugh* we’re dizzy now.

• I’m just pilloried right and left and turned into the big bad wolf here for stuff I didn’t do. It’s like I’m this fictional character that she’s decided to make me out to be this sort of incompetent slob.
• Former Sarah Palin aide John Bitney • Describing his treatment in the ex-Alaska governor’s “Going Rogue.” Bitney just wants his ex-boss to give him a break and leave him alone. You and the rest of America, pal. Wait your turn – though yours comes before ours. source

• Considering we’ve looked this stupid on the dance floor before, no comment. source