An Albuquerque Journal piece (on which they’ve generously lifted the subscription requirement) today reports that two of Richardson’s top aides are also "under scrutiny," and offers a glimpse at the shape of the inquiry:

Two of Gov. Bill Richardson’s closest …

Though he’s apparently won the Burris battle, Governor Rod Blagojevich is a step closer to losing the war, as an Illinois House committee recommends impeaching him.

BurrisBlago’s main play now is to hope to assemble a coalition in the State …

The New York Governor continued his very public decision-making over that state’s Senate appointment today by publicly and bluntly mulling her pros and cons.

He said on a New York radio station this morning:

Caroline Kennedy obviously does have a tremendous …

Here’s the text of Obama’s speech, aimed at creating a sense of urgency on the Hill and setting national expectations — a recovery of "many years" — around Obama’s plan for massive federal spending:

Throughout America’s history, there have been some …

Sanjay Gupta wasn’t chosen for his policy views, and he won’t be dumped for having tangled with Michael Moore.

But a reader points out one more way in which the likely incoming Surgeon General isn’t a man of the left: …

Missouri’s Kit Bond is retiring, leaving the Senate Republicans yet another seat to defend on a dismal 2010 map.

Maureen Dowd’s February, 2007 column in which Hollywood mogul David Geffen flayed Hillary Clinton was an early sign of the campaign to come. And with the close of the cycle on January 20, she’ll be hosting Geffen at her …

Earlier this week the foreign policy insider Chris Nelson floated, then reeled in, the notion that Obama would appoint three high-profile envoys: Richard Holbrooke to South Asia; Dennis Ross to Iran; and Richard Haass to the Mideast. There’s been …

The Trib (a must-read today) reports that Cass Sunstein, an old University of Chicago friend and advisor and prolific legal scholar, will head — and raise the profile of  — a low-profile White House office.

Sunstein is a constitutional scholar …

The only thing we have to fear, Obama will say in his George Mason speech today, is not passing his stimulus package.

If nothing is done, this recession could linger for years. The unemployment rate could reach double digits. …