As if things aren’t bad enough with the faltering economy, devastating job losses and rapid home foreclosures, a new government report is warning that right-wing extremist groups could be planning to use the hard times and the election of the nation’s first Black president as a recruiting tool. Click for more.

What’s next at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.?  Less than 24 hours after the president’s prime-time news conference, it was announced that Obama would hold a virtual town hall meeting Thursday to give the public a chance to ask him questions.

The president handled it well and managed to land a few jokes with host Jay Leno, while keeping it real about the current economic crisis facing the nation. Read more.

Meet Bakari Sellers

President Barack Obama’s swift rise from the Illinois State Senate to the White House is emblematic of African American political progress. But these strides have been in the works long before the election of the first Black president. In fact, the number of African Americans leading legislative bodies has significantly increased since the days of the Jesse Jackson presidential campaign; going from 401 in 1986, to 628 in 2009. More here.

Obama Outraged with AIG
After learning the company spent millions of tax-payer dollars on bonuses for the folks who created toxic assets, Obama said, “People are rightly outraged about these particular bonuses.  But just as outrageous is the culture that these bonuses are a symptom of, that have existed for far too long — a situation where excess. Read more.

South Carolina’s top congressional leader is furious with the governor for rejecting stimulus dollars, which would allow the state to create jobs, increase unemployment benefits and offer tax credits for college tuition. Read More.

It looks like the controversy over The New York Post’s political cartoon has taken another turn:  Folks are now calling for a boycott of the paper’s advertiser.  All of this stems from the cartoon Tuesday depicting two officers, one with a smoking gun pointed at dead chimp, and saying, “Next time they’ll have to get someone else to write the stimulus package.” Read more at Pamela on Politics.

Tuesday, Day 14 of the Obama administration, had its ups and downs.  The day began with the president’s announcement of his pick for Commerce secretary and ended with two cabinet picks pulling out because of perpetual tax problems.