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Matt Zeitlin - Hey everyone, I know it hasn't started, but CNN just said that Eric Holder, the attorney general, won't be attending the speech because he's the one cabinent member who's stored away in a safe location "should disastrer strike." I like the way the Obama people are thinking. One thing that sets Obama apart from every other president is his...affinity for the game of basketball. It just so happens that Holder is also a baller. Gotta keep the continuity and history going.

7:51	Matt Zeitlin - Roland Burris! Gaaa! With John McCain! Contrast!

7:54	Matt Zeitlin - Fun fact: Jon Favreau, the guy who wrote the speech, is 27. He also directed Iron Man...oh wait, that's the other Jon Favreau

7:57	Ben Armstrong - Fun Fact II: Arne Duncan, the newest Secretary of Education, is also quite the athlete. Obama's cabinet may be the most athletic, if not the most averse to taxes, in history.

7:58	Matt Zeitlin - Yeah, he was a professional basketball player in Australia. Not sure why I know that, but it's cool

7:59	Matt Zeitlin - Woo hoo, Jan Schakowsky got a shout out. She's part of Obama's crew escorting him into Congress

8:00	Ben Armstrong - Brian Williams is sobering.

8:02	Matt Zeitlin - I'm watching on CNN, where they were doing this bizarre thing of reading people's facebook statuses about the speech. I was really mystified as to why I should care or why anyone else would

8:03	Ben Armstrong - Will Obama mention anything about foreign policy? Will it be Iran, poverty or something more general?

8:03	Matt Zeitlin - I don't think so

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