"I wish it had been Mika"????? Is Mr. Holbrooke becoming a dirty old man? 

I have always found him soooo condescending.  To think that this guy might be our Sec. of State.

Holbrooke is definitely running for Secretray of State, just like Powell is angling for the job of Secretary of Defense.  By the way, why was Obama meeting with retired military officers?  Does he think they can deliver the military vote like a bunch of union bosses?   If so, he is sorely mistaken.  And why were retired military officers meeting with him?  Were they standing in the Obama Administration employment line behind Powell with resumes in hand?  The whole spectacle is disgusting.

A good question Joe should have asked Holbrooke is why Biden isn't doing any interviews to explain his remarks and instead letting surrogates do it for him.   

I was struck by Holbrooke's contention that Bin Laden is the most serious threat the U.S. faces.  Maybe he hasn't seen the news reports that Iran is contemplating a first strike on Israel.  Is this what Biden was refering to when he said there would be an international crisis in the first six months of an Obama administration?  Either way, Obama has an opportunity to prevent such a crisis by forcefully stating that the United States will defend Isreal against attack by any other nation. If he doesn't make such a statement, he risks making the same mistake of another President, Harry S. Truman, which effectively gave the green light to North Korea for its invasion of South Korea.

The dirt is on Richard Holbrooke - will the MSM protect him, as they have all the others? From Angelo's Many Friends - Portfolio.com - Aug. 08. Countrywide Financial, and it's shady dealings play mightly into the current mortage/credit crisis. Countrywide is a household name, synomous with hate and greed on mainstreet; the MSM made sure of that, but along the way they carefully censored how much they shared. This, they did not share:

Richard Holbrooke, who was an adviser to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, also garnered V.I.P. loans, as did his family. Countrywide waived at least 1.25 points, or $15,000, on Holbrooke’s $1.2 million loan in 2003 to refinance a vacation home in Telluride, Colorado. “Per Angelo this loan is to be at zero points,” Perry wrote.

Holbrooke’s wife, author Kati Marton, borrowed a total of $1.4 million to refinance two properties. “These loans are incredibly important to Angelo and as such they are incredibly important to us,” Perry emailed Feinberg. Holbrooke’s son, David, received a half-point discount, or $2,800, on a $559,500 loan when he and his wife refinanced their co-op in a Brooklyn, New York, high-rise, and five-eighths of a point, or $2,600, off when they bought the floor above it.

For more on Democrats connected to this financial mess:

Angelo's Friends - slide show

Angelo's Fannie Pac - Some former Countrywide cronies have found comfy jobs at Fannie and Freddie

Angelo's Many "Friends"

I find it amusing. In fact, I'm finding this whole election cycle amusing. McCain-Palin 08.