Daily Polichicks - Tuesday

What?  Could it really be?

Yep.  The Daily Polichicks is back. 

We know keeping up with the daily newspapers can be a bitch, so we're here to read and summarize the papers for you.  Every day.

Yeah, we've said that before, but we're for real this time.  Seriously.

Hey!  If we were a guy who totally jerked you around for months and then came back with a little sweet talk, you'd believe every word we said and give us another chance multiple chances.  So all we're asking is that you have the same faith in us that you would have in a  lying, cheating, unrelieble jerk if he asked you for a fourth chance.  Okay?

So anyway, for what it's worth and however long it lasts, here's your Daily Polichicks:

• Barack Obama raised nearly $1 blillion (no the "b" isn't a typo) during the presidential campaign.  Yowsa!  That's more than George W. Bush and John F. Kerry raised combined in 2004. [Politico]

•  Meet the Press has a new host.  David Gregory of MSNBC's 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with David Gregory scored that gig.  (Sadly, the previous host of Meet the Press, Tim Russert, died earlier this year.) [Politico]

• Barack Obama announced Monday his picks for his national security team and other cabinet positions.  He chose Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State and Marine General James L. Jones as National Security Advisor.  Current Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will stay on with Obama after Bush leaves office. Obama also picked attorney Eric Holder for Attorney General, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano as Secretary of Homeland Security, and Dr. Susan Rice as Ambassador to the United Nations. [The Washington Post]

• The experts have an incredible understanding of the obvious: The National Bureau of Economic Research announced Monday that the U.S. has been in a recession since December 2007. [The Los Angeles Times] (Thousands of Americans unemployed since then are like, we could've told you that months ago!)