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Crossroads – New Policy Blog

Crossroadsgerber Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Weintraub – who also writes the Capitol Insider blog – has started a new public policy oriented weblog called Crossroads.

"Welcome to Crossroads, a new place at SacBee.com where people with different views on the issues of the day come to discuss, debate and explore new ways of thinking. "

The first policy topic being discussed is healthcare and among the "regular" contributors listed on the right sidebar is former Contra Costa County Supervisor Donna Gerber – since 2003 she’s the Governmental Relations Director for the California Nurses Association.  Should be worth reading.

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links for 2006-11-27

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Google’s News Archive

JD Lasica of New Media Musings points to an article in Search Engine Watch about Google’s relatively new News Archive.

Those who try to find a newspaper article 30 days or more after publication are aware that many papers or magazines put them into their own archives and charge $$ for their retrieval.  The frustrating part is how bad most news organizations’ websites search process is to find the article in the first place.  Google now offers an alternative with their News Archive search feature.

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links for 2006-11-26

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George Miller’s New Clout in Congress

The New York Times has an excellent article on Rep. George Miller and his relationship with Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi.  The Contra Costa Times ran an abbreviated version in today’s paper but it’s worth the free registration to read the original article.  Rep. Ellen Tauscher is quoted extensively in the piece and makes several astute observations, including:

Some who know both lawmakers say that Mr. Miller’s counsel continues to be important to her. “Not only can George give her good advice, but he can also tell her things she doesn’t want to hear,” Ms. Tauscher said. “Sometimes you can only take tough news from somebody that is very close to you.”

The most important message from the article and other comments by Pelosi, Miller and Tauscher is the fact that the Democrats intend to run Congress in a more bipartisan manner.