Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterCabinet choices touch off scramble in states (AP)
Published 12/25/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet choices have sent a ripple through state politics, fostering behind-the-scenes jockeying to fill key vacancies in the shadow of the Chicago scandal over filling Obama's Senate seat.
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