Published 11/20/2008
by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
at CNN Political Ticker
Emanuel met with Republicans on Capitol Hill Thursday.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — What's the significance of Obama sending Rahm Emanuel to meet with Republican leaders of Congress?
It's one more piece of evidence that President-elect Obama intends to pursue a new kind of politics.
President-elect Obama reaches out to his former rival Hillary Clinton to be his secretary [...]
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