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Schneider: A sign of new politics?

 
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 [...] (link)

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