Chief of staff: Emanuel NAMED / Deputy: Pete Rouse Press Secretary: Gibbs Biden chief of staff: Ron Klain POTENTIAL CABINET MEMBERS. Agriculture: Tom Vilsack, Tom Buis (Natl Farmers Union), Charlie Stenholm, Jim Leach Commerce: Penny Pritzker, Kathleen Sebelius, Jason Furman, John Thompson (Symantec) Defense: Robert Gates, Richard Danzig, Chuck Hagel, Sam Nunn, Jack Reed, Colin Powell, John Hamre Education: Joel Klein (NYC), Linda Darling-Hammond, Kathleen Sebelius, Colin Powell, Jim Hunt, Arne Duncan, Inez Tenenbaum. Energy: Kathleen Sebelius, Philip Sharp, Ed Rendell, Arnold Schwarzenegger (has said no), Al Gore, Jeff Bingaman, Jennifer Granholm HHS: Tom Daschle, Howard Dean, Eric Whitaker Homeland Security (priority): Tim Roemer, Ray Kelly, James Lee Witt, Tom Kean Sr, Jane Harman, Janet Napolitano HUD: Jim Clyburn, Valerie Jarrett, Shirley Franklin (Atlanta mayor) Interior: Bill Richardson, Inslee, Kitzhaber, Tony Knowles, Ken Salazar Justice (AG): Eric Holder, Janet Napolitano, ...
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The Associated Press: Obama wants Lieberman to stay with Senate Dems
ap.google.com 11/12/2008 — 14 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) President-elect Obama has told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid he's not interested in seeing Democrats oust Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman from their ranks over his endorsement of Republican John McCain. Obama told Reid ...
Setting a precedent
washingtonmonthly.com 11/12/2008 — SETTING A PRECEDENT.... As far as I can tell, there isn't a single Democratic senator or member of Barack Obama's team who has even hinted that Joe Lieberman should be kicked out of the Democratic caucus altogether. And yet, media...
Fineman: Obama And Durbin Want Lieberman To Stay As Homeland Security Chair
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/12/2008 — On Keith Olbermann's show last night, Howard Fineman dropped a bit of a bomb, saying that Senator Dick Durbin moving towards wanting Joe Lieberman to stay as chair of the Homeland Security Committee -- because he heard what Obama had to say about it. ...
Health Care to the Max: Baucus Plan Out (Updated)
blogs.tnr.com 11/12/2008 — As reported in this week's edition , Max Baucus and his staff at the Senate Finance Committee have been working on health care reform since the beginning of summer. Today, he will publish a preliminary outline of what he has in mind. Afterwards, he ...
Obama aides heading to Georgia for Martin
ajc.com 11/12/2008 — An appearance in Georgia by President-elect Barack Obama on behalf of Jim Martin appears unlikely, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t making his presence felt in Martin’s Dec. 2 runoff against incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss. Obama is ...
Schumer: 60 'possible but unlikely' —
First Read 11/13/2008
From NBC's Abby LivingstonIn his mission to crush a GOP filibuster, DSCC Chairman Chuck Schumer feels the chance of 60 Democratic senators this cycle is “possible, but unlikely.”
Briefing reporters this afternoon, the New York senator gave the ...
Hillary Clinton as Mrs. Foggybottom? —
Wash Post Federal Page 11/14/2008
There's increasing chatter in political circles that the Obama camp is not overly happy with the usual suspects for secretary of state these days and that the field may be expanding beyond Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson ...
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