thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/13/2008
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An activist labor leader is often mentioned as a possible labor secretary choice, but he says it is highly unlikely and that he is not interested.
outsidethebeltway.com - 11/7/2008
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Jim Lindgren over at the Volokh Conspiracy posts
Rahm Emanuel’s, Obama’s reported choice for his Chief of...
Staff, vision of America. Excerpt from Emanuel and Reed’s The Plan/Big Ideas for America: America has plenty of unfinished ...
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Andy Stern and Al Gore rule themselves out of an Obama administration.
After a very centralized campaign modeled, in some ways, on the centralized Bush campaign, and eight years of an administration in which cabinet secretaries were generally guided by White House staff, and the makings of another powerhouse White House staff, it's an open question whether top-shelf Obama backers like those don't retain more power on the outside.
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