newshoggers.com - 11/10/2008
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By Cernig
The AP reports an officially unofficial leak from the Obama team that closing Gitmo is a priority for the new administration . Under plans being put together in Obama's camp, some detainees would be released and many others would be prosecuted in U.S. criminal courts. That's ...
gallup.com - 11/10/2008
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gallup.com —
PRINCETON, NJ -- Monday's White House meeting between
President George W. Bush and President-elect Barack Obama presents...
a remarkable contrast between one of the least popular two-term presidents in modern times at the close of his administration, and ...
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Obama and Bush: A Contrast in Popularity
blogs.tnr.com - 11/10/2008
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blogs.tnr.com —
You hear lots of talk about which former
president Barack Obama should use as a model. Bill...
Clinton comes up regularly. Franklin Roosevelt, too. But what about the guy in the White House now? I know, President Bush’s approval ratings are hovering ...
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Why Obama Should Copy Bush (Really!)
boomantribune.com - 11/9/2008
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boomantribune.com —
I think this is what it looks like
to be ready on Day One: A team of...
four dozen advisers, working for months in virtual solitude, set out to identify regulatory and policy changes Obama could implement soon after his inauguration. An example? The ...
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Change I Can Believe In
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Obama Hood
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... as well.“
There’s a new sheriff in town coming riding in on the horse of high hopes. Some see him only on his high horse, others see the hope. Things will be different this time.
Wait. You’ll see. What nobody wants to see is that the more things change, the more they stay the same. No matter who rides in on what horse, there is always plenty of horseshit out of view.
This is not what The Heretik hoped to read today. Close Gitmo? Good. Special ...
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Obama should be like Bush
the-reaction.blogspot.com 11/10/2008 — By Michael J.W. Stickings At least according to TNR's Jonathan Cohn. Cohn argues that has actually accomplished a great deal as president, from overhauling the tax code to reforming education to gutting the regulatory state to rewriting ...
Obama Advisers: Torture Prosecutions Not Likely
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Obama Plans Guantanamo Close, US Trials
huffingtonpost.com 11/10/2008 — WASHINGTON — President-elect Obama's advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials, a plan that would make good on his promise to close ...
No we can't
lefarkins.blogspot.com 11/18/2008 — This story , indicating that the Obama administration is bailing on the idea even investigating whether criminal charges ought to be brought against Bush administration officials who committed war crimes such as torture, is very discouraging. From the ...
Obama to close Gitmo, but then what?
hotair.com 11/12/2008 — No matter which candidate won the election, the detention center at Guantanamo Bay for captured terrorists would have closed. Both Barack Obama and John McCain had pledged to shut down the controversial center, which received a deluge of criticism ...
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pajamasmedia.com 11/11/2008 — November 11, 2008 NO SURPRISE: "President-elect Barack Obama is unlikely to radically overhaul controversial Bush administration intelligence policies, advisers say, an approach that is almost certain to create tension within the Democratic Party. ...
Obamanomics
firedoglake.com 10/15/2008 —
Is Obama the New FDR?
At this point it's clear that, barring some sort of catastrophic revelation, Obama is going to win the election. The most important task facing him will be fixing the economy. Given his economic proposals to date, what ...
Rehabilitating Bush
chicagoboyz.net 11/11/2008 — Let the rehabilitation of Bush begin! For the past 8 years, the most strident and hysterical leftist criticism of Bush has centered on his intelligence policies which leftist assured us arose purely out of a callous disregard for civil liberties and ...
Another 16 Words: Boumediene Bites Bush Again
emptywheel.firedoglake.com 10/18/2008 — Laura Rozen rocks, and today she rolls up more jaw dropping malevolence and fraud on the part of the Bush/Cheney Administration.
A potentially explosive new court filing by the lawyers for Lakhdar Boumediene and five other Guantanamo detainees ...
Today in The Nation: Getting to Work
thenation.com 11/13/2008 — Katrina vanden Heuvel At the end of this remarkable week, a look ahead to the first 100 days of the Obama presidency.
Obama makes historic White House visit —
Reuters: Politics 11/11/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama visited the White House on Monday for his first post-election meeting with President George W. Bush, a strikingly symbolic moment in the transition of power.
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