politico.com - 1/18/2009
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January 18, 2009 Categories: Transition L Word It is, apparently, safe to call yourself a "liberal" again in Washington D.C. Though the word appears to have lost its sting after years of Republican attacks, most of those on the left of the Democratic Party prefer the word "progressive," the one ...
politico.com - 1/14/2009
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January 13, 2009 Categories: Barack Obama Dinner with
conservatives The president-elect tonight is having dinner with some...
ideological adversaries: four of the most widely-read conservative columnists. He's dining at the Chevy Chase home of Washington ...
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Ben Smith's Blog: Dinner with conservatives
politico.com - 1/19/2009
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January 19, 2009 Categories: Inauguration Seeger's version Michael
Kazin points out that Pete Seeger's and Bruce Springsteen's...
performance of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land," closing out the concert at the Lincoln Memorial, was probably its ...
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Ben Smith's Blog: Seeger's version
youtube.com - 1/12/2009
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... I do not think it means what
you think it means. Hippies are getting hip to...
their new groove as nobodysville. Will there be a Baracklash? I don't know, b...
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You Keep Using That Word (video)
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
"To all of us who are liberals..." -- Incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, quoted by Ben Smith, who notes it's once again safe to use the "L word."
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Daily Kos —
It's once again okay to call oneself a "liberal" in DC. CQ has a handy Obama nominee chart. The New York Times is getting all whiny about lack of an Obama sitdown with their editorial board. Check out this pool report, written by a NY Times staffer: After three and a half hours at his transition office, PEOTUS Obama took another 6 minute ride through Washington, arriving at 1:57 pm at the nondescript soviet-style building at 15th and L street that houses the Washington Post. Around 100 people -- ...
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