firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 11/17/2008
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From NBC's Doug Adams With President-elect Obama having resigned his Senate seat yesterday, folks may be wondering about what Vice President-elect Biden might do.
Biden told a local TV station right before Election Day he didn't want to resign his seat right away, leading to speculation about whether he is trying to deny the outgoing governor of Delaware -- Democrat Ruth Ann Minner -- the chance to appoint his successor.
Under that scenario, Biden would wait until moments before ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/18/2008
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
Vice-president elect Joe Biden and his son, Delaware
Attorney General Beau Biden, embrace at the Democratic National...
Convention in August. Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden will not accept an appointment to the Senate to replace his father, ...
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Beau Biden Will Not Accept Senate Appointment
change.gov - 11/18/2008
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change.gov —
Combat Employment Discrimination: Obama and Biden will work
to overturn the Supreme Court's recent ruling that curtails...
racial minorities' and women's ability to challenge pay discrimination. They will also pass the Fair Pay Act, to ensure that women ...
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Civil Rights | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team
change.gov - 11/18/2008
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change.gov —
Centralize Ethics and Lobbying Information for Voters: Obama
and Biden will create a centralized Internet database of...
lobbying reports, ethics records, and campaign finance filings in a searchable, sortable and downloadable format. Require Independent ...
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Ethics | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team
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When Will Biden Resign from Senate?
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
... from the U.S. Senate yesterday "is putting a lot of pressure on" Vice President-elect Biden "to
announce his intentions soon, several Delaware political observers tell
NBC News. Waiting to resign could be seen as unseemly -- an obvious
political ploy to manipulate the system and clear the way for his son." ...
Who Will Take Biden's Seat
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com —
There's been plenty of speculation that Vice President-elect Joe Biden would love to see his son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, take over his soon-to-be vacated Senate seat, NBC News's Doug Adams writes . Some believed that Biden may wait to resign his seat in a maneuver -- giving newly-elected governor Jack Markell the power to appoint rather than outgoing-Gov. Ruth Ann Minner -- aimed at helping that happen. However, with Obama's resignation from the Senate yesterday, Biden may be pressured to resign soon. With the younger Biden scheduled to be deployed to Iraq for ...
Remainders: McCain, Clinton, Obama
Ben Smith's Blog —
Kind of like old times.
Ambinder unravels the Clinton story timeline.
Noam has the best of "60 Minutes."
Why hasn't Biden resigned?
Public Citizen lists the Obama bundlers working for transition.
And Obama says the Chicago press is tougher than the national press.
On Senate Vacancies
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
... Doug Adams at MSNBC’s FirstRead speculates on the Delaware Senate seat currently held by Veep-elect Joe Biden: Biden aiming to keep seat in family? ...
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lawhawk.blogspot.com 10/22/2008 — The media is so badly in the tank for the Obama campaign that even Dan Rather has said that if Gov. Sarah Palin said what Joe Biden did, it would be fatal to the campaign. It would be front page above the fold important. Yet, why is it that this story ...
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hosted.ap.org 10/10/2008 — CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Thursday that Republican rival John McCain is "getting a little loose" at a time when the nation needs a steady hand. Campaigning in NASCAR country, Biden employed car ...
Delaware surprise -- all in the family?
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 11/25/2008 —
From NBC’s Domenico Montanaro, Mark Murray and Doug Adams Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner will appoint longtime Joe Biden loyalist, adviser and former chief of staff Ted Kaufman to fill Biden’s Senate seat when the vice-president-elect ...
Obama hopes to avoid past pitfalls —
First Read 11/17/2008
From MSNBC.com's Tom CurryNew presidents have often gotten off on the wrong foot, either in botched Cabinet nominations or in policy initiatives that caused a ruckus at the start of their presidency. Obama stands to learn from mistakes made by ...
Obama TV Interview Draws Big Audience —
FOXNews.com 11/17/2008
CBS' "60 Minutes" news show had its highest overnight ratings in nearly a decade with Sunday's episode featuring Steve Kroft interviewing the president-elect and future first lady, Michelle Obama.
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