washingtonmonthly.com - 11/9/2008
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Change We Can Believe In From the Washington Post: "Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies on climate...
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
hotair.com - 11/7/2008
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hotair.com —
I decided to take a look at the
website for the incoming Barack Obama administration, The Office
of the President-Elect — and it looks an awful lot like a campaign site. It announces that “change has come to America”, even though ...
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Change you can give your personal information for
pajamasmedia.com - 11/6/2008
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pajamasmedia.com —
Reconciliation I wish President-elect Obama well, and hope
that even his critics can concede that he waged
a successful and often brilliant (if not shrewdly stealthy) campaign. It seems to me that conservatives have a golden opportunity to offer ...
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The Day After
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The Biggest Landmine Of Them All
Balloon Juice —
... Barack Obama has admirable priorities for the first X number of days of his administration, for all the good they will do him. There will not be a honeymoon for president Obama. His first several months in office will be hell. The economy, the two losing wars, skyrocketing gas prices et alia will all contribute, but I predict that the consuming crisis will be the detention and torture program that we continue to operate at Guantanamo Bay and around the world. The following points are not opinions but simple widely-reported facts. ...
War and Piece —
... 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. The team is now consulting with liberal advocacy groups, Capitol Hill staffers and potential agency chiefs to prioritize those they regard as the most onerous or ideologically offensive, said a top transition official who was not permitted to speak on the record about the inner workings of the transition." Via Hilary Bok . Posted by Laura at November 9, 2008 11:12 AM
The Double-Edged Sword of the Imperial Presidency
Newshoggers.com —
... From what I can see, I don’t have any objections to the actual policy goals, which is why I probably see a lot of reactions like Hilzoy’s this morning. ...
Delete this administration?
Upper Left —
Please. The WaPo, via Hilzoy... Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies on climate change, stem cell research, reproductive rights and other issues, according to congressional Democrats, campaign aides and experts working with the transition team.Good start, but only 200?
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balloon-juice.com 2/18/2009 — The Note last week:
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John Brennan: Change We Cannot Believe In
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 11/25/2008 —
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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 ...
Change I Can Believe In
boomantribune.com 11/9/2008 — 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 ...
Instapundit.com -
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. ...
Bush keeping Obama up to speed on G20:Treasury —
Reuters: Politics 11/9/2008
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The U.S. administration of President George W. Bush is keeping President-elect Barack Obama's economic team "up to speed" on what will be discussed at next weekend's G20 financial summit in Washington, a U.S. Treasury official ...
Obama Reviews Bush’s Executive Orders —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 11/9/2008
Gary Fields reports from Washington on President-elect Obama’s transition:
President-elect Obama would make an economic-recovery plan his first priority after taking office, if the current Congress and the Bush administration fail to ...
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