techpresident.com - 11/24/2008
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The liberal blogosphere has gone decidedly bi-polar in the Great Transition. On one side are the believers, betrothed to an image they conjured between the lines of conventional centrism, a group that is beginning to think that President-elect Obama is going to leave them waiting at the altar. ...
openleft.com - 11/22/2008
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openleft.com —
I really don't want to be pessimistic about
the new Obama administration. Rather, I much preferred my
optimistic mood from last night, discussing how the House seems to be moving in a more progressive direction , and how cutting military spending was ...
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More Obama Appointment News
iowahawk.typepad.com - 11/25/2008
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iowahawk.typepad.com —
WASHINGTON DC - Ending weeks of speculation and
rumors, President-Elect Barack Obama today named Bill Clinton to
join his incoming administration as President of the United States, where he will head the federal government's executive branch."I am ...
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Obama Names Bill Clinton to Presidential Post
spectator.org - 11/24/2008
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spectator.org —
Perhaps the most brilliant thing about Barack Obama's
successful campaign was its vagueness. In offering himself as
the all-purpose Change We Can Believe In, Obama gave believers a blank slate and a tacit license to project upon him their ...
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... declares. FROM THE BLOGS: [image] Obama May Disappoint on Marijuana Reform – Jeralyn, TalkLeft [image] Holder: Detainees Not Entitled to Geneva – M. K. Ham, Weekly Standard [image] The Future of Agriculture – Natasha Chart, MyDD [image] Stimulating – Matthew Yglesias [image] Make it Flake! (Again) – Amanda Carpenter, Townhall [image] Why is Charlie Rangel Still a Chairman? – Moe Lane, RedState [image] Change We Can Perceive In – Tom Watson, techPresident [image] Kmiec ...
Remainders: Don't ask
Ben Smith's Blog —
Obama will delay repealing "don't ask, don't tell."
Katon Dawson is the latest candidate for the RNC chair, and gets an early hit for being a former member of a whites-only country club.
Fred Siegel says Bloomberg has become despotic, but not benevolent.
Liberal bloggers have divided themselves into believers and cynics, and the cynics may win.
National Catholic Weekly plugs their candidate for Vatican Ambassador: Pepperdine law professor Douglas Kmiec.
Vilsack ends speculation that he'll ...
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