bloomberg.com - 11/28/2008
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Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government should demand accountability and changes at Citigroup Inc., as well as from automakers, in exchange for any financial assistance, a top transition official for President-elect Barack Obama said. “It seems to me that the government ought to demand ...
nybooks.com - 11/25/2008
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nybooks.com —
Volume 55, Number 20 · December 18, 2008
The Truth About the Election By Elizabeth Drew As...
he demonstrated in his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama thinks long. Hence, the new President-elect is better prepared to take office than any other ...
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The Truth About the Election - The New York Review of Books
washingtonpost.com - 11/25/2008
weeklystandard.com - 11/24/2008
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weeklystandard.com —
It will be some time before we know
the full extent of Obama's ambitions on domestic policy,...
but progressives are sure to feature prominently in any debate over health care, energy, banking, etc. In the realm of foreign policy, however, progressives ...
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Is Progressive Foreign Policy Dead on Arrival?
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Top Obama Aide: Cabinet Will Be Virtually Complete By Christmas
TPM Election Central —
... Obama transition chief John Podesta says in an interview this morning with Bloomberg Television that the Obama team is on track to have the top echelons of the Obama administration largely in place within the next month: ...
Expect a stocked cabinet by Christmas
Political Animal —
EXPECT A STOCKED CABINET BY CHRISTMAS.... Shortly after the election, Obama's transition team indicated that we probably wouldn't hear about any cabinet selections until after Thanksgiving. That changed a bit as the economic crisis worsened, and Obama introduced Tim Geithner as the next Secretary of the Treasury. But what about the rest of the 15-member cabinet? John Podesta, the head of the transition team, told Bloomberg News that the cabinet selections will be "virtually" complete by Christmas. ( ...
In which lambert apologizes, once again, for being prematurely correct
Corrente —
Last week, we pointed out the ludicrous disparity between Leader Nance* handing Big Money trillions (with "t") NOW NOW NOW with no plan at all, and then demanding a plan from GM when they asked for mere billions (with a "b") LATER LATER LATER LATER. Today, John Podesta agrees:
The U.S. government should demand accountability and changes at Citigroup Inc., as well as from automakers, in exchange for any financial assistance, a top transition official for President-elect Barack Obama said.
“It seems to me that the government ought to demand accountability,” including on executive compensation, John Podesta said in an ...
Your government of national unity
Corrente —
Bloomberg:
There will be “multiple Republicans” in the administration,” Podesta said. “You’ll see them spread throughout the administration.”
And not, presumably, because they've burrowed in, but because they've actually been asked to stay.
I wonder how many will be torturers? Oh, wait... Read more…
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