foxnews.com - 12/3/2008
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The biggest obstacle facing Hillary Clinton's Senate confirmation as President-elect Barack Obama's top diplomat may not be her husband's wheeling and dealing abroad for his foundation, as many suspected. Instead, it could be the U.S. Constitution. According to an emolument clause in the ...
google.com - 11/29/2008
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17 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) An adviser to
Barack Obama's presidential campaign who was forced to resign...
earlier this year after calling Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton a "monster" is now working on the transition team for the agency Clinton is expected ...
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The Associated Press: Obama adviser once critical of ...
transition.americanobserver.net - 12/8/2008
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President-elect Barack Obama President-elect Barack Obama Transition Tracker
is a project of American University School of Communication's...
graduate journalism program. It aims to report on the challenges facing the new administration and the new ...
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Transition Tracker | A project of American University ...
foxnews.com - 11/29/2008
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foxnews.com —
A former adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign
who once called Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton a "monster"...
is now working on the transition team for the agency that Clinton may lead. State Department officials said Friday that Samantha Power is ...
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Obama Adviser Who Called Clinton a 'Monster' Returns - ...
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‘Illegal Alien’ POTUS Has Huge Problem With Un-Constitutional Sec-Of-State
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Clinton’s Confirmation May Spark Constitutional Battle:
A provision in the Constitution technically bars Sen. Hillary Clinton from becoming President-elect Barack Obama’s secretary of state.
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The biggest obstacle facing Hillary Clinton’s Senate confirmation as President-elect Barack Obama’s top diplomat may not be her husband’s wheeling and dealing abroad for his foundation, as many suspected.
Instead, it could be the U.S. Constitution.
According to an emolument clause in the ...
The Latest On Obama’s Eligibility Problems
Nice Deb —
... there are 16 cases in 12 states (with 2 before the Supreme Court) contending that Barack Obama is constitutionally ineligible to be sworn in as President of the United States.
The media is starting to grudgingly do (incomplete, and inaccurate) stories about these questions. I think they’re in CYA mode at this point, making a minimum effort to cover the story in case it turns out to be the Constitutional crisis many believe it to be.
The media is also starting to notice the Constitutional issue I mentioned here with Hillary ...
A Health Care fight without Hillary Clinton?
The Next Right —
Quin Hilyer doesn't think Hillary Clinton should be confirmed as Secretary of State, for a variety of reasons. Others suggest the emolument clause of the Constitution or the Clinton's foreign entanglements could create problems during Senator Clinton's confirmation hearing. Maybe, but I doubt it. Most of the potential problems seem basically unrelated to the role of Secretary of State, or have been addressed long ago. Perhaps more relevantly, relationships matter and by all accounts Hillary Clinton has good relationships with her Senate ...
12/5: The Netroots Eye Specter's Seat
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... bloggers are throwing cold water on the notion that Obama isn't a U.S. citizen: CLINTON: Not Everyone On The Right Has Fallen For Her... Several American Spectator bloggers are urging Senate GOPers not to confirm NY Sen. Hillary Clinton as Sec/State: The Next Right 's Jon Henke thinks Clinton will get confirmed no matter what: "Quin Hilyer doesn't think Hillary Clinton should be confirmed as Secretary of State, for a variety of reasons. Others suggest the emolument clause of the Constitution or the Clinton's foreign entanglements could create ...
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President-elect Barack Obama will hold a press conference today in Chicago at 11:40 EST where he is expected to name New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his nominee for secretary of commerce. Richardson served as energy secretary in the Clinton ...