tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/19/2008
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Yesterday we flagged a Washington Post report about the "burrowing" of Bush administration political appointees into career jobs at various departments -- most prominently Interior -- where it will be difficult for the incoming Obama administration to dislodge them.
Bush certainly didn't ...
mediamatters.org - 11/21/2008
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mediamatters.org —
In anticipation of the new administration, Beltway media
insiders are busy laying the groundwork for how reporters
and pundits will treat the new team on Pennsylvania Avenue. "Once a president takes office ... an adversarial relationship ...
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Boehlert: Covering new presidents: the media's double ...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 11/18/2008
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
“Burrowing” — a practice by which political appointees
are transformed into career civil servants near the end
of a presidential transition — is a time-honored Washington tradition, albeit not a particularly good one. And ...
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Burrowing
lefarkins.blogspot.com - 11/18/2008
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lefarkins.blogspot.com —
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 ...
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Burrowing In
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... In response to the stories this week about Bush political appointees burrowing in to career positions in the federal government, we've gotten some reader emails that suggest people aren't entirely clear on how this works -- or what the point of it is. ...
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