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tnr.com - 11/17/2008
Drama Club
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The morning after the presidential election, a group of top Obama staffers and consultants gathered for brunch at a restaurant a few blocks from their Chicago headquarters. The mood was understandably emotional, and, before long, chief strategist David Axelrod rose to offer a valedictory. ...
newsweek.com - 11/16/2008
Obama Looks to Lincoln | Newsweek Politics
— newsweek.com — It is the season to compare Barack Obama to Abraham Lincoln . Two thin men from rude... beginnings, relatively new to Washington but wise to the world, bring the nation together to face a crisis. Both are superb rhetoricians, both geniuses at stagecraft ... (more) Obama Looks to Lincoln | Newsweek Politics

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blogs.wsj.com - 11/23/2008
Obama Aides Suggest Rollback of Bush Tax Cuts Could Be Delayed
— blogs.wsj.com — Cam Simpson reports from Washington. Aides to President-elect Barack Obama suggested on Sunday that he wouldn’t immediately... implement a pledged rollback of tax cuts for the top tier of American income earners, because of the worsening ... (more) Obama Aides Suggest Rollback of Bush Tax Cuts Could Be ...

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ABC: WE (DON'T) KNOW DRAMA.
prospect.org - 11/14/2008
ABC: WE (DON'T) KNOW DRAMA.
— prospect.org — Ben Smith rounds up reports that Senator Hillary Clinton , who was in Chicago yesterday, may be... under consideration for the position of Secretary of State in an Obama administration. (It seems a little far-fetched to my mind but it's certainly not ... (more) ABC: WE (DON'T) KNOW DRAMA.

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Ben Smith's Blog:  Some drama

N/A:  A Cast of Characters

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Some drama
Ben Smith's Blog — Noam Scheiber has a nice piece on the changes that the shift to transition are wreaking on the Obama internal culture.

A Cast of Characters
N/A — ... My people? Obama’s people look a lot like Clinton people we have seen before. “This is not exactly the new politics Obama promised on the stump.” Who will be on stage with Obama at history’s coming most dramatic moments? ...

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