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thedailybeast.com - 12/1/2008

Washington's Other Transition

— thedailybeast.com — How is it Obama can fill a Cabinet faster than NBC can replace Tim Russert? The suits... at NBC are doing far more agonizing over who should fill Tim Russert s shoes on Meet the Press than Obama is over appointing his cabinet. They're taking more time ... (more) Washington's Other Transition

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niyae.com - 12/1/2008

Barack Obama Gifts

— niyae.com — Home Barack Obama Gifts Checkout Barack Obama Barack Obama Details Barack Obama Gift Item: Art Print Size... : 19x13 Artist: H Abavista Price: $15.00 Barack Obama (Vibe Magazine Cover) Barack Obama (Vibe Magazine Cover) Details Size: 8 x 10- Mousepad ... (more) Barack Obama Gifts

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mahablog.com - 11/24/2008

Get This

— mahablog.com — James Rosen and Steven Thomma write for McClatchy Newspapers : Whether by design or necessity, Obama appeared... to be using the deepening economic crisis to step to the forefront and seize the stage in order to reassure a nervous nation two months ... (more) Get This

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The Mahablog — James Rosen and Steven Thomma write for McClatchy Newspapers: Whether by design or necessity, Obama appeared to be using the deepening economic crisis to step to the forefront and seize the stage in order to reassure a nervous nation two months before he takes office. One prominent Republican, former Secretary of Treasury James Baker, suggested that Obama and President George W. Bush take the almost unprecedented step of sitting down and trying to work together to address the crisis. Let me guess — Baker lost a ton of ...

Apres Moi, Le Deluge
N/A — What we have here is a failure to communicate.  Or we are seeing a lack of confidence.  As a matter of fact . . . “What we’re seeing out there today is a lack of confidence,” Baker told NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” “And the president-elect and, as a matter of fact, the current president have to face this problem over the next 60 days.” Praising Obama’s appointment of “some extraordinarily capable people,” Baker said that “something very useful ...

Filling the vacuum
Political Animal — ... before he can take actual policy steps to improve investor confidence and settle the markets. Axelrod acknowledged yesterday that they leaked Geithner's name for the express purpose of giving Wall Street a boost (it worked). Obama introduced his economic team today, and as I'm typing, the Dow is up over 500 points. Obama keeps reminding us that the nation only has one president at a time, but he's also subtly reminding us that there's a light at the end of this tunnel. McClatchy reported late yesterday: Whether by design or necessity, Obama appeared to be using the deepening ...

Press-friendly (for a reason)
Political Animal — ... about Obama not having named a Labor Secretary yet, but I wonder if the transition team is just looking for an excuse to hold another economic-related press conference next week. This isn't complicated. Bush is irrelevant and Poulson lacks credibility. It's a crisis, and Obama is filling a void . And at the risk of making a post hoc argument, consider the results -- the Dow closed at 7,552 on Thursday. The next day, Obama's full-court press began. The Dow has since gone up about 1,000 points . (I'm not arguing that Obama is single handedly responsible for improving the stock ...