tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/11/2008
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WSJ : Obama Could Keep Gates On At Defense
The Wall St. Journal reports that Barack Obama is leaning toward keeping Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense for at least the first year of his term -- which if true would represent a very prominent act of continuity from the Bush Administration. ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/10/2008 — Obama To Meet Bush Today
Barack Obama will hold his first in-person transition meeting with President Bush today, with a private meeting in the Oval Office. This meeting holds extra significance for Obama, as well -- he's never actually been in the ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/21/2008 — Bill Vetting Issues Resolved; Obama "On Track" To Name Hillary Secretary Of State
We first reported here yesterday that advisers to the Clintons believe they've satisfied the Obama team's vetting demands and are awaiting a formal offer of the State ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/3/2008 — Quinnipiac: Obama Ahead in Big Three
The final Quinnipiac polls of the largest three swing states give Barack Obama stable leads of various margins: Obama ahead by two points in Florida, 47%-45%, unchanged from a week ago; Obama ahead by seven ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/1/2008 — McCain Playing Defense In Home Stretch -- Including Arizona
John McCain is spending the final days of the election by almost entirely playing defense in states won by George W. Bush in 2004. And perhaps most ominously for him, his final Election Eve ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/30/2008 — Polls: Obama Ahead In The Battlegrounds -- And Running Close In Arizona
The new CNN state polls : Obama is up 55%-43% in Pennsylvania; up 52%-46% in North Carolina; up 52%-45% in Nevada; up 51%-47% in Ohio; and is trailing McCain 53%-46% in McCain's ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/22/2008 — New McCain Ad: "I'm Joe The Plumber"
The new TV ad from John McCain, set to air in key states, features everyday people proclaiming their solidarity with Joe The Plumber against Barack Obama's tax policies:
One man reacts indignantly: ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/25/2008 — Obama Holding Press Conference Today
Barack Obama is holding a press conference today at 12 p.m. ET in Chicago, his second press conference as president-elect. He'll probably face some big questions about the economic crisis, about his cabinet picks ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/23/2008 — Polls: Obama Ahead In Florida, Ohio And Pennsylvania
A new round of Quinnipiac polls gives Barack Obama the lead in the three largest swing states. Obama is ahead 49%-44%, 52%-38% in Ohio, and 53%-40% in Pennsylvania. The Ohio result seems like an ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/5/2008 — Obama Raised Nearly $750 Million, With Over $100 Million In Home Stretch
Barack Obama's fundraising for the 2008 campaign has now come to a record-breaking $750 million , a demonstration of just how successful his fundraising model of seeking small ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/16/2008 — Barack Obama Has Resigned From The Senate
Barack Obama officially resigned his Senate seat today, as he devotes his full time to his White House transition. "But I will never forget, and will forever be grateful, to the men and women of this great ...
Palin not ruling out 2012 bid —
CNN Political Ticker 11/11/2008
Palin is considering a presidential bid over her own.
(CNN) — As Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin heads to Florida to attend the Republican Governors Association annual conference in Miami, she says she'd consider a run for the White House in 2012 or ...
Transition: Bailing out the auto industry —
First Read 11/11/2008
Per Obama’s transition office, the president-elect will lay a wreath in Chicago this morning to honor the nation’s fallen veterans. In addition, in DC, John Podesta, co-chair of the Obama-Biden transition team, will hold a pen and pad ...
The agenda: Owning Afghanistan —
First Read 11/11/2008
The Washington Post curtain-raises Obama's Afghanistan strategy -- a war that Obama may own more than he does Iraq since it is Afghanistan where Obama has pledged to send more troops. "The emerging broad strokes of Obama's approach are likely to be ...
Obama team works to flesh out staff —
CNN Political Ticker 11/11/2008
President Bush and President-elect Barack Obama meet in the Oval Office on Monday.
(CNN) – President-elect Barack Obama was taking time out from piecing together his leadership team Tuesday to honor the country's fallen veterans.
Obama ...
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