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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/24/2008
Election Central Morning Roundup
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Obama Announcing Economic Team Today Barack Obama will officially roll out key members of his economic team today, at a 12 p.m. ET press conference in Chicago. Among the expected appointments are Timothy Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury and Larry Summers has chairman of the National ...

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Candidate For RNC Chair Was Member Of Whites Only Country Club
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Now here's a good way for the GOP to make the case that it hasn't been reduced to a southern regional rump party that's held hostage by intolerant crackpots: Elect as the new chairman of the Republican National Committee a southerner who just ... (more) Candidate For RNC Chair Was Member Of Whites Only ...

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Matt Lewis: Michael Steele's
— townhall.com — Word on the street is that Michael Steele's RNC Chairman race is being managed by Blaise Hazelwood. In 2004, Hazelwood received a lot of praise for her success as political director of the RNC. She then moved over to... (more) Matt Lewis: Michael Steele's

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Matt Lewis: RNC Chair Race: Lay Of The Land...
— townhall.com — Chris Cillizza has a very good "lay of the land" piece out on the RNC Chair Race. I'd recommend reading it if you are interested in this contest for the future of the GOP. Here's my take on the candidates Cillizza... (more) Matt Lewis: RNC Chair Race: Lay Of The Land...

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Talking Points Memo — ... Obama unveils his economic team at a noon ET press conference today in Chicago. That and the day's other transition and political news in the TPM Election Central Morning Roundup. ...

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