tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/16/2008
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Today: The Minnesota Canvassing Board Handles Challenged Ballots
It's a big day in the Minnesota recount, with the state canvassing board meeting today at 1 p.m. ET for their first day of adjudicating ballots that have been challenged by either campaign and thus taken out of the count until ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/23/2008 — Today: Obama Team To Release Blago Report
The Obama transition team is expected today to release their internal report on staff communications with Rod Blagojevich and his office, and which is reported to absolve Rahm Emanuel and other staffers from ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/22/2008 — Today: Possible New Vote Numbers From Minnesota
Minnesota could potentially finish today the process of counting the ballots that either campaign had challenged during the course of the recount but later withdrew the challenges, taking them out of ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/12/2008 — Crucial Hearing In Minnesota Senate Race Today
The state canvassing board in Minnesota is meeting at 10:30 a.m. ET to decide two crucial issues: Whether to count the mounting number of absentee ballots that appear to have been rejected because of ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/18/2008 — Obama Holding Presser, Will Announce Key Financial Appointments
Barack Obama is holding a 10:45 a.m. ET press conference in Chicago, where he is expected to announce the appointment of financial regulator Mary Schapiro to head up the Securities and ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/11/2008 — Poll: A Majority Of Republicans Approve Of Obama's Performance
The new AP-GfK poll shows 73% of Americans approve of Barack Obama's performance so far as president-elect -- with 54% of self-identified Republicans giving him a thumbs-up, too. ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/15/2008 — Illinois GOP Ad: "You Deserve A Special Election"
The Illinois Republican Party has this new TV ad calling for a special election to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat, rather than allow Democratic Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn to make an appointment if Rod ...
Election Central Saturday Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/3/2009 — Obama Pushes Stimulus Plan In YouTube Address
In Barack Obama's latest Presidential YouTube Address, the president-elect discusses his economic stimulus plan -- and the very serious urgency of getting it passed:
"These are America's ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/17/2008 — Obama Holding Presser, Announcing Salazar And Vilsack For Cabinet
Barack Obama is holding a press conference in Chicago at 11:45 a.m. ET, at which he is expected to announce the appointments of Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) as Secretary of the Interior, ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/10/2008 — Obama: I Will Use My Middle Name At Inauguration
In a new interview with the Chicago Tribune , Barack Obama confirmed that he will use his middle name , "Hussein," as he takes the oath of office in January. "I'm not trying to make a statement one ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/24/2008 — Today: Possible Ruling From Minnesota Supreme Court
The Minnesota Supreme Court could possibly hand down a key ruling today in the Senate recount, relating to a lawsuit by Norm Coleman that alleges the double-counting of a small but potentially ...
Scandal in Illinois: Is it airtight? —
First Read 12/16/2008
The New York Times reports that some experts are wondering whether the part of the criminal complaint accusing Blago of selling the senate seat is truly an airtight case. "Robert S. Bennett, one of Washington’s best-known white-collar criminal defense ...
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