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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/23/2008
Election Central Sunday Roundup
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Report: Obama Promised Hillary Access And Autonomy At State The New York Times reports that Barack Obama capped off his effort to recruit Hillary Clinton as Secretary of state by promising her direct access to him in the White House, and the ability to pick her own staff. Obama To ...
Would Clinton’s State Team Include Obama Thinkers?
washingtonindependent.com - 11/21/2008
Would Clinton’s State Team Include Obama Thinkers?
— washingtonindependent.com — Many foreign policy experts wonder whether a Sec. of State Hillary Rodham Clinton would reach beyond loyalists to bring in progressive Obama supporters after an acrimonious primary. (more) Would Clinton’s State Team Include Obama Thinkers?

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motherjones.com - 11/19/2008
Obama's First Drama: Hillary Clinton
— motherjones.com — I was agnostic on the matter of Hillary Clinton's possible appointment as secretary of state--until last night. If Barack Obama, the president-elect, wanted to pull a Team of Rivals play, that had seemed fine to me. And placing Clinton in Foggy ... (more) Obama's First Drama: Hillary Clinton

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Future Ex-Democrats
spectator.org - 11/24/2008
Future Ex-Democrats
— spectator.org — Perhaps the most brilliant thing about Barack Obama's successful campaign was its vagueness. In offering himself as the all-purpose Change We Can Believe In, Obama gave believers a blank slate and a tacit license to project upon him their ... (more) Future Ex-Democrats

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Election Central Sunday Roundup
Talking Points Memo — ... The Obama team continues its rollout of its economic plans in an effort to reassure the markets -- including a possible delay of Obama's promised repeal of the Bush tax cuts on the top-earners. That and other political news in today's Election Central Sunday Roundup. ...

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Hillary Will Be President Obama's Secretary Of State
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/22/2008 — Ben Smith points out that the statement from Hillary's spokesperson, which says today's reports are "premature," is nonetheless basically confirmation that she and Obama will reach a deal and she'll be his Secretary of State. In truth, it's hard ...
Get Her an Ambassadorship! — The Corner on National Review Online
Apparently Arizona Democrats are so worried about a Republican taking over as governor when Janet Napolitano heads to Washington to head DHS that they're "pushing president-elect Barack Obama to pick Arizona Secretary of State Jan Brewer for an ambassadorship or some other federal post" -- ...
Clinton Pick Wins Conservatives’ Approval — Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
It’s not entirely clear whether this represents cause for encouragement or alarm, but there are some from the right and even far-right reaches of the U.S. political scene who applaud Barack Obama’s rumored choice of Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state. Ana Marie ...
Clinton Pick a Bold Expression of Obama’s Strength: From Die Welt, Germany — The Moderate Voice
There seems to be a chasm opening up between Britain and the Continent over whether Hillary Clinton is a good choice to be U.S. secretary of state. It seems the British are largely - but not universally - convinced that this isn’t a good idea for Obama. On mainland Europe, however, the ...
Hillary says yes — The Reaction
By Creature Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the next Secretary of State . Good? Bad? Who knows. My initial positive reaction to the pick has been tempered somewhat by the media circus that followed (and, may I stress, media circus , as in media created and driven). Personally, I think ...
Obama Said to Pick Newly Created 'Leakmaster General' (satire) — At-Largely
After days of leaks coming from the Obama transition team, the President-elect has reportedly decided to go the path of least resistance, embracing the enlarged prostate flow of chatter with the new cabinet position of Leakmaster General. Former Clinton administration officials involved in the ...
Obama And Secretary Of State Hillary: Good Cop, Bad Cop — TPM Election Central
A very smart analysis from Steve Clemons of the rationale behind the Hillary Secretary of State pick: The Clinton we have grown accustomed to over the last year is perceived as a spear-carrier for the Madeleine Albright school of values-driven liberal interventionism. Albright proponents ...