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Morning Roundup: Around the Web with Ricochet Rabbit
The Latest on Air America — ... if you need to see for yourself. Have you seen the video of Bush getting snubbed by every world leader? Way worse than getting picked last to play soccer during recess. The Washington Times criticizes (or says "not so liberal now, eh") President-elect Obama for deciding to wait possibly until 2010 to repeal the ban on gays in the military. Alternet's Joshua Holland points out that Waxman yanking John Dingell from his chair on Energy and Commerce Committee reveals ...

The Morning Report
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — ... " (Janet Hook and Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times ) - Defeating another political titan, Rep. Henry A. Waxman, the liberal Los Angeles power broker, captured a House post Thursday that will put him at the center of efforts to advance President-elect Barack Obama's proposals to curb global warming, develop alternative fuels and expand health insurance coverage. " Obama to delay repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' " (Rowan Scarborough, Washington Times ) - President-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to end the military's ...

ThinkFast: November 21, 2008
Think Progress — ... Obama will not immediately move to repeal the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy which bans openly gay individuals from serving. Obama reportedly “first wants to confer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his new political appointees at the Pentagon to reach a consensus and then present legislation to Congress.” ...

DADT on the backburner
Political Animal — DADT ON THE BACKBURNER.... Barack Obama's transition team has been assiduous in its efforts to identify the early mistakes recent presidents have made, and mapping out a strategy to learn from history. It's not a surprise, then, that the President-elect is reluctant to add a "don't ask, don't tell" repeal to his early to-do list . President-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to end the military's decades-old ban on open homosexuals in the ranks, two people who have advised the Obama transition team on this issue say. ...

Obama to Delay Action on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Patterico's Pontifications — ... Barack Obama is looking to delay any action on “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” until 2010. He says he wants to build consensus and consult with military leaders first. ...

Will Obama and the Democratic Congress repeal "don't ask, don't tell"?
Althouse — Don't count on it! blog advertising blog advertising

MEET THE NEW BOSS, YADA, YADA: Obama to delay repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’. I’m guessing that …
Instapundit — ... MEET THE NEW BOSS, YADA, YADA: Obama to delay repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’. I’m guessing that this bodes poorly for a ...

Yes, He Can. Maybe. When He Gets Around To It: An Ongoing Series
Hit & Run — ... Some of his supporters may not be disappointed at all. He did warn that he might not be able to achieve all his goals in one term. (And for most of his goals, that's a very good thing.) Still, this from today's Washington Times: ...

Obama Follows Clinton On Gay Rights?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... are among the transition team - Fred Hochberg, perhaps the central pillar of the Human Rights Campaign and Clintonite dead-ender, and Roberta Achtenberg, formerly at HUD. The legacy of these people was DOMA, a doubling of the rate of discharges of gay servicemembers, and the perpetuation of the irrelevant Human Rights Campaign. Appointing people like these Clinton retreads and establishment Dems is of a piece with pushing DADT repeal back years. ...

BREAKING: Obama To Delay “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Action
GayPatriot — ... EXCLUSIVE: Obama to delay repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ - Washington Times ...

Obama Promises Continue to Expire - Organic Farming Blamed
Daily Pundit — ... Obama is backing off of his campaign promise to repeal “Don’t Ask - Don’t Tell”, in the name of “consensus.” ...

Ask not (and tell not) what you can do for your country...
Classical Values — Ask not (and tell not) what you can do for your country... In a move sure to piss off gay activists (who are already seething over the passage of Prop 8 with heavy black support), Barack Obama has decided to delay the implementation of his campaign promise to jettison the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy: President-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to end the military's decades-old ban on open homosexuals in the ranks, two people who have advised the Obama transition team on this issue say. Repealing the ban was ...

Prez.-Elect Barry Not In A Hurry To End Ban On Military Gays
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Obama to delay repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’: Advisers see consensus building before lifting ban on gays Rowan Scarborough - (WashTimes) President-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to end the military’s decades-old ban on open homosexuals in the ranks, two people who have advised the Obama transition team on this issue say. Repealing the ban was an Obama campaign promise. However, Mr. Obama first wants to confer with the Joint ...

Obama NOT Rushing to Repeal Gay’s in Military - Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — President Obama is not apt to repeat Bill Clinton’s mistakes, now is he? President-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to end the military’s decades-old ban on open homosexuals in the ranks, two people who have advised the Obama transition team on this issue say. Repealing the ban was an Obama campaign promise. However, Mr. Obama first wants to confer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his new political appointees at the Pentagon to reach a consensus and then present ...

Lots Of Hope, A Bit Less Change....Obama Will Not Push To Eliminate "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Anytime Soon
Ace of Spades HQ — Lots Of Hope, A Bit Less Change....Obama Will Not Push To Eliminate "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Anytime Soon Clintons everywhere, Gates still in the Pentagon and now this? This isn't the Change! the left thought it knew. President-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to end the military's decades-old ban on open homosexuals in the ranks, two people who have advised the Obama transition team on this issue say. Repealing the ban was an Obama campaign promise. However, Mr. Obama first wants to confer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff ...

Obama to delay repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell”
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... applauds a prudent move , as do I. Actually, I’m applauding the fact that he’s further antagonizing the left. But prudence, too! Repealing the ban was an Obama campaign promise. However, Mr. Obama first wants to confer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his new political appointees at the Pentagon to reach a consensus and then present legislation to Congress, the advisers said.“I think 2009 is about foundation building and reaching consensus,” said Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. The group supports military personnel targeted ...

Links for 2008-11-21 [del.icio.us]
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — Obama to delay repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' President-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to end the military's decades-old ban on open homosexuals in the ranks, two people who have advised the Obama transition team on this issue say. Repealing the ban was an Obama campaign promise. However, Mr. Obama first wants to confer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his new political appointees at the Pentagon to reach a consensus and then present legislation to Congress, the advisers said. +++++++++ Obama ...

links for 2008-11-22
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: barack_obama) Obama to delay repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' President-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to end the military's decades-old ban on open ...

The Ghosts of 1993
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... If this were any other issue, it would be the sort of slam-dunk stocking stuffer that a new administration would be looking to implement quickly to bolster its favorability ratings. But of course, DADT is laden with historical significance, precisely because of the way that the Clinton administration mishandled the issue in 1993 and expended a lot of its political capital in the process. A Washington Times report -- as yet unconfirmed by other sources -- suggests that Barack Obama is likely to delay action on the issue until perhaps 2010. ...

When Will Obama Officially Go From Being One Of Us To One Of Them?
DownWithTyranny! — ... not one of the blogs complaining that Obama is excluding progressives from his administration. He's doing exactly what we expected him to do and exactly what he always said he would do. I have to admit, though, that I was a little disappointed-- if not completely surprised-- that he's already started sending out signals that he would be unable to keep his most basic actual campaign promises, like rolling back a tax cut for multimillionaires and getting rid of discriminatory homophobic rules in the military. President-elect Barack Obama may consider ...

A headline that Obama voters will need to get used to
Betsy's Page — President-elect Obama is planning to "delay" one of his campaign promises - to repeal the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy for the armed forces. President-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to end the military's decades-old ban on open homosexuals in the ranks, two people who have advised the Obama transition team on this issue say. Repealing the ban was an Obama campaign promise. However, Mr. Obama first wants to confer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his new political appointees at the Pentagon to reach a consensus and then present legislation to Congress, the advisers said. What a novel idea - to confer with those ...

Obama punting on gays in the military repeal
The Atlantic Politics Channel — The Washington Times reports the Obama administration may wait until at least 2010 before pushing through Congress an end to the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy towards gays and lesbians. ...

Emma Ruby-Sachs: Ranking the Issues: Gay Rights in an Economic Crisis
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... On Friday, the Washington Times reported that Barack Obama will be waiting until 2010 to push for the end of Don't Ask Don't Tell. Obama staffers say the delay is necessary to allow for consensus building. ...

Remainders: Don't ask
Ben Smith's Blog — Obama will delay repealing "don't ask, don't tell." Katon Dawson is the latest candidate for the RNC chair, and gets an early hit for being a former member of a whites-only country club. Fred Siegel says Bloomberg has become despotic, but not benevolent. Liberal bloggers have divided themselves into believers and cynics, and the cynics may win. National Catholic Weekly plugs their candidate for Vatican Ambassador: Pepperdine law professor Douglas Kmiec. Vilsack ends speculation that he'll ...

Explosive!
Shakesville — In shocking, shocking, shocking news, President-elect Barack Obama will not let Teh Gayz run rampant over the military come January 20th. In fact he may wait until later in his term to attempt overturning DADT. Instead of opening the floodgates of sodomy on the armed forces his first say in office, Obama plans to meet with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Pentagon to develop new legislation he can present to Congress. ...

Change? Did I Say "Change?"
Stones Cry Out — A few links covering much of the non-change the Obama administration is giving us. * The Audacity of Patience on RedState, noting status quo in cabinet appointments, the Bush tax cuts, but mostly the closing (or not) of Gitmo. * The Washington Times:  "Don’t ask, don’t tell"?  Don’t hold your breath. * The New York Times (yes, that New York Times):  Reality rears its ugly head regarding Iraqi forces.  I like this line: “I said that I would remove our ...

Colin Powell To CNN: We Should Review 'Dont Ask, Don't Tell' Policy
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... of lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans at the State Department, Powell noted that "... I think it's a different matter with respect to the military, because you're essentially told who you're going to live with, who you're going to sleep next to."    Powell said pretty much the same thing to Zakaria this weekend. Back in April, Barack Obama pledged he would end "don't ask, don't tell," but recently Obama seems more likely to delay this move for at least several months if not until 2010.  Given the successful ...

California Proposition 8 Supporter and Anti-Gay Marriage Pastor Rick Warren Selected to Deliver Invocation at Barack Obama Inauguration
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... seven openly homosexual folks to his transition team but he has placed the issue of “gays in the military” on the backburner. ...

Video: Obama press secretary promises to get rid of “don’t ask, don’t tell”
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... this during the campaign, then stepped back a bit after the election, and now is stepping back up, no doubt due to the unpleasantness over Rick Warren. No timetable as to when — the Wash Times piece I linked suggests 2010 — but he needs to throw the left a bone and this is an ...