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First thoughts: The need for speed
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/8/2009
First thoughts: The need for speed
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From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann*** The need for speed: For the first time since the night he won the presidential election, Obama today will do what he might do best -- deliver a major address. Today’s speech, which he’ll give at 11:00 am ET at George Mason University in Northern Virginia (which just happens to be the site of his first rally after announcing his presidential exploratory committee), will be an effort to sell his stimulus plan, the price tag of ...
The High-Speed Rail Stimulus?
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/9/2009
The High-Speed Rail Stimulus?
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — John Judis has an article expressing skepticism that Barack Obama’s stimulus is of the right size and... nature to meet our present challenges that winds up touching on a subject near and dear to my heart— high-speed rail : One area that is ... (more) The High-Speed Rail Stimulus?

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iht.com - 1/9/2009
High-speed trains meet global demand - International Herald Tribune
— iht.com — KREFELD, Germany: High-speed trains without locomotives? Europe must be kidding. In one vast hall, workers in blue... overalls are putting the finishing touches on what would, on a normal train, be a locomotive, except that it houses a spacious ... (more) High-speed trains meet global demand - International ...

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First thoughts: Happy new year
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/5/2009
First thoughts: Happy new year
— firstread.msnbc.msn.com — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann*** Happy (and busy) New Year: What was... perhaps the most entertaining and exciting presidential race of our lifetime now makes way for one of the busiest Januarys we can remember in ... (more) First thoughts: Happy new year

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Snubbing Dean?
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — First Read: "After delivering his speech on the stimulus today, Obama will head to Democratic National Committee to hold a press conference with the man ...

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