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This is music to my ears. Please, Maude, let it be so: Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies on climate change, stem cell research, ...
 	Obama and Bush: A Contrast in Popularity
Obama and Bush: A Contrast in Popularity
gallup.com — PRINCETON, NJ -- Monday's White House meeting between President George W. Bush and President-elect Barack Obama presents a remarkable contrast between one of the least popular two-term presidents in modern times at the close of his administration, and ... (more) Obama and Bush: A Contrast in Popularity
Change I Can Believe In
Change I Can Believe In
boomantribune.com — I think this is what it looks like to be ready on Day One: A team of four dozen advisers, working for months in virtual solitude, set out to identify regulatory and policy changes Obama could implement soon after his inauguration. An example? The ... (more) Change I Can Believe In
Why Obama Should Copy Bush (Really!)
blogs.tnr.com — You hear lots of talk about which former president Barack Obama should use as a model. Bill Clinton comes up regularly. Franklin Roosevelt, too. But what about the guy in the White House now? I know, President Bush’s approval ratings are hovering ... (more) Why Obama Should Copy Bush (Really!)
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Weekly Feminist Reader
Feministing — ... woman to statewide office. This dude would rather lose his job than go through training on sexual harassment. Wow. Members of the Dutch Parliament want to force women it deems "unfit mothers" to take contraception. (More at the Bitch Blog.) Katha Pollitt says buh-bye to Sarah Palin. New research on how viewing material that objectifies women is also harmful to men. Undoing the Global Gag Rule is reportedly at the top of Obama's to-do list! Yay! Our country deports legal immigrants because ...

Let The Barry Disappointment Begin
Pirate's Cove — ... going stone cold barking moonbatAndrew Sullivan/Glenn Greenwald on Obama is May 20. Others covering the second story via Memeorandum:  Hot Air, Hullabaloo, Associated Press, The Moderate Voice, The Impolitic, The Caucus, Jules Crittenden, Booman Tribune, www.redstate.com, Shakesville, Agitprop, DownWithTyranny! ...

Let The Barry Disappointment Begin
Stop The ACLU — ... money, because private reseach doesn’t want to dump good money after bad. Anyhow, the over/under on Libs/progressives going stone cold barking moonbat Andrew Sullivan/Glenn Greenwald on Obama is May 20. Others covering the second story via Memeorandum : Hot Air , Hullabaloo , Associated Press , The Moderate Voice , The Impolitic , The Caucus , Jules Crittenden , Booman Tribune , www.redstate.com , Shakesville , Agitprop , DownWithTyranny! , Newshoggers.com , ...

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