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Early Morning Swim
Firedoglake —
... Big Three back on the hill.
Government overhaul in the works?
Some bad news about retail sales.
And jobless report could be more bad news.
W.'s new mansion in Big D.
Kissinger impressed with Obama's national security team.
Obama's total haul -- wow.
Ezra vs. Sully on health care.
Just because I can't help it.
Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos —
... special with the stimulus; only old-fashioned programs need apply. The critics are grousing: How dare Obama try to use the crisis to transform the country! Kathleen Parker: Oogedy-boogedy. There, I said it again. Charles Krauthammer: Our merger with Iraq is the single most important political milestone since the Council of Vienna. Ask Metternich Henry about it. He likes to talk about the Council of Vienna. Henry Kissinger: I approve of what Obama is doing. OTOH, no one asks me about Krauthammer, and no ...
Kissinger-ing Up
Swampland —
... Henry Kissinger has written a real valentine to Barack Obama in today's Washington Post.:
It took courage for the president-elect to choose this constellation and no little inner assurance -- both qualities essential for dealing with the challenge of distilling order out of a fragmenting international system.
That Kissinger--who prides himself on being a source of indispensible counsel to American Presidents--might want to butter up the new guy is understandable. After all, it was only a couple of months ago that he was allowing ...
Starry Eyed Again
N/A —
From Henry Kissinger of all people
The Beltway system of leak and innuendo will mercilessly seek to widen any even barely visible split. Foreign governments will exploit the rift by pursuing alternative White House-State Department diplomacies. Effective foreign policy and a significant role for the State Department in it require that the president and the secretary of state have a common vision of international order, overall strategy and tactical measures.
Leaks? ...
Transition News 12/05
The Stump —
NYT describes Obama's breakneck pace of appointments. Grassroots leaders meet to discuss how they can have Obama's ear. Henry Kissinger praises Obama's national security picks. Don't let the economy get you down: Obama can fulfill his promises. The Harvard buds who are advising Obama. There's a debate over who should head the FDA--and Congress is letting Obama know about it. Possible trade rep Becerra has ties to controversial clemency case. Slate shows you ...
Praise From An Unexpected Source
Power Line —
... If, prior to November, liberals had been told that Barack Obama's foreign policy and national security appointments would draw praise from Henry Kissinger--a public servant of rare accomplishment whom many liberals denounce as a "war criminal"--their heads likely would have exploded. Yet that is what happened today in the Washington Post. Kissinger writes: ...
Remainders: Harvard Law
Ben Smith's Blog —
... with his Harvard law classmates.
Rangel gave his son campaign money to build two shoddy websites.
Daschle predicts that healthcare reform will get done.
Boingboing explains why the "Dear Mr. Obama" ad was so effective.
Barney Frank is a comedic genius.
John Judis rants in favor of bailing out the auto industry.
Ambinder details the Clinton-to-State transition team, and mostly Huma.
Kissinger calls Obama's national security policy team "extraordinary," in a good ...
