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Obama's 'Dream Team'
The Caucus —
... common — hoop dreams. Though these days Eric H. Holder Jr., Susan E. Rice and Gen. James L. Jones, may be more comfortable handling policy memos than shooting free throws, at one point they were very much at home on the court. And as the basketball-loving president-elect assembles his so-called team of rivals, it appears he may have – coincidentally — put together a pretty competitive group of players. As a teenager, Mr. Holder, the president-elect’s nominee for Attorney General, was co-captain of the basketball team , the Peglegs, at Stuyvesant High School in New York. And ...
Team Of... Ballers?
The Stump —
Omniscient reader EK notes something crucial about new appointees James Jones, Eric Holder and Timothy Geithner: They all play Obama's favorite sport. Jones played forward at Georgetown. Geithner reportedly likes himself a good pickup game. And the Times says Eric Holder was once known, impressively enough, for his "easy dunk." (Cracks EC: "Not even Janet Reno could do that.") --Michael Crowley
Eric Holder Went to Stuyvesant!
The American Scene —
WAAAAAAAhooooooo!
As a ninth grader running for student body president on the Patriot Party ticket, he cut up and rearranged magazine ads into “Vote for Holder” insignia.
His victory showed him that his intellectual gifts and witty, down-to-earth demeanor could propel him to high places, his classmates said.
That same year, his high score on a grueling city test earned him a seat at Stuyvesant High School, where the prom was sometimes canceled because of a lack of interest and students had a penchant for reciting class rankings (Mr. Holder ...
The Team
Matthew Yglesias —
... a good pickup game. And the Times says Eric Holder was once known, impressively, for his "easy dunk." (Cracks EC: "Not even Janet Reno could do that." ...
