Melody Barnes to Run Domestic Policy Council
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org — My ThinkProgress colleagues are reporting that Melody Barnes, who was at CAP before I got on board, will head the Domestic Policy Council in the Obama White House. The DPC is in charge of interagency coordination and policy formation for such topics as education, immigration, criminal ...
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Obama introduces his economic team
Political Animal — ... had helpful items on Romer's background. But it's Barnes, moving to the White House by way of the Center for American Progress, who's of particular interest. Yglesias had a good post on Barnes and the Domestic Policy Council. The DPC is in charge of interagency coordination and policy formation for such topics as education, immigration, criminal justice, and health care -- in short, domestic policy. This hasn't been a very high-profile role under the Bush administration since Bush doesn't really believe in domestic policy aside from tax cuts, but for an administration that's ...

Melody Barnes: Obama's Domestic Policy Council Head
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — Check back for updates Melody Barnes of the Center For American Progress, has been tapped to lead President-elect Barack Obama's Domestic Policy Council. Barnes was featured at Obama's press conference today, though ThinkProgress had the story earlier in the day: My ThinkProgress colleagues are reporting that Melody Barnes, who was at CAP before I got on board, will head the Domestic Policy Council in the Obama White House. The DPC is in charge of interagency coordination and policy formation for such topics ...

Melody Barnes: Obama's Domestic Policy Council Head
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Check back for updates Melody Barnes of the Center For American Progress, has been tapped to lead President-elect Barack Obama's Domestic Policy Council. Barnes was featured at Obama's press conference today, though ThinkProgress had the story earlier in the day: My ThinkProgress colleagues are reporting that Melody Barnes, who was at CAP before I got on board, will head the Domestic Policy Council in the Obama White House. The DPC is in charge of interagency coordination and policy formation for such topics ...

The Emerging Obama Administration
Newshoggers.com — ... , announced today, includes Timothy Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury; Lawrence Summers as the Director of our National Economic Council; Christina Romer as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors; and Melody Barnes as Director of the Domestic Policy Council. Only the last of those is a truly, madly, deeply progressive by any stretch of the imagination. His foreign policy and national security picks are still just informed (leaked) speculation, but Hillary Clinton as SecState seems fairly certain by now and most of the rest of the big names mooted come from that ...

Obamanomics
The Reaction — By Creature I agree a lot of money must be spent. I agree the plan has to be bold. I'm pretty much on board with the team. However, after watching a few hours of all the taking heads unanimously agree, I can't help but think of the last time all the serious people agreed like this we ended up at war. I'm not comparing, it's just creepy. (Cross-posted at State of the Day.)

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Obama to appoint Melody Barnes as head of Domestic Policy Council.
thinkprogress.org 11/24/2008 — Later today, President-elect Barack Obama will announce that our friend and former colleague Melody Barnes will be named as Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. The Council “ coordinates the domestic policy-making process in the ...
Later today, President-elect Barack Obama will announce that our friend and former colleague Melody Barnes will be named as Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. The Council “ coordinates the domestic policy-making process in the ...
Teaspoon by Teaspoon, We Take the Country Back
shakespearessister.blogspot.com 11/25/2008 — Meet Melody Barnes . During a press conference earlier today, President-Elect Obama announced that she has been chosen as his Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, a role that entails coordinating the domestic policy-making and ...
Meet Melody Barnes . During a press conference earlier today, President-Elect Obama announced that she has been chosen as his Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, a role that entails coordinating the domestic policy-making and ...
Barnes: What a Progressive President Might Say
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/24/2008 — Here’s a January 2007 Melody Barnes op-ed on what a progressive president might say in a Sate of the Union address: Here at home there is urgent work to do to fight the historically high — and growing — gap between our richest and ...
Here’s a January 2007 Melody Barnes op-ed on what a progressive president might say in a Sate of the Union address: Here at home there is urgent work to do to fight the historically high — and growing — gap between our richest and ...
So far...
www.scsuscholars.com 11/26/2008 — ...I can't really argue with a single pick of the Obama economic team . The background of Melody Barnes probably should concern me, but I don't know enough about her yet to formulate an opinion. (Look, it could have been Robert Reich. Thank God for ...
...I can't really argue with a single pick of the Obama economic team . The background of Melody Barnes probably should concern me, but I don't know enough about her yet to formulate an opinion. (Look, it could have been Robert Reich. Thank God for ...
Melody Barnes To Run Domestic Policy CouncilThe Huffington Post | Full News Feed
My ThinkProgress colleagues are reporting that Melody Barnes, who was at CAP before I got on board, will head the Domestic Policy Council in the Obama White House. The DPC is in charge of interagency coordination and policy formation for such topics as education, immigration, criminal justice, ...
Melody Barnes To Run Domestic Policy CouncilPolitics on HuffingtonPost.com
My ThinkProgress colleagues are reporting that Melody Barnes, who was at CAP before I got on board, will head the Domestic Policy Council in the Obama White House. The DPC is in charge of interagency coordination and policy formation for such topics as education, immigration, criminal justice, ...
Inside the Transition: Meet Melody BarnesChange.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team | Blog
Earlier this afternoon, President-elect Barack Obama held a press today to introduce the leading members of his economic team, including Melody C. Barnes, Director-designate of the Domestic Policy Council. Barnes is currently co-director of the Agency Review Working Group for the Obama-Biden ...
Getting to Know Melody BarnesThe Stump
NAME: Melody Barnes NEW APPOINTMENT: Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. HOW SHE KNOWS OBAMA: Domestic policy adviser to the campaign; co-director of the transition's agency review; worked with transition chair John Podesta at the Center for American Progress ...
Obama rolls out economic teamBlueOregon
This morning, President-elect Barack Obama announced his first appointments: Tim Geithner as Treasury Secretary, Larry Summers as Director of the National Economic Council, Christina Romer as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors; and Melody Barnes as Director of the Domestic Policy ...
Domesticated ProgressivesWeekly Standard Blog
More evidence to support the theory that progressives will feature prominently in the Obama administration's domestic policy and have almost no role in shaping foreign policy: Melody Barnes, former chief counsel to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) on the Senate Judiciary Committee and head ...
Karl ZinsmeisterMatthew Yglesias
Yesterday’s post on Bush’s team of nobodies actually failed to mention the most egregious example of this, the head of Bush’s Domestic Policy Council. Brian Beutler explains : In case you were on the edge of your seat (and I’m sure all of you were) turns out Karl ...
Back to the Left With Barnes?Real Clear Politics - TIME.com
CQ Politics makes the argument: Melody C. Barnes, who was among the economic team members that Obama introduced on Monday, is a former chief counsel to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., on the Senate...
Tsk-tsk, Obama Disappointing Karl RoveFiredoglake
Karl Rove, the man who destroyed the conservative movement and drove Bush's poll numbers into arctic territory, nods approvingly toward most of Obama's appointment but whines about Melody Barnes as Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council: Putting a former aide to Ted Kennedy in ...
Obama Announces Economic TeamThe Hill's Blog Briefing Room
President-elect Barack Obama announced his Treasury Secretary and other key members of his economic team during a news conference in Chicago on Monday. Timothy Geithner, the chairman of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, will head the Treasury Department. Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence ...
Former Kennedy counsel will head domestic policyPOLITICO.com: Politics
Melody Barnes, former chief counsel to Sen. Kennedy will be named director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, officials said.
Longtime Biden aide picked to fill his Senate seat (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - Edward "Ted" Kaufman, a former aide to Sen. Joe Biden, was named Monday by Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner to fill the Senate seat Biden is leaving for the vice presidency.
Economic advisers are heavyweight quantities (Politico)Yahoo! News: Politics News
Politico - CHICAGO — President Elect Barack Obama selected a Mr. Defense and a Mr. Offense for his economic team Monday,  picking Timothy Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury and Lawrence Summers as director of the ...
Geithner named Treasury SecretaryFirst Read
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro Tim Geithner was officially named Treasury Secretary by President-elect Obama's transition team, as well as several other members of the Obama White House economic team. Included in that list is Larry Summers, the ...