openleft.com - 11/22/2008
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Don't blame the messenger (me) - blame reality :
Obama Tilts to Center, Inviting a Clash of Ideas
By DAVID E. SANGER
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination with the enthusiastic support of the left wing of his party, fueled by his vehement opposition to the ...
online.wsj.com - 11/20/2008
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 11/22/2008
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David Sanger for The New York Times :
Now, his reported selections for two of the major...
positions in his cabinet - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state and Timothy F. Geithner as secretary of the Treasury - suggest that Mr. Obama is ...
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The New Center-Right
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N/A —
... It’s altogether proper that Obama moves to the center to govern. Capitulating to those who got you where you are? So last year. ...
Define "Alternate Reality"
Riehl World View —
... My apologies for the impolite term. But this below from David Sirota at Open Left is a full bore brain fart if there ever was one. Maybe Kirchick is correct in writing ...
Left Already Disappointed With Choosing Obama
Stop The ACLU —
... As for me, while I’m glad to see Obama taking International affairs and potential threats seriously, the Right and Center-Right need to be careful of reading too much into that. I suspect Obama’s designs for domestic policy are still going to tilt rather Left. And that is the ultimate downside for free markets and free thinking people from an administration which is still genuinely liberal at heart.…and David Sirota: Please, don’t try to claim that because the Democratic Party is supposedly “the left,” that means its “center-right” is actually the “center” of American public ...
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Why Liberals Can't Govern
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com 12/9/2008 — That's the lesson of the Blagejovich affair , right? (And the Rangel case, the William Jefferson scandal, and many more to come, no doubt ...) I mean, it seems like a pretty airtight generalization to me: Liberalism's ideological predisposition to ...
: Gergen: Chambliss Win Means Obama Must Govern From The Center
mydd.com 12/3/2008 — Last time I checked, 41% was a failing grade. Not so in the Senate it would appear. No, now that Chambliss has won, apparently having just 41 votes in the Senate is REALLY great news for Republicans and bad news for Democrats, especially ...
Center-Right, Center-Left, Etc.
corner.nationalreview.com 11/18/2008 — Tod Lindberg argues that conservatives are fooling themselves if they think that the U.S. is a "center-right nation." Me, I'm not sure what it would mean for the country to be either "center-right" or "center-left." I can see the point of saying that ...
Rip, Mix, and Govern
arstechnica.com 12/2/2008 — Barack Obama's transition site, Change.gov, is now under a Creative Commons license specifically, the highly permissive Attribution 3.0 Unported license, which allows unfettered copying and remixing of content, subject only to an attribution ...
How much is he REALLY planning to spend?
scsuscholars.com 1/7/2009 — According to the AP : President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday that he foresees a $1 trillion U.S. deficit soon and "for years to come" as the nation climbs out of its economic crisis. Obama, who takes office Jan. 20, spoke to reporters after ...
NYT: Obama tilts to center, inviting a clash of ideas
msnbc.msn.com 11/22/2008 — Barack Obama won the nomination with the hearty support of the left wing of his party. Now, his reported selections for two major Cabinet positions suggest a plan to govern from the center-right.
Planning under way for Obama holiday
cjonline.com 11/9/2008 — Plans are being made to promote a national holiday for Barack Obama, who will become the nation's 44th president when he takes the oath of office Jan. 20.
Obama daughters to attend Sidwell Friends —
CNN Political Ticker 11/22/2008
The Obama girls on their way to school in Chicago
(CNN) – Obama spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter confirms to CNN the Obama daughters will attend Sidwell Friends school in Washington, DC.
"They looked at a lot of great schools but they felt ...
Obama's vetting could chase away candidates —
CNN Political Ticker 11/22/2008
President-elect Barack Obama's transition team is subjecting prospective employees to rigorous vetting.
(CNN) — When it comes to vetting potential high-level advisers, is President-elect Barack Obama too cautious for his own good?
As a ...
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