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patterico.com - 11/23/2008
Obama and Change: Office of Political Affairs Will Stay
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[Guest post by DRJ] Barack Obama plans to continue the Office of Political Affairs , Karl Rove’s office in the White House that was denounced by Democrats and some Republicans: “President-elect Barack Obama has answered bipartisan calls for the disbandment of the White House ...
fivethirtyeight.com - 11/19/2008
An Interview with John Ziegler on the Zogby "Push Poll"
— fivethirtyeight.com — I had the chance this afternoon to speak with John Ziegler , a documentary filmmaker and former... radio talk show host who built the website HowObamaGotElected.com and is promoting a forthcoming documentary of the same name. Ziegler was responsible for ... (more) An Interview with John Ziegler on the Zogby "Push Poll"

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EzraKlein Archive | The American Prospect
prospect.org - 11/18/2008
EzraKlein Archive | The American Prospect
— prospect.org — WAXMAN VERSUS DINGELL. I haven't given this the attention it deserves, but Henry Waxman's decision to challenge... John Dingell for chairman of the Energy and Commerce committee is a HUGE deal. Energy and Commerce is, along with Ways and Means, the key ... (more) EzraKlein Archive | The American Prospect

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firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 11/26/2008
Obama: Change comes from me
— firstread.msnbc.msn.com — From NBC's Athena Jones CHICAGO -- In response to criticism that he is departing from his promise... to bring change to Washington because several members of his economic team were Beltway insiders, Barack Obama said today that his team would ... (more) Obama: Change comes from me

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Stop The ACLU:  Left Already Disappointed With Choosing Obama

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Left Already Disappointed With Choosing Obama
Stop The ACLU — ... is not the end of the story by any means. There are thousands of executive branch positions that we rarely hear about, many of which have enormous influence over important matters of policy. Plenty of those will go to very left wing people. Still, the first-string cabinet is a lot more centrist than I would have guessed on November 3, which is good news for the country and probably bad news for those Republicans who are banking on stupid lefty policy blunders to return them to power. Patterico: Politicians want to be re-elected but I’m sure it’s disappointing for those who ...

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Is Axelrod Walking In Rove’s Footsteps? — Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
David Axelrod is not Karl Rove, so what’s he doing in his office? Barack Obama was elected to bring change to Washington, but like his predecessor, he’s bringing his top political strategist into the White House. The Boston Globe questions whether that’s the best idea.  ...
Long live the Office of Political Affairs — Political Animal
LONG LIVE THE OFFICE OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS.... There's been a fair amount of talk of late, arguing that Barack Obama should dismantle the White House political office altogether. I understand the point -- political operations should be left to the...
Obama sighting at Manny's deli — The Swamp
by John McCormick After remaining out of public view for most of the week, President-elect Barack Obama ventured out of his transition office this afternoon to grab some lunch at a Chicago landmark. Obama left his office at the Kluczynski Federal Building in the Loop at 12:22 p.m., and ...
Quiet Day Expected for Obama — 44
By Anne E. Kornblut President-elect Barack Obama has kept a relatively low profile since winning office, but has been filling his days with meetings in his transition office, often for hours on end. That is likely to be the case again on Tuesday, aides said, as Obama moves ahead on big issues, ...
White House political office will remain (Politico) — Yahoo! News: Politics News
Politico - President-elect Barack Obama has answered bipartisan calls for the disbandment of the White House office central to the Karl Rove-style politics the Democrat condemned as a candidate. The office stays.