thenation.com - 1/9/2009
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Barack Obama continued to put his own stamp on the Democratic Party today by officially announcing his pick of Virginia Governor Tim Kaine as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Howard Dean will step down as chair on January 21 and Kaine will step up. Both Obama and Kaine had kind ...
politico.com - 1/9/2009
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politico.com —
When President-elect Barack Obama introduced Kaine at party
headquarters Thursday afternoon, Dean was 7,023 miles and seven
time zones away.
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Lei-off: Obama snubs Dean
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 1/10/2009
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latimesblogs.latimes.com —
This is no Friday joke. Word has just
been received at The Ticket that President-elect Barack Obama
sent out an actual e-mail today without asking for more money from tired donors. No, really. The N.Y. Times' Katharine Seelye recently ...
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Breaking: Obama sends national e-mail with NO plea for ...
thinkprogress.org - 1/7/2009
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Early Morning Swim
Firedoglake —
UN resolution doesn't stop Israel.
Appeasement!
Blago one step closer to impeachment.
The second half of the bailout getting a makeover.
Obama introduces the new head of the DNC.
But why the snub?
Brownie evacuated.
I don't think "liberated" means what Bush thinks it means.
Is there a bigger crybaby on the planet?
Sure, I still hope for the best from the Obama administration, but the hiring of Cass Sunstein and the banishment of Howard Dean are bad signs
DownWithTyranny! —
... The Nation's Ari Berman has blogged about this ("Obama Anoints Kaine, Praises (And Snubs?) Dean"), and Politico's Jonathan Martin wrote a long piece yesterday (" ...
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