voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/11/2008
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President-elect Barack Obama today released a series of ethics guidelines for those working in the transition operation, a continuation of the anti-lobbying policies adopted by the Illinois Senator during his primary and general election campaigns. The ethics rules -- no...
balloon-juice.com - 11/12/2008
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Moron : As expected, the Obama Cult does
not like to read any questioning of their Dear...
Leader. They demand we all STFU . *** What I can not understand is the ridiculous Cult of Obama who believes that not a negative or questioning word ...
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We’re A Cult, And You Are A…
foxnews.com - 11/10/2008
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foxnews.com —
Sunday, November 09, 2008 The following is a
partial transcript of the Nov. 9, 2008, edition of...
"FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace": FOX NEWS SUNDAY HOST CHRIS WALLACE: I'm Chris Wallace and this is "Fox News Sunday." A moment for history, and now ...
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Transcript: John Podesta on 'FNS' - FOX News Sunday | ...
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Remainders, Nov. 11, 2008
Ben Smith's Blog —
Happy Veterans Day.
TPM's Greg Sargent confirms the entire Dem caucus will vote on Lieberman's chairmanship next week.
JMart's handy summary of O's new lobbying rules.
Stan Greenberg's done with McComb County and Reagan Dems.
Grim, in the Crypt (!): Hillary meets with W, punts on Lieb stance.
Sam Stein tries to get to the bottom of this whole Lieberman-Clinton thing.
Cillizza says Podesta says Obama says there's no tension between himself and Bush.
Paul Broun talks Brown Shirts and Barack ...
Tuesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... ? * Obama's team unveiled ethics guidelines today for those working in the transition operation. Most notably, "no federal lobbyist can raise or contribute money for the transition efforts, no one who has lobbied in the last 12 months can advise the transition on the policy area on which they lobbied, no one involved in the policy work of the transition can lobby on that issue for a calendar year." * Americans ...
Obama Lays Out Ethics Rules for Transition
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... transition. * Federal lobbyists are prohibited from any lobbying during their work with the transition. * If someone has lobbied in the last 12 months, they are prohibited from working in the fields of policy on which they lobbied. * If someone becomes a lobbyist after working on the Transition, they are prohibited from lobbying the Administration for 12 months on matters on which they worked. * A gift ban that is aggressive in reducing the influence of special interests. Read more: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/11/obama_l...
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