Seven Obama nominees approved
politico.com 1/21/2009 — Hours after he was sworn in as president, Barack Obama's administration has taken shape.

If Obama Loses
themoderatevoice.com 11/4/2008 — Forget all the rhetoric about four more years of Bush, Old Politics vs. New Politics and all that jazz. Absent any plausible reason for a late McCain surge and victory, the inescapable fact about an Obama loss would be an ugly truth to haunt American ...

GOP senators target two Obama nominees
thehill.com 1/15/2009 — Partisan lines have formed around President-elect Obama’s two most embattled Cabinet picks, with Eric Holder and Tim Geithner facing increasing criticism from Republicans. Democrats, who have not shied away from attacking Obama’s economic team on ...

A look at potential Obama nominees to high court (AP)
news.yahoo.com 5/1/2009 — AP - Among the people President Barack Obama is likely to consider to replace Justice David Souter:

Specter Says Obama Did Not Consult Him on Nominees
legaltimes.typepad.com 1/8/2009 — Key members of the Senate Intelligence Committee complained this week that they had no advance notice of President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Central Intelligence Agency. Sen. Arlen Specter, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary ...

2006 Video: Obama On Supreme Court Nominees
nicedeb.wordpress.com 5/1/2009 — According to Obama, some wrong headed rubes think that “a President, having won the election, should have complete authority to appoint his nominee, and the Senate should only examine whether or not whether the Justice is intellectually ...

Is Congress Being Too Tough on Nominees' Taxes?
time.com 4/3/2009 — With legions of Obama Administration posts sitting vacant amid multiple national crises, many in Washington are asking if Congressional due diligence has become unreasonable flyspecking

CQ Politics | Track the confirmation of Obama's Cabinet Nominees
innovation.cq.com 2/13/2009 — Track Obama's Cabinet Nominees Barack Obama began vetting his choices for a Cabinet before he was even elected; his first announcement came just days after Nov. 4. In the past, nearly all Cabinet nominees have been confirmed, and with a Democratic ...

Senate Could Vote on Science Nominees
cqpolitics.com 3/6/2009 — CQ TODAY ONLINE NEWS – SCIENCE Feb. 12, 2009 – 1:16 p.m. Senate Could Vote on Science Nominees By Kathryn A. Wolfe, CQ Staff The Senate could vote Thursday to confirm the nominations of two of the administration’s top scientists. John Holdren, ...

Withdrawn High-Level Nominees:
volokh.com 3/11/2009 — The latest withdrawal of a pretty high-level nominee (this time, Chas Freeman) made me wonder why there seem to be many more such in the early phase of this Administration than...

Admin. lawyer repped Google foes — POLITICO.com: Politics 3/6/2009
The lawyer Obama tapped to crack down on monopolies has repeatedly criticized Google.

Gupta withdraws from surgeon general search (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 3/6/2009
AP - CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta won't be the next surgeon general, the Obama administration confirmed Thursday.

National Briefing | Washington: Lawsuit Over Citizenship Thwarted — NYT > Politics 3/6/2009
A federal judge threw out a lawsuit questioning President Obama’s citizenship, criticizing the case as a waste of the court’s time. >

Obama Repeats Bush's Worst Market Mistakes — WSJ.com: Politics And Policy 3/6/2009
Bad accounting rules are the cause of the banking crisis.

Europe to be Obama's First Overseas Trip — TIME.com Top Politics Stories 3/6/2009
Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are planning to visit Britain, France, Germany and the Czech Republic in their first trip to Europe since the president took office.