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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Trying to show a little bipartisanship, President-elect Barack Obama had an off-the-record meeting Wednesday with liberal commentators and columnists, the morning after a dinner with conservative writers at the home of columnist George F. Will.
Two sources close to the transition say Obama met Wednesday morning at his transition headquarters here with left-leaning [...]
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Obama Meets with Maureen Dowd, Andy Sullivan - Thinks They're Liberals
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
Last night Obama dined with rightwing columnists, so today the President-elect tried to balance things out by having a quickie meeting with what some bill as liberal columnists. There were even 2 women! There might have been more women except they didn't have refreshments, so they didn't need servers. If Obama thinks Maureen Dowd and Andrew Sullivan are liberal (or even moderate), Bush ain't the only one living in a bubble. No wonder Paul Krugman didn't show: 9:45 a.m., in the transition office, ...
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Obama Meets With The Center-Left
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 1/14/2009 — 9:45 a.m., in the transition office, President-elect Obama, meeting with: the Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan, CNN's Roland Martin , MSNBC's Rachel Maddow , the Washington Post's Gene Robinson , the Boston Globe's Derrick Z. Jackson , the one and only ...
Is Wrestling The New Baseball?
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 1/8/2009 — For his swan song as chairman of the House's government oversight committee, Henry Waxman picked a very touchy topic: steroid use by professional wrestlers. Waxman's findings , released on January 2 and based on documents he gathered from the World ...
When P meets K.
smalldeadanimals.com 2/22/2009 — Steve enlightens us about the shiny white person episode. "Well, now we’ve got a different story, right? Now, it’s no longer a story about the appropriateness of our choosing Kathy to appear on the program. Now it’s a story about...
Your Liberal Media
eschatonblog.com 1/24/2009 — Still happy to run with any Republican horseshit it is fed. Get used to it.
Senate votes to ban inauguration ticket scalping —
Reuters: Politics 1/14/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate has passed a bill outlawing the sale of tickets to President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony, which are being handed out for free, threatening offenders with a $100,000 fine and a year in jail.
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Obama sees Senate backing Geithner for Treasury —
Reuters: Politics 1/14/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday predicted that Timothy Geithner, his pick for Treasury secretary, would win Senate approval despite a controversy over back taxes and the immigration status of a former housekeeper. ...
House gives Obama jump-start on health reform —
Reuters: Politics 1/15/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to expand a children's health program and raise cigarette taxes to pay for it, giving President-elect Barack Obama a jump-start on a campaign promise to insure more Americans. ...
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