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abcnews.go.com - 11/19/2008

Obama's VP Screener Missed Problems with Controversial Clinton Pardons

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As a top official in the Clinton Justice Department, Eric Holder, one of the people chosen by Sen. Barack Obama to help screen possible vice presidential candidates, failed, by his own admission, "to focus" on the controversial pardon issued by President Bill Clinton to fugitive financier Marc ...

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washingtonindependent.com - 11/21/2008

Would Clinton’s State Team Include Obama Thinkers?

— washingtonindependent.com — Many foreign policy experts wonder whether a Sec. of State Hillary Rodham Clinton would reach beyond loyalists... to bring in progressive Obama supporters after an acrimonious primary. (more) Would Clinton’s State Team Include Obama Thinkers?

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pajamasmedia.com - 11/18/2008

Why Obama Should Think Twice About Another Clinton Retread

— pajamasmedia.com — Eric Holder played an important role in the much-maligned pardon of fugitive Marc Rich. Should he really... be the next attorney general? (more) Why Obama Should Think Twice About Another Clinton Retread

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observer.com - 11/17/2008

Obama's Clinton Initiative

— observer.com — Why would Barack Obama invite Hillary Clinton into a serious discussion of her potential appointment as Secretary... of State without reaching his own conclusions about the risks and benefits of that possibility? That seems frivolous and foolish, ... (more) Obama's Clinton Initiative

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Eric Holder, AG?
Power Line — ... Holder has been attacked for his role in the Marc Rich pardon, which you can read about here; the bottom line, I think, is that Holder was a Clinton loyalist and acted as such. Bill Clinton is responsible for the Rich pardon, not Holder, and it is silly for a single incident of this sort to blot a person's career, on either side of the aisle. ...

Holder versus Fitzgerald?
RedState: Conservative News and Community — Is Rod Blagojevich breathing a little easier now? First, let's set the scenario. To recap: Eric Holder vetted the Marc Rich pardon for the Clinton White House; Scooter Libby was one of Rich's lawyers; and Patrick Fitzgerald was one of the attorneys going after Rich. With me so far? Now read this 2002 article, from the New York Times: Panel Says Top Justice Dept. Aide Held Information on Rich's Pardon By ALISON LEIGH COWAN Published: March 13, 2002 A forthcoming Congressional report on the last-minute pardons by President Bill Clinton says Deputy Attorney General ...

11/19: This One Stings
Blogometer — November 19, 2008 11/19: This One Stings Liberal bloggers are outraged that Senate Dems decided by a 42-13 vote to allow ex- John McCain surrogate/CT Sen. Joe Lieberman to keep his chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Gov't Affairs committee (while taking away his chairmanship of a less important environmental subcommittee). Here are a few of their comments: Lefty bloggers are portraying Senate Dems as weak and overly concerned with appearing bipartisan . They're also accusing Senate Dems of ignoring the will of the electorate, which "voted in overwhelming numbers for change from the discredited ...

In the News
Taylor Marsh — BY TAYLOR MARSH File this under stupid. Intelligence Chairman Silvestre Reyes, who is supposed to be a Democrat, wants to keep McConnel as Director of National Intelligence, and Hayden at C.I.A. Oh, but wait! It gets better. Reyes, who is supposed to be a Democrat, also wants to keep torture policy in place. ...