oxdown.firedoglake.com - 11/6/2008
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In the Senate Democratic Committee chairmanships, except in rare cases are selected by seniority. Once members reach the top of a few select committees they are apt to stay for years. Right now there is a rare moment where as many as eight chairmanships could open up. (that assumes, as rumored , ...
courant.com - 11/8/2008
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courant.com —
U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd said Friday that President-elect
Obama would not want one of his party's first...
major post-election issues to be a messy fight over Joseph Lieberman's status as a Democrat. Lieberman's political future is uncertain because ...
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oxdown.firedoglake.com - 11/6/2008
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oxdown.firedoglake.com —
In the next few weeks Rod Blagojevich, the
Governor of Illinois will choose Barack Obama’s replacement in...
the United States Senate. Thankfully a number of progressive candidates have already tossed their names into the ring. However none would top ...
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Oxdown Gazette » Jan Schakowsky ...
newhavenindependent.org - 11/12/2008
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newhavenindependent.org —
Scott, one of Connecticut’s leading conservative voices of
the past three decades, was the last local on-air...
voice at WELI-AM, once a fully-staffed Greater New Haven news station turned into a right-wing talk radio syndication outlet by owner Clear ...
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Deciding Lieberman's fate
Daily Kos —
... imply no coming consequences, i.e. 'Joe's gone off the reservations sometimes, but...' - today's statement runs in the opposite direction: 'Joe's with us on some things, but....' Reid is obviously implying that Lieberman will be punished; just because the details weren't announced today doesn't mean nothing will happen. Rather, Reid is likely working through the Senate mechanisms behind-the-scenes: walking through the complex process of Chairmanship 'musical chairs' that Ari describes here, estimating how many Dems we'll actually have in our caucus, and speaking with all of ...
Lieberman is learning there will be consequences
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
... imply no coming consequences, i.e. 'Joe's gone off the reservations sometimes, but...' - today's statement runs in the opposite direction: 'Joe's with us on some things, but....' Reid is obviously implying that Lieberman will be punished; just because the details weren't announced today doesn't mean nothing will happen. Rather, Reid is likely working through the Senate mechanisms behind-the-scenes: walking through the complex process of Chairmanship 'musical chairs' that Ari describes here, estimating how many Dems we'll actually have in our caucus, and speaking with all of ...
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Gosh, you think this is why Sanctimonious Joe got all complimentary of Obama the other day?
Democratic leaders are discussing a major reshuffling of Senate committee chairmanships, according to multiple sources, and the proposed changes ...
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Senator Chris Dodd guilty of 'mortgage fraud'? (OneNewsNow.com)
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Instapundit
pajamasmedia.com 12/24/2008 — CHRIS DODD UPDATE: The Connecticut Post writes, Why is Sen. Dodd stalling on loans? Isn’t it time that U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd came clean and released documents on two mortgages hew received from Countrywide Financial Corp. that has already ...
Hillary Starts the Musical Chairs in New York
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The
expected move of Hillary Clinton to Foggy Bottom will set off
an intriguing parlor game among New York State Democrats. Whom will
Governor Paterson appoint to succeed Clinton? And how will ...
Some Frank Talk About the Need for Obama to Step Up
blogs.abcnews.com 12/5/2008 — "There's only one president at a time," President-elect Barack Obama has repeated time and time again in recent weeks. But a powerful House Democrat disagrees. Zero is more like it, says Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and so Obama better step...
Dodd Decides: No Story In Loan Deals -
courant.com 10/19/2008 — Sen. Christopher Dodd sounded like Dr. Seuss without the depth last week. "It is what it is," declared Dodd, mistaking Hartford for Whoville, when he told The Courant's Rick Green that he had no plans to release documents from his $800,000 in ...
Oxdown Gazette » Terms of the Citigroup bailout
oxdown.firedoglake.com 12/3/2008 — On November 23, 2008 , the Fed with participation by the Treasury and FDIC announced a rescue plan for what has been the nation’s largest banking concern Citigroup. The company has seen a drop in its share price in the last year from a high of $57.40 ...
New Congress: Foreign Relations vacancy —
First Read 11/7/2008
With Biden leaving the Senate, there's a BIG committee chair opening: Foreign Relations. Chris Dodd is next in line, but he wants to keep his Banking post and he's up in 2010. Kerry, who wants to be Secretary of State, would be the next senator in ...
Obama toasts Rahm
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Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/8/2008
Politico - Here's newly elected Senator Obama roasting Rahm at a 2005 charity fundraiser. Corny stuff, but nice delivery and a few good one-liners mixed in.
The full 2-hour roast, with Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd and others is here.
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