nytimes.com - 1/12/2009
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Presidents have promised to “change the tone” in Washington before — with results that bode poorly for Barack Obama’s own calls for cooperation. >
eschatonblog.com - 1/10/2009
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eschatonblog.com —
Such a shame it all went bad. Hoocoodanode?
Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Robert Rubin, the former Treasury
secretary who advised Citigroup Inc. as it lost $20 billion in the subprime mortgage crisis, resigned his position as senior counselor and won’t ...
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Bush Blames Others For Washington's Still-Partisan Tone
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... At the same time, it is a right of passage of incoming administrations to build a platform around changing Washington's tone. Obama may be more committed to the idea, but there is nothing historically unique to the rhetoric he espouses. As Mark Leibovich wrote in his Week in Review piece this Sunday: ...
Bush Blames Others For Washington's Still-Partisan Tone
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... At the same time, it is a right of passage of incoming administrations to build a platform around changing Washington's tone. Obama may be more committed to the idea, but there is nothing historically unique to the rhetoric he espouses. As Mark Leibovich wrote in his Week in Review piece this Sunday: ...
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