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redstate.com - 11/6/2008
Rahm Emanuel Named or Not Named Obama Chief of Staff
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Meet The "New Politics," Same As The Old Politics The first major personnel announcement of the new Obama Administration is out, and the word is that Congressman Rahm Emanuel has been offered the post of Obama's chief of staff . The announcement didn't exactly go off smoothly, as this ...
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time.com - 11/6/2008
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volokh.com - 11/6/2008
Rahm Emanuel: Time for a new contract with America.
— volokh.com — Rahm Emanuel is widely rumored to be Barack Obama’s choice for White House Chief of Staff. As... a Chicagoan, I’ve seen a fair amount of news coverage of this local congressman.... (more) Rahm Emanuel: Time for a new contract with America.

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Movement Left has Stroke: Rahm Emanuel Accepts Obama's Chief of Staff Offer
thewashingtonnote.com - 11/6/2008
Movement Left has Stroke: Rahm Emanuel Accepts Obama's Chief of Staff Offer
— thewashingtonnote.com — Many in the movement left are having a heart attack that the first major move of President-elect... Barack Obama is the appointment of Congressman Rahm Emanuel as White House Chief of Staff. Emanuel has accepted. I preferred Senator Tom Daschle ... (more) Movement Left has Stroke: Rahm Emanuel Accepts Obama's ...

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A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days:  Ready On Day One?

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Ready On Day One?
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days — Um . . . maybe not . Also, let's play a game of compare and contrast. Here is part of Obama's speech last night: In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity. Those are values that we all share. And while ...

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