openleft.com - 11/8/2008
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It isn't fun to report on bad news, much less on a weekend night after a big victory. However, there are two sad items to report:
Darcy concedes : Darcy Burner has conceded in Washington's 8th congressional district. Darcy writes over email :
"It is likely at this point that Congressman ...
huffingtonpost.com - 11/10/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
After four years at the helm of the
Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean is preparing to relinquish...
his chairmanship. Dean, who has been serving in the post since 2005, has said in the past that he would serve only one term, though his ...
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Dean Prepares To Step Down As DNC Chair
tnr.com - 11/6/2008
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tnr.com —
Noam Scheiber's introduction to The O-List is below.
You can start scouring the list here: 1-5 6-10...
11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 In the spring of 2007, long before Sarah Palin became a feminist icon, before Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers reared their ...
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Obama's Washington: The O-List
blogs.tnr.com - 11/6/2008
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blogs.tnr.com —
Despite their very, uh, different personalities , Obama
and Emanuel have one big thing in common: David...
Axelrod. Emanuel is one of Axelrod's closest friends; Axelrod even signed the ketubah at Emanuel's wedding. They first got to know each other ...
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O-Rahm-a - The Plank
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Bad News
Suburban Guerrilla —
Darcy Burner concedes; DNC lays off organizers as 50-state strategy is put on hold.
WA-08: My Two Cents
Swing State Project —
... elsewhere is that the Seattle Times threw the election with its last minute hit piece on Burner's academic credentials. While it was pretty lazy, poorly researched journalism and it certainly didn't help Burner's cause (although their subsequent follow-up article about Reichert's own rather underwhelming academic background may actually have helped her), I can't see this having turned the election. In my gut, it seems more like something that turned quickly into the usual 'he said, she said' noise that dominates horse-race coverage and riles up the partisans but whooshes right ...
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