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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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mediamatters.org - 11/21/2008

Boehlert: Covering new presidents: the media's double standard

— mediamatters.org — In anticipation of the new administration, Beltway media insiders are busy laying the groundwork for how reporters and pundits will treat the new team on Pennsylvania Avenue. "Once a president takes office ... an adversarial relationship ... (more) Boehlert: Covering new presidents: the media's double ...

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change.gov - 11/19/2008

Iraq | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team

— change.gov — The Obama-Biden Plan Barack Obama and Joe Biden will responsibly end the war in Iraq so that we can renew our military strength, dedicate more resources to the fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan, and invest in our economy at home. ... (more) Iraq | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team

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HOPE AND CHANGE: “So a mere two weeks after victory, ‘hope and change’ and ‘a break from the past’ …
Instapundit — ... HOPE AND CHANGE: “So a mere two weeks after victory, ‘hope and change’ and ‘a break from the past’ reified into parceling out posts to dozens of Clintonite retreads, plenty of the old requisite Ivy-League law degrees, ample influence from establishment ex-lobbyists, de rigueur Sidwell Friends for the kids, and apparent sudden existential angst and uncertainty over FISA, getting out pronto from Iraq, closing down the Constitution-shredding Gitmo, and overturning the McCarthyite Patriot Act—and all to acclaim and relief from aristocratic Beltway ...

Left Already Disappointed With Choosing Obama
Stop The ACLU — ... vetting found its way into the media. Those in Mrs Clinton’s camp who wanted her to take the job wanted the financial issue off the table believing Mr Obama would find any excuse not to give her the job. “They can’t help themselves,” the Obama aide told his friend, a fellow Democrat strategist. “Every event is a potential ladder up or a bullet to be dodged. They’re positioning and spinning all the time. They lost. Now we seem to be handing them the farm.” The right are noticing too: Victor Davis Hanson: “So a mere two weeks after victory, ‘hope and change’ and ‘a break from ...

The Man From Hope And Crawford
small dead animals — ... a key campaign pledge: his proposal to repeal the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. According to several people familiar with the discussions, he might instead let those tax cuts expire as scheduled in 2011, effectively delaying any tax increase while he gives his stimulus plan a chance to work." Heh. Is there nothing that Obama can't do? I wonder how many loyal Democrats realized during the heated battles of the primaries that they were making a choice between Hillary and Hillary ? Posted by Kate at November 23, 2008 11:40 AM

Admiration & Mistrust for Barack Obama
GayPatriot — ... He has long since left that rhetoric behind. Instead of hope and change, Victor Davis Hanson sees the president-elect parceling out posts to: ...

alicublog — ... says Obama's centrist appointments show that "Obama's victory... more so even than perhaps a John McCain's, may do more for Bush's reputation that anyone ever imagined." Previously Hanson wrote that "at least on national and homeland security it is perhaps not the shadow of Bill Clinton, but of George W. Bush, that now begins to loom large" in the Obama Administration. ...