politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/11/2008
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Valerie Jarrett is one of Barack Obama's closest advisers.
(CNN) — Two Democratic sources close to President-elect Barack Obama tell CNN that top adviser Valerie Jarrett will not be appointed to replace him in the U.S. Senate.
"While he (Obama) thinks she would be a good senator, he wants her in the White House," one top Obama [...]
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/10/2008
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com —
(CNN) — A prominent Democratic source close to
Barack Obama confirmed Sunday that Valerie Jarrett is Obama’s...
choice to replace him in the Senate. Jarrett is a Chicago lawyer and one of Obama’s closest advisers. She is also one of the leaders of ...
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Source: Obama wants Valerie Jarrett to replace him in Senate
judicialwatch.org - 11/15/2008
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judicialwatch.org —
Jarrett Managed Housing Project Deemed "Uninhabitable" Judicial Watch,
the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government...
corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents linking Valerie Jarrett , an advisor ...
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Obama Advisor Valerie Jarrett Linked to Real Estate Scandals
elections.foxnews.com - 11/15/2008
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Election Central Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central —
... CNN reports that Obama sources say Valerie Jarrett will stay on as an adviser in the White House -- not as an appointee to Obama's vacant Senate seat, as had been rumored over the weekend. At the end of the day the Senate appointment will be up to Dem Gov. Rod Blagojevich -- regardless of whether Obama asked him to appoint a particular individual. ...
Tuesday's Transition News
The Stump —
... Valerie Jarrett squashes
rumors that she'd take Obama's Senate seat ...
Sources: Valerie Jarrett headed to White House, not Senate
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... CNN Monday. Over the weekend, Democratic sources had told CNN as well as Chicago television station WLS-TV that Jarrett was Obama's choice to fill his Senate seat. Jarrett, a Chicago attorney and one of Obamas closest advisers, is a leader of the president-elects transition team.... Several other Illinois Democrats have expressed interest in the seat, including Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich will make the final decision on Obamas successor. Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/10/sources... /
Tuesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... will decide Lieberman's fate. * We're more probably more likely to see Valerie Jarrett working in the White House than serving in the Senate. * ...
The Blagojevich Timeline: Everything Fits Easily Except Obama's Monday Denial.
The Volokh Conspiracy —
... . Nov. 9. 2. On Monday, Nov. 10, Blagojevich holds an incredible 2-hour conference call with multiple consultants: “ROD BLAGOJEVICH, his wife, JOHN HARRIS, Governor General Counsel, and various Washington-D.C. based advisors, including Advisor B,” discussing his corrupt schemes. He follows this with two calls with Advisor A. 3. That very night, Monday, Nov. 10, at 7:56pm, CNN reported : Two Democratic sources close to President-elect Barack Obama tell CNN that top adviser Valerie Jarrett will not be appointed to replace him in the U.S. Senate. "While he (Obama) ...
BLAGO STINK IS EXPANDING
Right Wing Nut House —
... . Nov. 9. 2. On Monday, Nov. 10, Blagojevich holds an incredible 2-hour conference call with multiple consultants: “ROD BLAGOJEVICH , his wife, JOHN HARRIS , Governor General Counsel, and various Washington-D.C. based advisors, including Advisor B,” discussing his corrupt schemes. He follows this with two calls with Advisor A. 3. That very night, Monday, Nov. 10, at 7:56pm, CNN ...
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The Washington Post curtain-raises Obama's Afghanistan strategy -- a war that Obama may own more than he does Iraq since it is Afghanistan where Obama has pledged to send more troops. "The emerging broad strokes of Obama's approach are likely to be ...
Obama asked Bush for help for auto industry —
Reuters: Politics 11/11/2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama urged President George W. Bush to pass a second stimulus package to help the U.S. economy and asked him to use existing bailout measures to help the ailing auto industry, an aide said on Tuesday. ...
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