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The Reaction: BREAKING NEWS: Tom Daschle to be both Health Czar and Health and Human Services Secretary
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News: Sources: Obama picks Daschle to head HHS
Political Animal: Napolitano to DHS
Hot Air » Top Picks: Good news: Likely Obama nominee for Commerce notorious for subprime lending
BREAKING NEWS: Tom Daschle to be both Health Czar and Health and Human Services Secretary
The Reaction —
... CNN: President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Sen. Tom Daschle to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the former Senate majority leader has indicated he wants the job, three ...
Sources: Obama picks Daschle to head HHS
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... leader has indicated he wants the job, three sources close to the transition told CNN Wednesday. Sources say former Sen. Tom Daschle has been picked to lead HHS. The sources said that Daschle negotiated that he will also serve as the White House health "czar," or point person, so that he will report directly to the incoming president. By wearing two hats, Daschle -- not White House staffers -- will be writing the health care plan that Obama submits to Congress next year. Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/19/transition.wrap/... Was hoping for Howard Dean, but I ...
Napolitano for DHS
The Stump —
... CNN is reporting that Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, who has been on shortlists for several Cabinet spots,
is Obama's pick to head the Department of Homeland Security. If vetting
goes well, sources say Napolitano will accept the post. ...
Napolitano to DHS
Political Animal —
... and CNN , with the cable network, I believe, the first to break the news. Napolitano has long been considered a rising star in Democratic politics, and was named one of America's five best governors by Time a few years ago. There are, of course, political considerations. With Napolitano joining Obama in Washington, Democrats will lose one governorship -- Arizona is one of only a handful states without a lieutenant governor, so Republican Secretary of State Jan Brewer will succeed Napolitano. Also, Napolitano was considered a leading challenger to John McCain in 2010. It's ...
Napolitano picked for Homeland Security
The Reaction —
... Though a Republican, Secretary of State Jan Brewer, will succeed her as governor, and though, as a member of the Cabinet, she may decide not to launch a challenge to McCain in 2010, I agree with Steve Benen that she's "a terrific choice." For more, see CNN, which first reported the story last night. Again, nothing is official yet.
Change
Political Animal —
CHANGE.... We're still quite a ways from knowing what Obama's entire team is going to look like, but this debate seems to be increasingly common. "I think several individuals are very frustrated to think that President-elect Obama may just cut and paste from some of the Democratic operatives from the Clinton administration and put them into his White House," said Leslie Sanchez, a Republican strategist and CNN contributor. Republicans aren't the only ones who want Obama to branch out. Robert Kuttner, a liberal and author of "Obama's Challenge," says the president-elect ...
Good news: Likely Obama nominee for Commerce notorious for subprime lending
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... Did I say “likely”? That’s because this CNN story cited sources last night claiming that Penny Pritzker was in fact the pick. And now, come the morning, all references to her have been scrubbed and WaPo’s reporting that her appointment’s ...
Health Care in a Sick Economy
The Moderate Voice —
... The imminent appointment of Tom Daschle as Obama’s point man on the issue is another sign that the failing economy is putting more pressure on Washington to create a health care safety net for everyone just as the 1930s produced Social Security for the old. ...
