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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 12/26/2008

Now, feds probe Gov. Richardson of Obama Cabinet for 'pay-to-play'

— latimesblogs.latimes.com — It seems that Illinois' legally-challenged Gov. Rod Blagojevich is not the only close Barack Obama associate and Democratic governor being investigated by the feds for possibly selling government business in return for campaign contributions.  ... (more) Now, feds probe Gov. Richardson of Obama Cabinet for ...

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thehill.com - 12/17/2008

LaHood considered for Cabinet post

— thehill.com — Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.) is in discussions with the Obama administration to take a Cabinet-level post — most likely secretary of the Department of Transportation, according to knowledgeable GOP sources. When reached on his cell phone, LaHood said only ... (more) LaHood considered for Cabinet post

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cato-at-liberty.org - 12/24/2008

Obama’s Not-So-Centrist Cabinet (Cato @ Liberty)

— cato-at-liberty.org — Obama’s Not-So-Centrist Cabinet Posted by David Boaz Journalists continue to insist that President-elect Obama has named a largely centrist Cabinet. But they’re clinging to a storyline that might have been true two weeks ago but no longer is. Obama’s ... (more) Obama’s Not-So-Centrist Cabinet (Cato @ Liberty)

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Is the Obama administration to the right of Congress?
The Monkey Cage — ... There is a better way of measuring this than membership of Congress groupings, at least for Cabinet members (and there are many) who have previously been legislators - look at their DW-NOMINATE scores. And Nolan McCarty has done just this. ...

The Administration’s Ideology
Matthew Yglesias — Via Henry Farrell, Nolan McCarty takes a rigorous look at the ideology of the Obama administration: To gauge the differences between the administration and Congressional democrats, I use Keith Poole’s “common space” measurement of conservatism. This measure is an adjustment of DW-NOMINATE scores designed to facilitate comparison of the House and Senate. Each legislator is given a single conservatism score for her entire career ranging from around -1 (very liberal) to 1 (very conservative). One drawback is that these scores ...

Untangling Obama's Cabinet
Open Left - Front Page — ... Fortunately, we don't have to throw opinions at each other to settle the argument about Obama's cabinet; Nolan McCarty at Princeton compared voting records of the Cabinet members, and showed that "the evidence is pretty strong that the administration lies considerably to the right of the Democrats in the House, but is reasonably representative of Senate Democrats."  Coates's point about senior White House staffers is reasonable; Melody Barnes for instance has no measurable track record equivalent to a voting record.  Still, who Obama picks to his cabinet-level ...

More On the Democratic Policy Divide
Open Left - Front Page — ... As far as Obama's policies, his voting record indicates that he is, overall, slightly to the left of the Democratic congressional median. This really, is the minimum to be expected of a Senator who spent one and a half of his four years in the Senate running for the Democratic nomination. As far as his major cabinet and staff appointments went, I was personally hoping for about one in three (roughly the percentage of self-identified progressive caucus members in the Democratic caucus in the House) to represent the left-wing of the Democratic Party as exemplified by the more than ...