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New York Magazine Crowns Obama...9 Days Early!
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
In what could turn out to be a classic "Dewey Beats Truman" moment, New York magazine's most recent edition crowned Barack Obama nine days before Election Day: Notice the asterisk at the bottom of the cover: *if current projections hold. The article by John Heilemann is available here.
"Like Bernie Sanders on Steroids"
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... New York magazine on what an Obama transition and White House would look like.
Read why Republican strategist Stuart Stevens says “the Obama realignment is being underestimated”-- ...
Get Ready for the New New Deal
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... about the plans of Congressional Democrats to
ignite a torrent of new spending if Barack Obama wins the White
House. The list of Congressional Democrats eager to christen a 'New
New Deal' is stunning (and apparently now includes Obama
himself). ...
Who Would Obama's Treasury Secretary Be?
The Stump —
... In a long, useful piece about the closing days of the campaign and the beginning of a likely Obama administration, John Heilemann writes: ...
Getting A Jump
BAGnewsNotes —
... from: The Next New Deal: The huge opportunities—and huge risks—of a possible Obama administration by By John Heilemann (NY Mag) ...
If Obama Wins
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
In a must-read piece, John Heilemann looks at the big opportunities -- and big risks -- of a possible Obama administration. "This precedent would be unnerving enough for Democrats by itself, but the truth is that the circumstances Obama will confront are infinitely more daunting than those that Clinton faced at the outset of his administration. The recession that facilitated 42's rise was shallow, and by the time he took office, it was already in the rearview mirror. And although the mounting deficit compelled Clinton to abandon much of the new spending he'd envisioned, ...
Larry Summers: Obama's Treasury Secretary?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
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When discussing a possible Obama cabinet, former president of Harvard and Clinton Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has perhaps been the safest bet for those trying to predict an Obama cabinet. Most articles predicting such a cabinet put Summers back in his former position of Treasury Secretary.
New York magazine has just published an article saying that a Summers pick is extremely likely:
But although there has been chatter that Obama might also retain Hank Paulson at the Treasury, the inside ...
Larry Summers: Obama's Treasury Secretary?
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
***Check Back For Updates***
When discussing a possible Obama cabinet, former president of Harvard and Clinton Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has perhaps been the safest bet for those trying to predict an Obama cabinet. Most articles predicting such a cabinet put Summers back in his former position of Treasury Secretary.
New York magazine has just published an article saying that a Summers pick is extremely likely:
But although there has been chatter that Obama might also retain Hank Paulson at the Treasury, the inside ...
Tom Daschle: Obama's Chief Of Staff?
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... his possible role as chief of staff has been greatly discussed in the media.
The New Republic mentioned the possibility of Daschle as chief of staff all the way back in May.
The New York Times recently put Daschle at the top of the chief of staff short list with the caveat that the choice "could be complicated because Mr. Daschle's wife is a lobbyist."
A recent New York magazine article called Daschle's shot at being White House Chief of Staff "decent."
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Tom Daschle: Obama's Chief Of Staff?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... his possible role as chief of staff has been greatly discussed in the media.
The New Republic mentioned the possibility of Daschle as chief of staff all the way back in May.
The New York Times recently put Daschle at the top of the chief of staff short list with the caveat that the choice "could be complicated because Mr. Daschle's wife is a lobbyist."
A recent New York magazine article called Daschle's shot at being White House Chief of Staff "decent."
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Will We Wake Up in 1933?
Hit & Run —
... ? According to this John Heilemann story in New York magazine, some of Obama's adviser's are already looking to the ghost of FDR to guide them: ...
Hullabaloo — ... everyone who has told me that, in the wake of the largest victory for Democrats since 1964, in the wake of winning a majority of the votes cast in 4 out of the last 5 Presidential elections, in the wake of reducing the Republican Party to a regional outpost in the South and part of the Great Plains, this is a profoundly conservative nation. Here's a partial list: Ron Brownstein, Jon Meacham, Peggy Noonan, Howard Fineman, David Broder, John Heilemann, John King, Mark Penn, Doug Schoen, Charles Krauthammer, ...
"America Remains a Center-Right Nation"
Shadow of the Hegemon —
... everyone who has told me that, in the wake of the largest victory for Democrats since 1964, in the wake of winning a majority of the votes cast in 4 out of the last 5 Presidential elections, in the wake of reducing the Republican Party to a regional outpost in the South and part of the Great Plains, this is a profoundly conservative nation. Here's a partial list: Ron Brownstein, Jon Meacham, Peggy Noonan, Howard Fineman, David Broder, John Heilemann, John King, Mark Penn, Doug Schoen, Charles Krauthammer, ...
