time.com - 12/17/2008
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On Friday, Dec. 5, the President-elect sat down with TIME managing editor Richard Stengel, editor-at-large David Von Drehle and Time Inc. editor-in-chief John Huey in Obama's spartan transition offices in Chicago to discuss his plans for the coming months, the improbability of his victory and ...
time.com - 12/17/2008
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time.com —
For having the confidence to sketch an ambitious
future in a gloomy hour, and for showing the...
competence that makes Americans hopeful he might pull it off, the President-elect is TIME's Person of the Year.
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Person of the Year 2008
time.com - 12/17/2008
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time.com —
You probably sat in a fancier conference room
the last time you refinanced or heard a pitch...
about life insurance. There's a table, some off-brand mesh office chairs, a bookcase that looks as if it had been put together with an Allen wrench and ...
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Why History Can't Wait - Person of the Year 2008
time.com - 12/17/2008
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time.com —
When he arrived in Washington as Secretary of
the Treasury in the summer of 2006, Henry M....
(Hank) Paulson Jr.'s top priority was to make certain that his department would have independence and clout. If he was giving up the top job at Goldman Sachs, ...
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Henry Paulson - Person of the Year 2008
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TIME's Person of the Year 2008: Barack Obama
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... The President-elect is TIME's Person of the Year.
Read TIME's interview with Obama here. ...
Person of the Year
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
... The magazine has a good interview with Obama in which he explains why voters elected him: "I do think we received a strong mandate for change ... It means a
government that is not ideologically driven. It means a government that
is competent. It means a government, most importantly, that is focused
day in, day out on the needs and struggles, the hopes and dreams, of
ordinary people. And I think there is a strong mandate for Washington
as a whole to be responsive to ordinary Americans in a way that it has
not been for quite some time." ...
Shocker: Barack Obama is the Time Magazine Person of the Year
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... No, not a shock. The Time Magazine Person of the Year is President-elect Barack Obama.
The magazine will feature (hits the newsstands tomorrow) long-lost college photos, an interview with Obama, an explanation of why he was chosen and more.
Who did you think Time Magazine was going to choose Sarah Palin?
By the way, the choice was so noteworthy that Time Magazine’s Jay Carney left Time to become Obama’s VP, Joe Biden’s flack. ...
The President-elect on his goals and agenda in a time of crisis
Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team | Blog —
... During the interview, the President-elect discussed what he views as the key benchmarks for his first two years, and whether the economic crisis will force him to hold back on the bold agenda he has put forth: ...
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Obama: Time 'Person of the Year,' 2008
swamppolitics.com 12/18/2008 — by Mark Silva
This one probably wasn't too hard to predict.
President-elect Barack Obama: "Person of the Year.''
So says Time magazine, with that long history of idetifying that person -- once was a "man'' in the old days of ...
Most Fascinating Person of the Year
talkleft.com 12/6/2008 — Barbara Walters names Barack Obama the most fascinating person of the year in her special tonight. In 2005, she named Camilla Parker Bowles . In 2006, she named Nancy Pelosi and in 2007, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling . Also on Walters' list ...
Barack Obama: Ebony's Person of Year
swamppolitics.com 12/2/2008 — by Mark Silva
Ebony magazine has chosen its first "Person of the Year.''
President-elect Barack Obama.
If the election of the first African-American president does not stand out as a landmark event in the history of a magazine ...
Sarah Palin - Who Will Be Person of the Year 2008?
time.com 11/17/2008 — Pro: Her rise from Alaska Governor to national symbol of homespun populism took place literally overnight, as did her ability to catapult John McCain to a brief lead in the polls. Con: Didn't excel at sit down interviews and had a tendency to go ...
Scandal in IL: Rahm still in the news —
First Read 12/17/2008
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel pushed for Valerie Jarrett to be appointed to the Senate seat. "Jarrett was initially interested in the U.S. Senate post before Obama tapped her to be a White House senior ...
Time's Person of the Year: Barack Obama —
CNN Political Ticker 12/17/2008
Time's person of the year is Barack Obama.
In one of the craziest elections in American history, he overcame a lack of experience, a funny name, two candidates who are political institutions and the racial divide to become the 44th president ...
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