yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/3/2008
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It would have surprised me — a lot — if two years ago you’d told me that conservatives would be hailing Hillary Clinton’s appointment as Secretary of State as a great ideological victory for the American right.
spectator.org - 12/4/2008
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spectator.org —
The idea of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of
State ought to make conservatives tremble with foreboding. It...
is truly bizarre to see so many on the right unquestioningly accepting a notion that just a year ago would have been laughable, namely that ...
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Don't Confirm Her!
newsbusters.org - 12/2/2008
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newsbusters.org —
On Monday’s “No Bias, No Bull” program, CNN’s
Campbell Brown lashed out at President-Elect Barack Obama for...
his flippant response to a reporter’s question: “Mr. President-Elect, reporters, we hope, are going to ask you a lot of annoying questions ...
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CNN’s Campbell Brown Lectures Obama For Brushing Off ...
thenextright.com - 12/5/2008
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thenextright.com —
Quin Hilyer doesn't think Hillary Clinton should be
confirmed as Secretary of State, for a variety of...
reasons. Others suggest the emolument clause of the Constitution or the Clinton's foreign entanglements could create problems during Senator ...
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A Health Care fight without Hillary Clinton?
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Yglesias quips: It would have surprised me — a lot — if two years ago you’d told me that conservatives would be hailing Hillary Clinton’s appointment as Secretary of State as a great ideological victory for the American right. And that, of course, is another indicator of their enduring dumbness. Having lionized Clinton as an Iron Lady, how will they turn around and call her a terror-loving commie as soon as she presides over the withdrawal from Iraq? Quietly, as is his wont, Obama is running rings around them. ...
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balloon-juice.com 2/6/2009 — From the comments to another post :
You know, I’ve been on this blog almost all day and I’ve about had it. Can we just get the pitchforks out and get this over with?
You know, putting aside the stupidity of the Republicans, I ...
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confederateyankee.mu.nu 12/9/2008 — ...Scalia adds another Obama citizenship case to the Supreme Court's Dec. 12 docket, Wrotnowski Vs. Bysiewicz. Let the fun and games begin continue!...
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obsidianwings.blogs.com 11/9/2008 — by publius
Ok - you guys win. The Utah boycott is a bad idea. I think the Prop 8 thing just really angered me, and I posted something quickly without thinking it through.
Specifically, a statewide boycott is extremely overbroad. As a commenter ...
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balloon-juice.com 11/19/2008 — For those freaking out at the Kathleen Parker column , a couple quick thoughts:
1.) Justice (“Just Us”) Sunday
2.) Schiavo legislation
3.) Jesus is my philosopher .
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org 10/14/2008 — John McCain might want to worry about his large, outside-the-margin-of-error lead in both national and state-by-state polling before he worries about the prospect of someone voting in Florida, then coming back and trying to vote a second time under ...
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theagitator.com 3/31/2009 — Borrowing from this Hit & Run comment : It was easier for Obama to fire the CEO of a private company than it is to fire most federal employees.
Here we go again ...
mediamatters.org 2/20/2009 — Here we go again ... Published Thu, Feb 19, 2009 10:38am ET by Jamison Foser Politico's Glenn Thrush, seeing a news report that Hillary Clinton said she likes the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, "decided to fact-check." What would make him decide to ...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton? It's Being Considered
blogs.abcnews.com 11/14/2008 — ABC News’ Martha Raddatz, Jake Tapper and Z. Byron Wolf report: Sen. Hillary Clinton, who was President-elect Barack Obama’s leading rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, is being considered for the job of secretary of state in the Obama ...
The Race Is On for Prime Ambassadorships —
Wash Post Federal Page 12/4/2008
Ladies and gentlemen! Start your lobbying engines -- it may already be too late -- for that cushy ambassadorship you've always dreamed of. The incoming Obama administration has helpfully notified all politically appointed ambassadors that they must ...
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