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What To Expect From The Obama Transition
President-elect Barack Obama is NOT expected to name key posts BEFORE next week...even though there's been speculation that he'd name his Treasury secretary today.... the ONE  exception might be his chief of staff.  (Rep. Rahm Emanuel has told colleagues that he has been approached ...
Congratulations, President-Elect Obama
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com — Like many conservative writers, my good opinion of Barack Obama diminished somewhat over the course of the... campaign. Part of this was the inevitable hardening of the partisan arteries that takes place during a Presidential year, but part of it was ... (more) Congratulations, President-Elect Obama
The Biggest Lesson Obama Learned From The Clinton Transition
marcambinder.theatlantic.com — Democrats who survived the transition from George H.W. Bush to William Jefferson Clinton are a bit in... awe these days of what Barack Obama is doing and how he is doing it. Of the Clinton transition, one very senior and longtime Clinton adviser said: ... (more) The Biggest Lesson Obama Learned From The Clinton Transition
The Obama Transition: What Will Change Look Like
The Obama Transition: What Will Change Look Like
time.com — In his first White House visit as President-elect, Obama walks with Bush down the famed colonnade outside... the Oval Office. (more) The Obama Transition: What Will Change Look Like
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The First Presidential Decision
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... That's some chief of staff. I think even Rahm's friends will acknowledge that he is as abrasive as Obama is smooth, and, well, he knows who to be a total asshole when he has to be. But that's often what you want in a chief of staff: an enforcer. Marc has more on the transition. ...

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