politico.com - 11/22/2008
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Obama answered calls for the disbandment of the White House office central to the Karl Rove-style politics he once condemned. The office stays.
rawstory.com - 11/17/2008
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rawstory.com —
Email noting relationship with White House came just
a month after Bush took office Convicted lobbyist Jack...
Abramoff told his colleagues at his former law firm that he had an agreement regarding communications with a former assistant to then-Deputy ...
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Abramoff said he had agreement with White House aide ...
oversight.house.gov - 11/25/2008
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oversight.house.gov —
At the request of Sara Taylor, the former
White House Director of Political Affairs, John Walters, the...
nation's drug czar, and his deputies traveled to 20 events with vulnerable Republican members of Congress in the months prior to the 2006 elections. ...
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Politicization of the White House Office of National ...
thinkprogress.org - 11/25/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
Last night on Hannity and Colmes, Karl Rove
vigorously defended his role in the White House as...
the Bush administration’s political guru. “The politics and policy are constantly banging into each other in decisions that are made inside the ...
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Rove: ‘Policy Won Out’ Over Politics In The Bush White House
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Long live the Office of Political Affairs
Political Animal —
... because they don't like conflict. [...] It's time for real talk, and that means we can't pretend that politics doesn't have anything to do with policymaking, or that America's politician-in-chief shouldn't have political advisers. It would be nice to live in a world where the president could dismantle the political office and not get eaten alive by his political opponents, but we don't. With this mind, the Obama transition announced yesterday that the Office of Political Affairs will remain in place , and it will be led by Patrick Gaspard, a longtime labor activist with the ...
The Saturday Word: Obama Aims for 2.5 Million Jobs
The Caucus —
... , a former pilots union president, to lead the Federal Aviation Administration. Despite recommendations from some Democrats to disband the Office of Political Affairs, Karl Rove’s former home in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Mr. Obama has said he will leave it open , placing Patrick Gaspard, his campaign political director, in charge. Vetting The Post has a look at the William J. Clinton Foundation and its ...
Obama and Change: Office of Political Affairs Will Stay
Patterico's Pontifications —
... Barack Obama plans to continue the Office of Political Affairs, Karl Rove’s office in the White House that was denounced by Democrats and some Republicans: ...
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Obama and Change: Office of Political Affairs Will Stay
patterico.com 11/23/2008 — [Guest post by DRJ]
Barack Obama plans to continue the Office of Political Affairs , Karl Rove’s office in the White House that was denounced by Democrats and some Republicans:
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