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Why wait until Jan. for new president? - Opinion
On Religion A weekly series explores the issues of faith that are shaping our world. Common Ground In Washington today, politicians too often just stand their ground. Liberal strategist Bob Beckel and conservative columnist Cal Thomas provide a better model. Window on the Web An at-a-glance look ...
Stop the World Can't Wait — I want to get off
Stop the World Can't Wait — I want to get off
zombietime.com — Please God, make it stop! Did you naively think that Obama’s election as President and the nearly... total cessation of any hostilities in Iraq would finally spell the end of the anti-war protests that have occasionally erupted since 2003? Silly ... (more) Stop the World Can't Wait — I want to get off
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So Eager for Obama, Wants Inauguration Moved to December
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... in which he asked, coincidentally just a week-and-a-half after Barack Obama's election: “Why wait until late January to turn the Oval Office over to a new President elected in early November?” He proposed: “We should move the President's inauguration up to the first Tuesday in December, one month after the election.” After all, “the time lag”is “too long in these modern times when crises need the earliest possible attention.” An excerpt from Neuharth's November 18 column, “Why wait until Jan. for new president?” President Bush's gracious ...

Thoughts On The Interregnum
Rhymes With Right — ... of USA Today publisher Al Neuharth’s post on his blog . No lame-duck president can do anything meaningful after the successor is elected. The time is spent figuring out things like how many presidential pardons to issue, many to convicted political pals. Bill Clinton issued more than 200 pardons from the November 2000 election until his departure on Jan. 20, 2001. Most presidents-elect know what they want to do about major issues or whom to appoint to major offices by the time they are elected or soon thereafter. That's why we should move the president's inauguration up to ...

Do You Remember
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] When Barack Obama was elected, some argued that we should do away with the January 20 th inauguration business and just go ahead and let Obama be president already. It seems that s de facto happened. I appreciate that the girls are starting school today, but does Obama have to ...

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