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Ryan Grim / The Politico:
McConnell reaches out to Lieberman — Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has reached out to Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) about the prospect of joining the Republican Conference, but Lieberman is still bargaining with Democratic leaders to keep his chairmanship, according to Senate aides in both parties.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WHAT LIEBERMAN FINDS ‘UNACCEPTABLE’.... As political theater goes, the exploits of Joe Lieberman really are odd. … Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), according to multiple reports and sources, has no intention of allowing Lieberman to stay on as chairman of Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
ABCNEWS:
Emanuel Was Director Of Freddie Mac During Scandal — New Obama Chief of Staff, Others on Board, Missed “Red Flags” of Alleged Fraud Scheme — President-elect Barack Obama's newly appointed chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, served on the board of directors of the federal mortgage firm Freddie Mac …
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Mark Karlin / BuzzFlash.org:
Rahm Emanuel: You Can't Take a Knife to a Gun Fight. Live from Chicago, It's BuzzFlash.com! — MARK KARLIN'S EDITOR'S BLOG: Another BuzzFlash Perspective on Our Homestate Illinois Politics. — As the oldest and largest news and commentary progressive website (since May of 2000) …
Ben Joravsky / American Prospect:Does Rahm Emanuel's Pick Mean the Chicago Machine Is Coming to Washington?
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Scott J. Anderson / CNN:
Conservatives blame moderates for GOP losses — (CNN) — A conservative leader Friday laid the Republican Party's poor showing at the polls at the feet of moderates who, he argues, led the party away from its core principles. — Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council told CNN …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly: BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A POLICY IDEA?.... Given this week's results …
Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
Obama Victory Alters the Tenor of Iraqi Politics — BAGHDAD — Barack Obama may have been elected only three days ago, but his victory is already beginning to shift the political ground in Iraq and the region. — Iraqi Shiite politicians are indicating that they will move faster toward …
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Felix Gillette / New York Observer:
Juicy Bits Surfacing in Rather Case: In 2004, CBS Considered Matt Drudge, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter Independent Panel — This week, Dan Rather's legal team submitted a memorandum to the judge overseeing Mr. Rather's $70 million civil lawsuit against his former employers …
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Patricia Lopez / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Franken's deficit: 236 votes — Sen. Norm Coleman's Democratic challenger is vowing to push ahead with a recount. — Just as Secretary of State Mark Ritchie was explaining to reporters the recount process in one of the narrowest elections in Minnesota history, an aide rushed in with news …
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John / Power Line:
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MINNESOTA? — When the polls closed Tuesday evening, Minnesota's Secretary of State's office showed that Norm Coleman had a 725-vote win in his closely contested race against Al Franken. By the next morning, however, Coleman's victory was already shrinking.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Plouffe to the Senate? — Obama campaign manager David Plouffe speaks to the media in the spin room after the vice presidential debate at the Field House of Washington University's Athletic Complex on October 2, 2008 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Change.gov:
America Serves … The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the nation's challenges. President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in underserved schools …
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Wil Haygood / Washington Post:
A Butler Well Served by This Election — For 34 Years, Eugene Allen Carried White House Trays With Pride. Now There's Even More Reason to Carry Himself That Way. — For more than three decades Eugene Allen worked in the White House, a black man unknown to the headlines.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Susan E. Rice — As he prepares to take office, President-elect Barack Obama is relying on a small team of advisers who will lead his transition operation and help choose the members of a new Obama administration. Following is part of a series of profiles of potential members of the administration.
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New York Times:
Obama, Assembling Team, Turns to the Economy — CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama moved swiftly on Thursday to fill his administration and form his response to the economic crisis. Mr. Obama scheduled his first post-election visit to the White House and convened an economic advisory board …
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Rasmussen Reports:
69% of GOP Voters Say Palin Helped McCain — Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republican voters say Alaska Governor Sarah Palin helped John McCain's bid for the presidency, even as news reports surface that some McCain staffers think she was a liability. — Only 20% of GOP voters say Palin hurt …
Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Fox News Blames Obama For Stock Market Fall — The last two days on Wall Street “were the worst in the American stock market since 1987.” The Dow Jones industrial average lost nearly 1,000 points and the S&P 500 “a broader measure of stocks, lost nearly 10 percent of its value.”
Satyam Khanna / Think Progress:
Campbell Brown rips McCain aides for blaming Palin for McCain loss: ‘You picked her.’ — Recently, former McCain staffers have been leaking embarrassing information about Gov. Sarah Palin's cluelessness on foreign policy and her unprofessional behavior. Top aide Steve Schmidt wouldn't say whether she was a good VP choice.
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
O'Reilly throws down the gauntlet in the War on Christmas.» — No time of the year is more merry for Bill O'Reilly than the “Christmas season,” because he can then go to war with his nemeses, the so-called “secular progressives.” Last year, he kicked off the season on Nov. 9 …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Children Are Watching — America makes history, but the mandate is for moderation. — You're lucky to live through big history. And you're living through it. — The explosion of joy in large pockets of the country Tuesday night was beautiful to see, and moving.
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