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Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens loses re-election bid — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall of a Washington political power …
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Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Begich lead over Stevens grows — Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich's lead over Sen. Ted Stevens is growing as ballot counting continues today in the race for U.S. Senate. — The latest numbers, issued just before 1 p.m., show Begich up by 2,374 votes. — The state has counted over 16,000 absentee …
William Yardley / New York Times:
Stevens Loses in Senate Re-Election Bid — Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska was defeated in his bid for re-election on Tuesday. — Mr. Stevens, a Republican and a 40-year incumbent, was trailing his Democratic challenger, Mayor Mark Begich of Anchorage, by 3,724 votes out of more than 315,000 cast …
Firedoglake:
Mark Begich Defeats Ted Stevens to Become Alaska's Next U.S. Senator — The Associated Press has just called the Alaska Senate race for Anchorage's Democratic Governor Mark Begich. — Congratulations United States Senator Elect Begich! — This victory for the Democrats is a major defeat for Ted Stevens and the Republican party.
Michael Isikoff / Powering Up:
Obama's Attorney General — President-elect Obama has decided to tap Eric Holder as his attorney general, putting the veteran Washington lawyer in place to become the first African-American to head the Justice Department, according to two legal sources close to the presidential transition.
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Mark Halperin / TIME.com:
Release From the American Constitution Society — FORMER DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER BLASTS ADMINISTRATION'S “WAR ON TERROR” — In Speech To American Constitution Society Holder Outlines Steps To Make Nation More Secure — Washington, D.C. — Eric H. Holder Jr. …
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
HOLDER TO BE NAMED ATTORNEY GENERAL — From NBC's Pete Williams — President-elect Obama has offered Eric Holder the position of attorney general, and Holder has accepted it, according to sources involved in the process. The formal announcement has been held up while Obama transition team members ran the idea past key senators.
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Lieberman: Suck On That, Liberals! … I hope this puts to rest the notion that this is all some master stroke of kumbayah, of keeping your friends close and your enemies closer. — This is about telling you that you mean nothing. That democracy is a nice word, but it should never threaten …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Stevens Loses in Senate Race, Tally Indicates — WASHINGTON — Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, convicted last month on federal ethics charges, lost his bid for a seventh term as final ballots were counted on Tuesday, giving Democrats at least 58 seats in the Senate for the first years of the Obama administration.
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:Howard Dean Is Fine With Senate's Lieberman Decision, Suggests …
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Hillary could reject State offer — Hillary Rodham Clinton isn't certain she would accept the Secretary of State post even if Barack Obama offers it to her, several people close to the former first lady say. — Press reports that portray Clinton as willing to accept the job …
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Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:Obama in talks with Gates on Pentagon role
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Associated Press:
Vice president, former AG, state senator indicted — McALLEN, Texas — A South Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners in Willacy County's federal detention centers.
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Emma Perez-Trevino / Brownsville Herald:Vice President Cheney indicted by Willacy County grand jury
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CNN:
Hagel takes aim at Limbaugh, Senate colleagues — (CNN) — As his Senate career nears its end, Republican Chuck Hagel isn't holding back when it comes to criticizing members of his own party — including conservative talk radio hosts. — “We are educated by the great entertainers like Rush Limbaugh …
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The Huffington Post:
Hagel, Unrestrained, Lashes Into Bush, Rush And The GOP — Two months before he leaves office, Sen. Chuck Hagel is increasingly unrestrained by political niceties. — Appearing at a forum at the Johns Hopkins School of Advances International Studies, the outgoing Nebraska Republican leveled harsh criticism …
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Alexis Simendinger / Lost in Transition:
Obama To Name Peter Orszag As Budget Director — President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to tap Congressional Budget Office Director Peter Orszag, once a veteran economic adviser in the Clinton White House, to become his budget director, according to several National Journal sources.
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David Frum:
A Note to Readers — I chose a heck of a day to go offline! — I had to travel yesterday and could not post, and so missed my chance to speak for myself about yesterday's story in the New York Times about the future of NR. — I'm hoping that the excuse “better late than never” …
Washington Post:
Administration Protects Bush Appointees by Converting Positions to Career Civil Service Jobs — Political Positions Shifted To Career Civil Service Jobs — Just weeks before leaving office, the Interior Department's top lawyer has shifted half a dozen key deputies …
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John / Power Line:
HOW OBAMA GOT ELECTED — Last night I embedded a video by John Ziegler that showed some Obama voters being interviewed about their knowledge of the issues in the campaign. The video is funny, but also instructive. It was prepared in connection with a Zogby poll and the web site How Obama Got Elected.
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George Packer / New Yorker:
AFTER KRISTOL … It's time for the newspaper to move on. For Pinch Sulzberger and Andy Rosenthal to renew Kristol's one-year contract, in 2009, would be for the Times to reward failure—and look where that got Wall Street and General Motors. It's not just that Kristol isn't another Safire …
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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
GOP Senator In Georgia Race Launches New Attack Ad — Against Obama — GOP Senator Saxby Chambliss, who's fighting a high-stakes runoff in Georgia against Democratic candidate Jim Martin, has unveiled a tough new ad strategy — he's attacking Barack Obama in his latest spot:
Erin Aubry Kaplan / Salon:
First lady got back — I'm a black woman who never thought I'd see a powerful, beautiful female with a body like mine in the White House. Then I saw Michelle Obama — and her booty! — Michelle Obama waves to the crowd at the Democratic convention in Denver on Aug. 25, 2008. — Free at last.
Marisa Taylor / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Taxpayers will pay for Gonzales' private attorney — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has agreed to pay for a private lawyer to defend former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales against allegations that he encouraged officials to inject partisan politics into the department's hiring and firing practices.
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