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THE BACK STORY OF VALERIE JARRETT, ILLINOIS U.S. SENATE SEAT AND THE WHITE HOUSE — No one with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team has identified his close friend and adviser Valerie Jarrett as Senate candidate #1, as mentioned in the criminal complaint against Gov. Rod Blagojevich …
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Emanuel: I'm Getting Death Threats Over Blagojevich Scandal — Obama's Chief of Staff Refuses to Go to Work Because of Media Stakeout — The President-elect's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, said today he won't go to the Chicago Presidential transition offices in order to avoid reporters seeking …
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Blagojevich scandal: Rahm Emanuel and Jesse Jackson Jr face new revelations — Pressure grew on two of Barack Obama's closest political aides yesterday as new details emerged of the “pay-for-play” allegations against the Governor of his home state. — Rahm Emanuel, the President-elect's …
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Rahm Emanuel, Blagojevich staff talked — Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be White House chief of staff, had conversations with Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration about who would replace Obama in the U.S. Senate, the Tribune has learned.
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Absentee vote issue headed for state Supreme Court — Minneapolis election director Cindy Reichert addressed members of the state Canvassing Board at the State Capitol on Friday morning. Members (l to r) are: Kathleen R. Gearin, Chief Judge, Second Judicial District; Eric J. Magnuson …
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Franken Gets Big Win At Canvass Board — Al Franken's chances of winning the Minnesota recount may have just gone up astronomically. — The state canvassing board just voted unanimously that absentee ballots that were initially rejected because of clerical errors — and the current estimate …
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Minnesota Canvassing Board Sides with Franken on Two Key Issues …
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Exclusive: Norm Coleman's Renovation Project Coincides with Financial Lawsuit
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GOP: ‘ACTION ALERT - AUTO BAILOUT’ — Countdown has obtained a memo entitled “Action Alert - Auto Bailout,” and sent Wednesday at 9:12am, to Senate Republicans. The names of the sender(s) and recipient(s) have been redacted in the copy Countdown obtained.
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McCain Campaign Sells Info-Loaded Blackberry to FOX 5 Reporter — Exclusive FOX 5 Investigation — ARLINGTON, Va. - Private information at bargain prices. It was a high-tech flub at the McCain-Palin campaign headquarters in Arlington when Fox 5's Investigative Reporter Tisha Thompson bought …
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UK caused cholera, says Zimbabwe — The cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe which has left hundreds dead was caused by the UK, an ally of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has said. — Information Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu described the outbreak as a “genocidal onslaught on the people of Zimbabwe by the British”.
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Chapter 11 is the right road for US carmakers — The debate about whether or not to bail out the Big Three carmakers has been mischaracterised. It has been described as a package to help the undeserving dinosaurs of Detroit. In fact, a plan to bail out the carmakers would benefit shareholders …
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U.A.W. at Center of Dispute Over Bailout
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The Pragmatist — In case you haven't heard, Barack Obama is a pragmatist. Everybody agrees on this. Joe Biden, accepting Obama's nod as VP at his unveiling event in Springfield, Illinois, called him a “clear-eyed pragmatist.” Describing Obama's rise through Chicago politics …
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Sorry, We're Booked, White House Tells Obamas — Michelle, Malia and Sasha Obama met Barack Obama's campaign plane in Colorado on Nov. 1. (Photo: Damon Winter/The New York Times) — Updated | 3:12 p.m. CHICAGO—The White House has turned down a request from the family …
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Soderbergh on Che Guevara's Continuing Relevance: The Butcher of La Cabana's “dream of a classless society, a society that isn't built on the profit motive.” — Che director Steven Soderbergh tells Politico why his new four-hour, two-part epic about Ernesto Guevara is relevant in 2008:
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22 Pounds of UAW Rules and Regulations — Ever wondered what a UAW contract looks like? Here is all 22 pounds of it (in this case, Ford's 2,215 page 2007 master contract; Coke can is for scale and because I was thirsty). — I'll tell you this much, those 2,215 pages don't include much regarding efficiency and competitiveness.
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Using the courts to oust Blagojevich on the theory that he's “disabled” from serving as governor. — Illinois AG Lisa Madigan makes the move to oust Blagojevich that we were talking about yesterday. … Oh, the irony! Grabbing power to oust someone for grabbing power.
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GOP warned to embrace technology or face ‘suicide’ — (CNN) — When Michigan GOP Chairman Saul Anuzis decided to throw his hat in the ring to head the Republican Party, he announced his intentions on an unlikely forum: Twitter. — Not too long ago, the social networking Web site …
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A Bailout Plan the GOP Can Support — Inspired by a commenter, I have come up with an auto industry bailout plan. For years, we have been treated to the following comments: … And this: … Rep. Steve King (R-IA) was even inspired enough to run the numbers:
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Exclusive: Pentagon Pro-Troop Group Misspent Millions, Report Says — While the Pentagon preps for a new administration, a scandal from an earlier era is rearing its head. — A Defense Department project, supposedly designed to support U.S. troops, was used instead to channel millions …