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Monday evening links

Posted by: ST on November 17, 2008 at 10:12 pm » 1 Comment

Here’s a link round-up of the big stories of the day for your perusal: —– Will Lieberman get to keep his seat as Chair of the Homeland Security Committee? Looks like he just might, and instead will lose the gavel on a subcommittee he chairs. How will the vote, to be taken tomorrow, go down? [...]

 

Yes, Hillary Clinton is Obama’s first choice for Secretary of State (UPDATE: HILLARY ACCEPTS?)

Posted by: ST on November 17, 2008 at 4:31 pm » 11 Comments

… but in the continuing drama over this story, The Politico reports today that Team Obama have hit some snags on the vetting process of La Clinton’s hubster: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) is President-elect Barack Obama’s first choice for secretary of State but his aides are becoming exasperated by the Clinton camp’s pokey response [...]

 

Monday open thread

Posted by: ST on November 17, 2008 at 2:03 pm » 3 Comments

I’ll be back this evening, ya’ll.

 

Howard Kurtz on the post-election media frenzy over Barack Obama

Posted by: ST on November 17, 2008 at 10:38 am » 3 Comments

WaPo’s media watcher extraordinaire Howard Kurtz writes today about the types of fawning “cool, hip guy/family” articles we’ve seen routinely from the mainstream media since the election of Barack Obama, something I’ve addressed in a couple of posts here. In his piece, Kurtz first notes a short list of the types of headlines and stories [...]

 

Pre-election day Obama to gov’t workers: I’ll work hard to keep your jobs secure

Posted by: ST on November 17, 2008 at 9:43 am » 6 Comments

If anyone needed anymore proof of how loyal Obama is not only to unions, but to the belief that government handles things better than the private sector, you’ve got it: In wooing federal employee votes on the eve of the election, Barack Obama wrote a series of letters to workers that offer detailed descriptions of [...]