Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State?
Aggregated from: England for Obama
Ooh. Looks like Barack Obama is taking that whole “team of rivals” thing seriously. Here’s the story. And here. And here: ...
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Hillary as Secretary of State
Aggregated from: PoliGazette
According to several reports in American media, Senator Hillary Clinton could very well become the Secretary of State in the Obama administration which will take office in January 2009. Team Obama was considering asking individuals like Sen. Chuck Hagel, Sen. John Kerry or Gov. Bill Richardson for t...
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Postcards to the president
Aggregated from: The World Wants Obama Coalition
Reuters has filmed a series of video messages from people in a dozen countries congratulating Barack Obama on his election victory and offering suggestions, requests and advice. You can submit your own video message on YouTube, tagging it postcardstopresident. This builds on Reuters excellent Voices...
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Obama's victory dramatically boosts views of America in the UK
Aggregated from: The World Wants Obama Coalition
Building on all the anecdotal evidence of improving views of America around the world since the election, here is some hard opinion data. It comes from a daily poll by PoliticsHome of a politically balanced panel of 5,000 voters across the UK who are asked to say every day whether they have a posit...
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Sarah Palin blamed for increase in death threats to Barack Obama
Aggregated from: England for Obama
Now, I know I said I wasn’t going to give this woman the oxygen of publicity any longer. But somehow, I think I should make an exception for this story. Because I want Sarah Palin to have the oxygen of publicity about this story. Oh, yes. “The Secret Service warned the Obama family in mi...
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Obama to investigate Bush’s use of torture
Aggregated from: England for Obama
Steps In The Right Direction, No.12: This. *Update* I just read this by Glenn Greenwald (via Andrew Sullivan): “It’s just a fact that there are all sorts of people close to Obama who have enabled those Bush policies and who are mobilizing now and attempting to ensure that nothing meaning...
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John Pilger has gone off the rails
Aggregated from: Pickled Politics » United States
Obama has barely been elected, and John Pilger can reliably be called upon to throw out the first far-left article accusing him of being an Uncle Tom. Obama is a stooge don’t you know! (via Olly’s Onions) And isn’t Obama aware that, “the American elite has grown adept at usin...
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Hillary Clinton Secretary of State?
Aggregated from: VivirLatino
The latest Obama Presidential Cabinet pick could be one of his former competitors, New York Senator Hillary Clinton. Various mainstream news sources are reporting that Clinton is being considered for the Secretary of State post. What do you all think? A good choice or not? It certainly would ma...
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No Any Obama Jokes
Aggregated from: My Right Word
No, I didn't misspell.That isn't a typo for "know".No Jokes.And Afro-American Eugene Robinson explains:Barack Obama's election victory may have been good for the country, but it's been awful for comedians. Just ask poor Don Rickles. He was absolutely killing the audience on David Letterman's show th...
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Democrats ask: “Will no one rid us of Joe Lieberman?”, Thomas Ash
Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - USA
Senator Joe Lieberman has been a thorn in the Democrats' side for a long time, but relations have only worsened since Connecticut primary voters booted him off the party ticket in 2006. Lieberman reacted by separating himself from the party and running as an independent, despite his earlier pro...
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