What President-elect Obama needs to know about the American car
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Illinois Democratic governor Rod Blagojevich must find a replacement for President-elect Barack Obama, who will resign his Senate seat Sunday. The first-term Senator was the only black in the Senate...
View ArticleWhat President-elect Obama needs to know about Osama bin Laden
"Whether we're convinced if he's dead or not, [Obama] can never give up the hunt for bin Laden. He can not afford it politically, even though in his heart he knows it's a waste of people and money."...
View ArticleTwo weeks after Election Day, Obama continues mulling Cabinet choices
"Obama is going to form a working coalition and put people in it that give him the votes when he needs them. If you think that you're going to have all Democrats, all highly partisan people, you may be...
View ArticleFormer Clinton official Eric Holder may be Obama's choice for Attorney General
One of our listeners was particularly proud of the selection of Eric Holder as U.S. Attorney General:
View ArticleWhat President-elect Obama needs to know about poverty
As the economic downturn continues, the ranks of those who live below the poverty line are growing. President-elect Barack Obama has promised to tackle poverty by reducing taxes, increasing the minimum...
View ArticleTransitioning from transition team to White House staff
Call the office door etchers — President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is starting to take shape. Actions of Democratic officials continue to suggest that presidential nomination rival Sen. Hillary...
View ArticleObama economic team learned from Clinton-era Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin
"Whether it's true or not, there's a belief in the the Obama camp that Tim Geithner was for bailing out Lehman Brothers and just was overruled." --Jackie Calmes on Robert Rubin's acolytes
View ArticleWhat President-elect Obama needs to know about First Americans
European Pilgrims and Native Americans breaking bread together is an easy image to conjure up on Thanksgiving, but it belies the struggle and marginalization that American Indians continue to face....
View ArticleWhat President-elect Obama needs to know about NATO
Our series America's Briefing Book continues with former Supreme Commander of NATO General (Ret.) Wesley Clark helping us find out what President-elect Barack Obama needs to know about NATO. Clark...
View ArticlePragmatism: The post-partisan Obama
Does a pragmatic Barack Obama mean that he won't challenge the status quo and make real change? For a look the next year, we turn to Christopher Hayes, the Washington editor for The Nation and fellow...
View ArticleA presidential power lunch
Today one of the biggest power lunches of the year will take place in the Oval Office. President Bush, President-elect Barack Obama, and former Presidents Clinton, Carter and George H.W. Bush will all...
View ArticleA new chapter for Senator Hillary Clinton
Senator Hillary Clinton goes before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today for confirmation hearings. For insight into what we might expect if Clinton takes the reins as Secretary of State, The...
View ArticlePresident Obama: The message and the moment
For weeks speechwriters, politicians and pundits have been forecasting the policy and prose that President Obama would deliver in his inaugural address. Now that the greatly anticipated speech has...
View ArticleThe morning after: Live from Washington, D.C.
The conclusion of the presidential Inauguration marks the end of what may have been the biggest party in U.S. history. Tens of thousands of people head back home today and the real work in the Capitol...
View ArticleHow the Harvard Law Review prepared President Obama for bipartisan politics
On the campaign trail Barack Obama promised to be a leader of bipartisan politics. Now he’ll try to make good on his word as he works to pass his $825 billion recovery plan. Yesterday, in an effort to...
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