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GA Senate TV Ad: 'Radical' Obama 'Just One Vote Away from Total Control'

The National Republican Trust is back with a 30-second TV ad called "Just One Vote Away." The script: "Barrack Obama's just one Senate vote away from total control. He'll give 12 million illegal aliens citizenship, Social Security, even driver's licenses....

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November 26, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (61)

Obama Condemns Mumbai Attacks, Evidence of 'Grave and Urgent' Terrorist Threat

ABC News' Matt Jaffe reports from Chicago: Just days before he is expected to roll out his national security team after the Thanksgiving holiday, President-elect Barack Obama condemned Wednesday's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, which have killed at least 101...

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November 26, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (56)

On Thanksgiving Eve, Obama Family Hands Out Food to the Needy

ABC News' Matt Jaffe reports: On Thanksgiving Eve, President-elect Barack Obama, his wife Michelle, and his daughters Malia and Sasha, all bundled up in winter coats and hats, dished out chickens to the needy at a Chicago church, leaving some...

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November 26, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (79)

'Help Is On The Way,' as Obama Announces Economic Recovery Board

At his third press conference in as many days, President-elect Barack Obama introduced his "Economic Recovery Advisory Board," with former Federal Reserve chief Paul Volcker as chairman and University of Chicago economist Austan Goolsbee as staff director, assuring the American...

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November 26, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (15)

Obama Loves the 90s, Part 2

President-elect Obama today unveiled his new "Economic Recovery Advisory Board," to bring outside voices into economic policymaking, which he said sometimes "in Washington can become a little bit too ingrown, a little bit too insular. The walls of the echo...

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November 26, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (41)

Former Bush Budget Director Praises Obama's Pick for Job

Former Rep. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, who served for several years as director of the Office of Management and Budget for President George W. Bush, today enthusiastically praised President-elect Obama's pick for the job, Peter Orszag, the current director of the...

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November 26, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (20)

Obama Channels McCain

On World News with Charles Gibson we took a look at Mr. Obama's presser yesterday in which he sounded like a deficit hawk. --jpt

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November 26, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (17)

Did Brennan Withdraw His Name from Consideration for CIA Post Before Obama Could Withdraw it For Him?

John Brennan, a former CIA official and adviser to President-elect Barack Obama, withdrew his name from consideration from "a position within the Intelligence Community" in the Obama administration Tuesday. Sources say Brennan was under consideration for director of the Central...

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November 26, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (14)

Volker to Chair President's "Economic Recovery Advisory Board"

As first reported in media outlets largely targeted at business leaders -- such as the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News -- this morning President-elect Obama will unveil the "President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board" to be chaired by 81-year-old Paul...

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November 26, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (8)

Is it Time for SNL to Hire a New Obama Impersonator?

Saturday Night Live's Fred Armisen has taken a lot of guff for his Barack Obama impersonation. Critics have said it's not accurate or funny. Even President-elect Obama disparaged it in an interview, saying "compared to Tina Fey and what she's...

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November 25, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (59)