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Obama's Choice for AG? Eric Holder?

It looks likely that Eric Holder will be Barack Obama's choice for Attorney General. ABC's Jake Tapper, Pierre Thomas and Jason Ryan are reporting that Holder is the top contender for the job. Holder was the number 2 in the...

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November 18, 2008 in President 44 | Permalink | User Comments (5)

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens Loses Re-election Bid to Mark Begich

From the ABC News Political Unit: The longest-serving Republican in the U.S. Senate, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, lost his re-election effort to Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich, bringing the Democratic net gain in the U.S. Senate to 7 seats. Begich tonight...

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November 18, 2008 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (56)

Obama's Inaugural: A Suggestion

Take a look at some words that might work nicely for President-elect Obama, next January 20. They are not ours -- and they have been used before. Most of you will figure out who spoke them first -- at least...

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November 18, 2008 in President 44 | Permalink | User Comments (3)

Biden's Guv Plans Midnight Swearing-in

ABC News' Teddy Davis and Arnab Datta Report: ABC News has learned that Delaware's newly elected Democratic governor is planning to take the oath of office at 12:01 a.m. ET on Jan. 20, 2009, making it possible for him to...

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Who Better to Sell The Auto Bailout Than A Car Salesman?

ABC's Z. Byron Wolf from Washington: CEOs for the big three auto makers are going to be up on Capitol Hill later today under the klieg lights before the Senate Banking asking Congress for $25 billion in loans to get...

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Bush On Holiday Travel: Hoping To Avoid A 'Nightmare Before Christmas'

ABC's Lisa Stark reports from Washington: With as much fanfare as an outgoing President can muster, George Bush showed up eight minutes early to the Department Of Transportation today and before hundreds of employees announced what the government will do...

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Time, Newsweek & the President-Elect

We've written a lot here about the expectations surrounding the new administration...but this seems a bit much. Newsweek's current cover is titled "Obama's Lincoln", with Mr. Obama standing in a long shadow cast by the sixteenth president. Time magazine has...

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Obama Girls to Visit the White House

ABC News' Matthew Jaffe reports: A week after she toured her new home alongside her husband, President-elect Barack Obama, on Tuesday, Michelle Obama brings her daughters and her mother to the White House at the invitation of first lady Laura...

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Should Larry Summers Be in Obama's Cabinet?

Larry Summers as Obama's Treasury Secretary? Summers is considered by some to be a top pick on Obama's list for the post. Summers served in the Clinton Administration and is widely considered a skillful economist. But then there is that...

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Gingrich Disputes Steele's Endorsement Claim

ABC News' Teddy Davis and Tahman Bradley report: Michael Steele told National Public Radio Tuesday that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is backing the former lieutenant governor of Maryland in his bid to be the chairman of the Republican National...

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November 18, 2008 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (10)