All Posts Tagged With: "Obama Team"
We Dodged That Bullet
We always knew Obama was smart and sometimes we got confirmation in unexpected ways:
As you know, Plouffe’s book offers the fascinating revelation that just before the South Carolina primary, a senior Edwards adviser offered him a swap: Edwards would drop out of the race if Obama would make him his Veep. The adviser argued that [...]
I Wasn’t Sure How I Felt About Panetta Until…
Dianne Feinstein and Jay Rockefeller – two of Bush’s most ardent enablers – came out against him. Now, just like Glenn Greenwald, I’m lovin’ the pick.
Spencer Ackerman reports that Sen. Dianne Feinstein is upset with the selection of Panetta, petulantly complaining that she wasn’t consulted in advance and that it would be best to have an [...]
A Sign that Obama Plans to Act on Healthcare Immediately
Although it’s not official sources are reporting that Obama has chosen Tom Daschle as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
After an earlier round of hand-wringing about whether President-elect Obama would push off health care reform out of fear of its economic and political costs, some experts and advocates in the field are increasingly optimistic that [...]
Today’s Better News
More “leaking” re: Obama’s possible cabinet picks (with the usual caveats re: grains of salt):
Eric Holder for Attorney General — Holder was co-chair of the Obama VP Search Team and and a Deputy AG in the Clinton Justice Department. I like this choice, largely because he knows how the building should function and could [...]
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