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Bill Clinton To Fundraise For Gillibrand Challenger Carolyn Maloney
WASHINGTON — In a slap at President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton will headline a fundraiser for a New York congresswoman challenging White House-backed... WASHINGTON — In a slap at President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton will headline a fundraiser for a New Y...
Thu, Jul 2 | from Huffington Post
Biden Leading Iraq Effort In Portfolio Shift
Biden's role will be something of an unofficial envoy to Iraq, though he won't handle day-to-day dealings with officials on the ground. The goal is to "raise the level" in hopes that Biden's stature encourages Iraqi officials to bridge their political differences, says a senior adminis...
Mon, Jun 29 | from Huffington Post
Rahm Emanuel compares '93 and now
Contrasting the differences between what happened in the early 1990s and what's happening now, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel -- who also worked in Bill Clinton's White House -- was optimistic about passing health-care reform this year. "We are in good shape," he told reporters...
Thu, Jun 25 | from First Read
Anya Kamenetz: Community Colleges Get Some Respect
Obama's administration has been unusually respectful of the role of community colleges. I had the pleasure of interviewing Martha Kanter last month at Foothill-De Anza Community College in Los Altos, CA where she is the chancellor. She is the Undersecretary of Education-nominee --the...
Sun, Jun 21 | from Huffington Post
Is Rahm Emanuel Demanding That Walt Minnick, Bobby Bright, and Parker Griffith Commit Political Suicide?
But all Minnick's hard work in proving that he isn't really a Democrat could come crashing down next week if Rahm Emanuel forces him to vote for the 2009 Supplemental Budget. True, continuing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are popular in ID-01 and the rest of Idiot America and, in fact, Min...
Sun, Jun 7 | from DownWithTyranny!
Rahm: White House Is Family Friendly -- For Obama's Family (VIDEO)
In its second night of exclusive behind the scenes access, NBC's "Inside the Obama White House" delved into the personal lives of White House staffers,... <p>In its second night of exclusive behind the scenes access, NBC's "Inside the Obama White House" delved into the per...
Thu, Jun 4 | from Huffington Post
DC Is So Excited For Prom! [Dances]
Now what do you notice about that list? ABC has all the best Obama people! What the hell! There are dark rumblings in DC that this is because George Stephanopoulos is buddies with fellow former Clinton staffer and current Obama chief of staff Rahm Emaneul. And they are all terribly offended...
Fri, May 1 | from Gawker
Political Wisdom: Did Obama End the Blagojevich Story?
Did President-elect Obama’s team really tell us anything with its report on contacts—or lack thereof—with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich? Christopher Beam of Slate writes that the report, “it turns out, says exactly what Obama said it would: That Obama’s team did have contact with the o...
Wed, Dec 24 | from WSJ.com
Podcast: H3: Mike Regele, Jim Geraghty
12230803 Hewitt: Hour 3 - After a replay of the Mike Regele interview, Hugh talks about the news in the release of the Obama team's report on the Rahm Emanuel - Blago scandal with National Review Campaign Spot blogger Jim Geraghty.
Tue, Dec 23 | from Town Hall
Opinion: Media run with unsourced assertion by Sun-Times columnist of "rumbles" that Emanuel "is reportedly on 21 different taped conversations"
That afternoon, during the 1 p.m. ET hour of MSNBC Live, anchor Andrea Mitchell reported that "The Chicago Sun-Times reports that incoming White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is caught on tape discussing the Senate replacement with governor staff [sic] 21 times," then added that the c...
Tue, Dec 23 | from Media Matters for America
Opinion: Obama Governors' Meeting: Emanuel Shares Details
Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama's White House Chief of Staff, spoke with reporters on the press plane after a meeting with governors from both parties.... Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama's White House Chief of Staff, spoke with reporters on the press plane after a m...
Sun, Nov 30 | from Huffington Post
Podcast: MRC's Motley on Left-wing Netroots Displeasure at Obama Transition
Appearing on the November 24 "Fox & Friends," MRC Director of Communications Seton Motley reacted to left-wing bloggers critical of President-elect Obama for choosing center-left, rather than far-left staffers for his presidential transition team. [audio available here]:
Sun, Nov 23 | from NewsBusters.org
Podcast: POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Friday Nov. 7th, 2008
CNN: Official: Obama could name more administration picks Friday President-elect Barack Obama could name other members of his administration on Friday, a day after he named Rep. Rahm Emanuel as White House chief of staff, an Obama transition official said. CNN: Emanuel pick gets mixed r...
Fri, Nov 7 | from CNN Political Ticker
Opinion: ABC's Claire Shipman Bizarrely Spins Rahm Emanuel as 'Centrist'
In 2006, his rank was only four. In contrast, the House member's average from the liberal group Americans for Democratic Action is a very high 96. And yet, Shipman erroneously asserted, "More than anything, the 48-year-old Illinois representative is a pragmatic, centrist politician wh...
Thu, Nov 6 | from NewsBusters.org
Opinion: A Look Under the Hood at the (Potential) Obama Administration
Obama’s key White House position will go to Rep. Rahm Emanuel of Illinois. While Emanuel knows his way around the corridors of Washington, qualifying him in the traditional sense, this alone doesn’t mean he’s the guy you want drawing up Obama’s policy papers day after day.
Thu, Nov 6 | from Dandelion Salad
Podcast: McCain to suspend campaign
AP: McCain calls for debate delay. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) says he's not so sure McCain's presence is needed in DC. He says the American people could hear from the candidates in the debate. So it's not clear that Obama is going to react positively to the McCain move. MP3 of Obama response to McCain.
Wed, Sep 24 | from Scripting News
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