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Promising Signs As Obama's Cabinet Shapes Up

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton could play the heavy with the Israeli government (for once) and demand that it makes serious concessions toward creating an independent Palestinian state.

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Obama Setting Economic Agenda, Will Roll Out Team On Monday

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

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LIMA, Peru — President George W. Bush got a second bloc of world leaders to endorse comprehensive action to remedy the global financial crisis. ...

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Lawrence Summers Is a White House Playa

Nancy Snow | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics

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Nancy Snow

Lawrence H. Summers will be Obama's director of his National Economic Council. We all know what a great job Summers did as Harvard President (2001-20...

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Change We Can Bank On

Robert Scheer | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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Robert Scheer

This is not change we can believe in -- not if Robert Rubin or his protégé, Lawrence Summers, get to call the shots on the economy in Obama's incoming administration.

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Who Wasn't On Stage With Obama and Should Have Been?

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

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Steve Clemons

I'm not satisfied with the roster of economic personalities and thinkers we see Barack Obama mixing with.

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Can We Please Have A Pro-Choice, Pro-Environment Secretary of State?

Jane Hamsher | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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Jane Hamsher

The new Secretary of State will deal with whatever replaces the Kyoto agreement. Hagel has a 9% 2008 rating from the League of Conservation Voters. Lugar scores 18%. Are they really the best people for the job?

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Will Obama's First Term Really Just be a Hybrid of Clinton III and GW Bush III?

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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Steve Clemons

There is a strong chance that Lawrence Summers is going to be returned to the post of Secretary of the Treasury. Larry will have to prove to us that he is different and not the harbinger of Clinton Term III.

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Lawrence Summers: Africa Is

Max Blumenthal | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Max Blumenthal

If Obama nominates Summers, he will send a dispiriting message to governments of developing countries -- especially in Africa -- just as they have begun to look at the United States as a beacon of hope.

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How Obama Can Demonstrate Real Leadership on the Economic Crisis

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

For Obama to show the kind of transformational leadership the crisis demands, he needs to do what so many of his critics have chided him for not doing: take a stand that puts him at odds with the establishment of his own Party. Read More WATCH: Arianna On The CBS Early Show Discussing America's Changing Perception of Sarah Palin The Palin Doctrine: Why the Neocons Are So Excited Sarah Palin may not have known what the Bush Doctrine was, but we're getting a pretty good idea of what the Palin Doctrine is. And what is it going to look like? Let's just say, it's going to seem familiar. Read More

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Who Is Obama Speaking To About the Economy?

Jeff Madrick | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

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Jeff Madrick

Obama may hear something fresh on energy and infrastructure, including broadband, from Rubin and Summers. But Obama should be asking these men some serious question about how we got here.

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Alan Greenspan Joins Hedge Fund

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Hedge fund manager John Paulson, who earned billions of dollars last year by betting against the housing market, said on Tuesday that former Federal R...

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Larry Summers Invests In "YouTube For Ideas"

New York Times | Tim Arango | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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In June 2006, Peter Hopkins, a civic-minded and idealistic 2004 Harvard graduate, trekked up to his alma mater from New York for a meeting with Lawren...

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