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All-In In Jersey: Biden, Clinton To Stump For Corzine

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics


In yet another indication that the White House sees a potential victory in the tight New Jersey gubernatorial race, Vice President Joseph Biden is pla...

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Obama To Campaign For Corzine Next Week

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics


President Obama will visit New Jersey next week to campaign on behalf of Gov. Jon Corzine, the governor's office tells to the Huffington Post. Obama ...

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Obama Confident That Sotomayor Will Be Confirmed

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics


The White House is confident that Judge Sonia Sotomayor will be confirmed, after two days of rigorous questioning in which the Supreme Court nominee o...

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Gibbs: Obama Stands By DOJ's Use Of State Secrets Privilege

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics


The President fully supports the Department of Justice's citing of the state secrets privilege to brush aside lawsuits targeting officials who oversaw...

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Gibbs: Not Interested In Popularity Contest Among Newspaper Economists

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics


The Obama administration is not in the business of winning "a popularity contest among economists that are interviewed by newspapers," the president's...

Obama Basketball Habit: Plays Almost Every Day

AP | Posted 03.18.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Barack Obama without a basketball? His press secretary says there are very few days he doesn't see the commander in chief either h...

Gibbs Gives Insider Look At Obama's First Days: "He Loves It"

US News & World Report | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics


White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs generally arrives at his spacious but unadorned office in the West Wing (he hasn't had time to decorate yet) ...

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Obama White House Losing Patience On Stimulus

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics


Underscoring the reality that GOP opposition to the stimulus seems firmly entrenched, the Obama administration mounted a more aggressive stance in fav...

Fleischer: Obama, Gibbs Won't Bring Transparency

USA Today | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics


White House press secretary Robert Gibbs clashed with reporters Thursday over anonymous sources and access to President Obama, just one day after Obam...

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Obama's Ethics Policy Upsets Would-Be Staffers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics


The decision by Barack Obama to restrict lobbyists from working on the same subject in his administration for two years was greeted with nearly unanim...

Obama's Inner Circle (SLIDESHOW)

Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics


Obama's inner circle of advisers who will guide him in the White House represents a mix of longtime political associates from Chicago and well-connect...

Face Of Obama White House: Expect Gibbs-isms, Pratfalls

Chicago Tribune | Posted 12.17.2008 | Home


On one of his last nights on the campaign trail, Barack Obama was agitated. He was backstage and face-to-face with a traveling aide after giving a spe...