President Elect Barack Obama

Mr. President-Elect: Judge Abner Mikva Is Right About Sen. Clinton as Secretary of State

Al Giordano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Judge Abner Mikva, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Conflict of Interest, Ethics, Secretary of State, President Obama, Obama Cabinet, Obama Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Obama's Cabinet, Obama Administration, Politics News

There are many annoying aspects of the noise machine that is blaring that arrogant and cacophonous yet familiar mantra: "Clinton is inevitable." We heard it for all of 2007, and we're hearing it all over again.

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U.S. Secretary of State: A Cautionary Tale

Al Giordano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Human Rights, Colombia, US Secretary of State, Obama's Cabinet, Mexico, Latin America, Latin America Policy, International, Politics News

In Latin America, as everywhere, the doctrine of Human Rights, begun in the Carter administration but left to atrophy by all administrations since, walks hand in hand with any pro-democracy agenda.

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Caroline Kennedy: "No Drama" Before "No Drama" Was Cool

Al Giordano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senate Races, President-Elect Barack Obama, David Paterson, Ted Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Politics News

Anybody who underestimates Caroline Kennedy, who wants to view her as somehow lightweight or just a celebrity name inside a business suit, does so at the risk to his and her sense of reality.

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Escalation Without A Plan: Top U.S. Officials Admit To Having No Plan for Afghanistan

Thenation.com, Getafghanistanright.com | By Katrina Vanden Heuvel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Troops, Gen. David McKiernan, US Military, Nato, Troop Escalation, Afghanistan, War, Taliban, President-Elect Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Confirmation Hearings, Secretary of State, World News

Does this sound familiar? "We have no strategic plan. We never had one." That's how a senior US military commander described the war in Afghanis...

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Obama Invited To Address House Republican Conference

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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House Republicans have invited President-elect Barack Obama to speak before the entire GOP conference, hoping to set a different tone to the partisan ...

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Obama Is First Independent President: John Heilemann

New York Magazine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Independent Voters, President-Elect Barack Obama, President-Elect Obama, John Heilemann, Politics News

The 55 inaugural addresses before the one Barack Obama will deliver next week have run the gamut from poetic (rarely) to prosaic and platitudinous (of...

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Obama Team Using Campaign Tactics To Sell Stimulus Plan

Bloomberg | Lorraine Woellert and Hans Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Economic Stimulus, Obama, Stimulus Plan, Obama Stimulus Plan, Politics News

President-elect Barack Obama's top political aides are transplanting their campaign tactics to the policy arena, using data from polls and focus group...

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Monday January 19th - Barack It Forward

Linda Bergthold | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Community Service, Volunteering, Colin Powell, President-Elect Barack Obama, Random Acts of Kindness, Martin Luther King Day, President Obama Inauguration, Pay It Forward, Healthy Living News

If you can't get connected with something organized Monday, January 19th, you could still have an impact by your individual actions.

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Obama's 'Super-Cabinet' Could Lead To White House Chaos

Washington Post | Michael D. Shear and Ceci Connolly | Posted 05.25.2011

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President-elect Barack Obama is assembling a new and influential cadre of counselors just steps from the Oval Office whose power to direct domestic po...

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Obama To Have Lunch With Bush, Three Living Former Presidents

CNN Political Ticker | Lauren Kornreich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Talk about a power lunch. President Bush, President-elect Barack Obama and three living former presidents will meet in the Oval Office for a private g...

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Happy Health Care Reform New Year

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 111th Congress, President-Elect Barack Obama, Congressional Democrats, Congressional Republicans, Clinton Health Care Plan, Health, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Single Payer Healthcare, Progressive Movement, John McCain Health Care Plan, Politics News

Why will 2009 be different from 1993? Obama is not making the same mistakes the Clintons did, and that is good news for all of us.

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An AZ Wish List

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Solar Energy, President Obama, President Elect Barack Obama, Environment, Tucson, Arizona, Solar Power, Phoenix Lander Mars, Politics News

The Mexican/U.S. Border is a complicated, difficult issue that ain't gonna be fixed by platitudes and walls; we desperately need a long-term approach that addresses all sides.

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Obama: Country Needs Economic Stimulus Plan

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT and ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama urged congressional leaders Saturday to move quickly on an economic recovery plan, even as some Republica...

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How the Independent Movement Went Left by Going Right

Jacqueline Salit | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Jackie Salit, John McCain, Independents, Independent Voters, Hillary Clinton, Election Results, Election Analysis, Barack Obama, Politics News

Gone are the days when independent voting was the province of the "conservative white male." It's estimated that more than 20% of the independents who voted for Obama are people of color.

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Obama, Pelosi To Discuss Economic Recovery Plan On Monday

Washington Post | Michael D. Shear | Posted 05.25.2011

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President-elect Barack Obama will meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Monday as Congress prepares to reconvene and debate a massive re...

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What to Expect from an Intelligent President

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Cognitive Complexity, Bridging Differences, Presidential Politics, Rick Warren, Frank Rich, Presidential Decision-Making, Barack Obama, Politics News

Brace yourself. It's going get rocky soon. We are about to have a very bright man as our president. And we've been away from that territory for a very long time.

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CNN Poll: Obama Leadership Rates High As Bush's After 9/11

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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A national poll suggests that three-quarters of the public thinks President-elect Barack Obama is a strong and decisive leader, the highest marks for ...

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Santa Claus Arrived This Year In a Battered Bus Called "OPEC"

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

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What does the difference of $147/barrel and $35/barrel mean to us (and just remember those OPEC Bus Company sponsors at Goldman Sachs who were predicting $200/bbl)?

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This Christian Believes Pastor Warren Should Put a Sock In It

Scott Foval | Posted 05.25.2011

Rick Warren, what you are doing by turning to attack your critics as "Christophobes," is manipulating the core message.

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Is Rick Warren a Vampire?

Leah McElrath Renna | Posted 05.25.2011

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The best way to understand Warren's remark about supposedly loving "gays" is to look at his own church's policy statement about lesbian and gay people.

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My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ted Stevens, Gold Medals, Begich, Ron Paul, Ramsey, Mccain, Awards, China, Sarah Palin, Cindy Sheehan, Turncoat of the Year, Miss America, Enough Already, Mark Begich, 2008, Sofa, Dennis Kucinich, American Taxpayer, Turncoat, Status of Forces, Shinseki, Prime Minister, America Does Not Torture, Obama Wins, Edwards, Obama Is a Muslim, Barack Obama, Fred Thompson, Best Comeback, Taliban, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Maliki, Worst Politician, Styx, George Bush, President, Jon Benet, Beijing, President Elect Barack Obama, Iraq, Obama, President-Elect, Most Original Thinker, Spitzer, Bush, Lieberman, Michael Phelps, Blagojevich, Paulson, Mclaughlin, Stevens, Clinton, Bummest Rap, Pirates, Most Stagnant Thinker, Most Defining Political Moment, Shoes, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Rush Limbaugh, Biggest Loser, Somali Pirates, McLaughlin Group, Most Boring, Person of the Year, Jesse Jackson, Throwing Shoes, Worst Lie, Capitalist of the Year, Jeremiah Wright, Bill Richardson, Olympics, Best Photo Op, Biggest Winner, Chris Weigant, Palin, Best Politician, Fairest Rap, Ramseys, Politics News

Welcome to our annual awards! For the past three years, this column has paid homage (translation: "ripped off their gimmick") to the McLaughlin Group...

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White House Still "Gathering Information" While Detroit Suppliers go Bankrupt

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even Bush doesn't want to go down in history as the man who oversaw the destruction of GM, Ford and Chrysler (I hope), and I'd guess Obama wishes he could install his own new team now and fire Paulson.

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Bridge Project Spans Gap Between Business and Green

Green Inc. | Libby Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

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President-elect Barack Obama's recent promise to make "the single largest new investment in our national infrastructure since the creation of the fede...

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Obama has taken 48 questions

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 05.25.2011

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First published at WashingtonTimes.com I wrote a story last month noting that President-elect Barack Obama had broken the record for number of press ...

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Mumbai Is Quiet, But What's Next?

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deepak Chopra Cnn, Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Middle East Peace, u.s. Foreign Policy, Deepak Chopra on Mumbai, Pakistan, Terrorism, General David Petraeus, Muslim World Islam, Middle East, Obama, Mumbai, War on Terrorism, Foreign Policy, Mumbai Hotel Shootings, Barack Obama, Terrorist Networks, Al Qaeda, Mumbai Deaths, Deepak Chopra, Petraeus, Deepak Chopra Mumbai, Muslim Youth, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Mumbai Terrorism, President Elect Barack Obama, India Pakistan Relations, 100 Days, World News

Beyond the Mumbai attacks, the larger issue looms of what to do and how the U.S. is going to deal with global terrorism.

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