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Photo from New York Times The Other Winner
Howard Dean unleashed the new progressives. Can Barack Obama deal with them?
New York Times  –  Nov 17, 2008 6:57 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Reid Will Try To Call Up Broad Stimulus Before Aid for Auto Industry, Jobless Workers
CQPolitics.com - Senate Democrats will attempt to put a broad economic stimulus bill on the floor Monday but Republicans are expected to object to considering the package, leaving the issue for January when Democrats plan to push a more expensive plan.
Yahoo!  –  Nov 17, 2008 5:55 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Senate Democrats Get Serious About Health Care System Overhaul
CQPolitics.com - Rather than waiting for either President-elect Barack Obama to take office next year or for the 111th Congress to convene, Senate Democratic leaders this week are escalating discussions on an ambitious overhaul of the health care system.
Yahoo!  –  Nov 17, 2008 4:23 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
First, Tell Me Everything
Nannygaters and résumé puffers who desire a post in the next administration be warned; Team Obama has created a vetting process worthy of aspirants for political sainthood.
New York Times  –  Nov 17, 2008 05:56 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
Photo from Yahoo! Auto executives in spotlight as U.S. weighs bailout
Reuters - U.S. automakers should consider executive shake-ups if it would ensure congressional backing for a bailout supporters say is needed to prevent industry collapse, an architect of the effort said on Sunday.
Yahoo!  –  Nov 16, 2008 10:17 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Senator Says Secret-Ballot in Private Meeting to Determine Whether Democrats Punish Lieberman By Catharine Richert,
CQPolitics.com - Senate Democrats will vote by secret ballot on Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman's fate this week, according to North Dakota Sen. Byron L. Dorgan.
Yahoo!  –  Nov 16, 2008 3:25 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Photo from Yahoo! Clashes erupt as envoy due to meet east Congo rebel
Reuters - Heavy fighting erupted in eastern Congo on Sunday, hours before former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, a United Nations peace envoy, was due to meet rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, the U.N. and witnesses said.
Yahoo!  –  Nov 16, 2008 07:46 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
Photo from Yahoo! U.N. envoy says Congo crisis talks going well
Reuters - Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Saturday his efforts to end fighting in Congo were going fairly well and that President Joseph Kabila had not given conditions for talks with the rebels.
Yahoo!  –  Nov 15, 2008 9:19 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Photo from New York Times Whose President Is He Anyway?
The road to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue went through a lot of neighborhoods. Don’t think they’ll forget.
New York Times  –  Nov 15, 2008 6:55 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
House Divided
Matt Bai’s joke that Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton hadn’t spent enough time in Washington to “take the subway without a map” (The Way We Live Now, Nov. 2) is historically off. The first small segment of the subway did not open until 1976 (the year Jimmy Carter ... more »
New York Times  –  Nov 15, 2008 05:57 AM [GMT]  –  comment?