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Blago-proof Obama
Thomas Schaller
The president-elect has Blago-munity from his home state governor.
The replacements
Thomas Schaller
All these open Senate seats for the Democrats could create complications.
Obama picks Colorado Sen. Salazar for Interior Secretary
Katharine Mieszkowski
Moderate Democrat has criticized Bush's environmental policies, dissed James Dobson.
Obama transition statement about Blago
Thomas Schaller
Transition team gathering facts, cooperating with US attorney's office.
Supreme Court turns down another Obama citizenship case
Alex Koppelman
Once again, the justices have declined to hear arguments that Barack Obama isn't eligible to be president.
The Midwest still reigns supreme
Thomas Schaller
The Mountain West is emergent, but the Midwest remains the swing region.
Inaugural train trip
Thomas Schaller
Obama and Biden will make train stops in three cities en route to DC for inauguration.
No more “Team of Rivals”
Thomas Schaller
Maybe the Obama crowd should be reading another book in advance of taking office.
President Obama’s first 100 days
Thomas Schaller
He will inherit the kind of problems that few new presidents have had to face. Where should he start?
The 2008 campaign’s big what ifs
Alex Koppelman
Advisors to the major party nominees ponder what would have happened if John McCain brought up Jeremiah Wright or the Florida Democratic primary had counted.
Report: Rahm talked with Blagojevich
Alex Koppelman
The future White House chief of staff reportedly discussed Barack Obama's Senate seat with the governor.
Obama’s handling the Blago mess just fine
Joan Walsh
He looked like the happiest man in history ever to be called a "m-----f-----" at his Thursday press conference, but expect dumb questions to continue.
Does Obama understand his biggest foreign-policy challenge?
Juan Cole
The president-elect wants to work with the Pakistani government to "stamp out" terror. It's not nearly that simple.
Revolution in shades of gray
Andrew O'Hehir
Steven Soderbergh talks about his maddening, messy near-masterpiece "Che," an aloof and ambiguous portrait of the much-loved, much-hated Marxist icon.
The hunting of the president resumes
Joe Conason
The right is trying to link Obama to Blagojevich and corruption -- and the mainstream media is playing along. The Clinton rules are back.
White House: Bush “has improved the lives of America’s youth”
Alex Koppelman
The president is touting figures showing a decline in teen drug use, but -- as always -- there's more to the story than he's letting on.
Karl Rove, eternal optimist
Mark Schone
"Bush's Brain" says happy days for the GOP are here again, but his argument could use some work.
Don’t blame me for Bush, I voted for, uh, the other guy
Mike Madden
A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows Americans are trying hard to pretend they never liked the outgoing 43rd president.
Obama talks Blagojevich
Alex Koppelman
The president-elect, who says his office "had no involvement in any deal-making," actually has some reason to be thankful to the Illinois governor.
NASA administrator stonewalling Obama team
Alex Koppelman
Mike Griffin is reportedly "obstructing" the Obama transition team's efforts to get information, and has been pressuring contractors to back him.
Obama mania grips the capital
Mike Madden
With over 4 million expected for the inauguration, city services will be taxed to the max. But bar owners and locals with digs for rent hope to make bank.
Top Democrat urges “continuity” for CIA, DNI and interrogation policies
Glenn Greenwald
House Intelligence Committee chairman Silvestre Reyes channels Dick Cheney in urging Obama to retain Bush's key intelligence aides and policies.
Obama’s pick to solve the energy crisis
Andrew Leonard
How's this for change? Steven Chu, an actual physicist who wants to stop climate change and revolutionize solar power, gets the nod as energy secretary.
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