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Report: Clinton nomination all but done deal
Alex Koppelman
Multiple outlets report that, barring some unforeseen development, President-elect Obama will nominate Hillary Clinton to be secretary of state shortly after Thanksgiving.
Is it OK to be liberal again, instead of progressive?
Michael Lind
Come out of the closet, liberals. Stop using the fashionable euphemism "progressive" and relaunch the old, tarnished L-word.
Rescue schools and hospitals first, then build light rail
Mike Davis
New infrastructure will become so many bridges to nowhere unless Obama saves human-needs budgets and public-sector jobs.
Antiwar groups wary of Obama picks
Andrew Burmon
Rumors about the Obama Cabinet have some activists worrying that the president-elect might not live up to their expectations.
What does the future hold for the GOP?
Vincent Rossmeier
Changing U.S. demographics portend a dark future for Republicans.
Sex and power in the age of Obama
Judy Berman
Katha Pollitt and a panel of experts discuss the changing landscape of reproductive freedom, LGBT rights and the discourse of desire. But where are all the young women?
Worst of all possible bailouts?
Andrew Leonard
A deal to keep automakers afloat might be in the offing, but appears to do little to solve economic problems that are getting worse by the second.
The right’s bogus Fairness Doctrine fears
Alex Koppelman
Conservatives have been warning for almost two years that Democrats intend to censor talk radio, but the conspiracy they see is only imaginary.
The commander in chief
Salon Staff
The compassionate and surprisingly funny politician who won our hearts -- and our votes.
The GOP’s problem? It’s not right-wing enough
Mike Madden
The House Republicans' newly elected leaders hail from the most ideologically conservative bloc in their ranks.
Napolitano for Homeland Security?
Mike Madden
CNN reports -- and Arizona political observers gossip -- that Gov. Janet Napolitano is Barack Obama's pick for DHS.
Everyone went down to Georgia
Andrew Burmon
Democrats might find their 60th Senate seat in Georgia, but Saxby Chambliss and the GOP are putting up a fight.
Bill O’Reilly is very afraid of San Francisco
Jeanne Carstensen
The drug- and homeless-infested city portrayed in a Fox report shows what the whole country will become under Obama.
McCain wins! (In Missouri)
Alex Koppelman
More than two weeks after Election Day, the Associated Press finally calls the state and its 11 Electoral College votes for John McCain.
Should Michelle Obama’s booty be off-limits?
Sarah Hepola
A round table discussion on Erin Aubry Kaplan's controversial piece about the "assets" of our future first lady.
A California earthquake shocks Detroit
Andrew Leonard
More bad news for automakers? California's Henry Waxman wins a preliminary vote to unseat Michigan's John Dingell as chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Will she or won’t she? The latest Clinton rumors
Alex Koppelman
Stories continue to flood in about Hillary Clinton being tapped as secretary of state; Bill Clinton is said to be cooperating with the vetting process.
Confirmed: Daschle gets HHS job
Mike Madden
Tom Daschle, the former Senate Democratic leader -- and an early Obama supporter -- will be nominated to be Health and Human Services secretary.
Report: Daschle to head HHS
Alex Koppelman
Roll Call reports that Barack Obama offered former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle a post as Health and Human Services secretary, and Daschle accepted.
Why the South opposes a bailout for Detroit
Andrew Leonard
Republican senators like Alabama's Richard Shelby represent states with thriving, non-union, foreign-owned auto industries.
Antiabortion … pro-reality?
Lynn Harris
New "middle-ground" effort "causing a fissure" in the movement.
Al-Qaida deputy insults Obama
Alex Koppelman
Ayman al-Zawhri says Barack Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X.
Preliminary facts and thoughts about Eric Holder
Glenn Greenwald
Is Obama's likely nominee for Attorney General an encouraging sign for advocates of the Constitution and the rule of law?
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