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The momification of Michelle Obama
Rebecca Traister
The next first lady is an accomplished lawyer. But with the media focused on her clothes and family, Bamalot is starting to look a lot like Camelot.
Is Detroit worth saving?
Joseph Romm
The U.S. is gung-ho on rescuing the automakers. But the bailout better have major strings attached.
Wow! America is cool
Garrison Keillor
We are being admired by Swedes! We don't have to pretend we're Canadians. We elected Barack Obama!
The Treasury secretary sweepstakes
Andrew Leonard
Lawrence Summers or Tim Geithner? Is there really any difference, besides style?
Team Obama plays nice with Bush White House
Mike Madden
In the transition team's first formal briefing, John Podesta tries to play down a dust-up over leaks from Monday's Obama-Bush meeting.
Steele, Gingrich clash to take over RNC
Thomas Schaller
The Republicans find themselves now where Democrats were four years ago.
Good riddance Bush, but welcome back Al?
Thomas Schaller
Waldman kicks Bush out the door while Cohen welcomes a Gore return.
Will Congress cede its powers to the Obama administration?
Glenn Greenwald
Early signs, from Obama's intention to use numerous executive orders to the role he's playing in the Lieberman controversy, portend continued abdication of power by Congress.
The EPA’s Stalin era
Rebecca Clarren
"It's absolutely shocking what's going on," say insiders. Secretive changes have diluted science and jeopardized public health. Will Obama overcome Bush's toxic legacy?
The elusive Team Obama
Walter Shapiro
It's proving difficult to peer inside Obama's still tightly closed Cabinet. But so far his presidential transition has looked deliberate and impressive.
What Obama’s arrival means for Washington
Thomas Schaller
It's not just about policy and politics but the town, too.
Obama meets with Bush
Mike Madden
Barack Obama made his first visit to the Oval Office as president-elect, meeting for about an hour with President Bush.
My father’s vote
Andrew Leonard
From Adlai Stevenson to Barack Obama, a life of writing, voting, disappointment and triumph.
Labor takes a victory lap
Thomas Schaller
The labor movement helped win those critical post-globalization, Rust Belt states.
America center-right? Wrong
Thomas Schaller
How conservatives try to submarine the Obama agenda before it begins.
GOP prospects for 2012
Thomas Schaller
The Politico's Jonathan Martin gets the speculation game under way.
Ayers, Wright and Farrakhan reemerge
Thomas Schaller
They tried to lie low during the campaign, but now they're baaaack.
Barack-Rahm politics
Thomas Schaller
Whatever else you may think of him, Rahm Emanuel is a great choice.
How did that realignment work out for you, Republicans?
Joe Conason
Five years ago, overweening conservatives predicted they would dominate the future. Goodbye to all that -- for now.
Are you white enough?
Laura Miller
From Jim Crow laws to workplace discrimination, the history of race and the American courtroom is incendiary.
A rough night for gay Obama supporters
Meredith Maran
I was elated over Obama's historic win. Then I got the news that Proposition 8 was passing -- banning my right to marry a woman.
Same mayor, different gender
Judy Berman
A small Oregon town reelects a transgender candidate who served two terms before transitioning.
Bateman: Barack Obama speaks to the press
Salon Staff
Some of the choices we're going to make are going to be difficult ... French bulldog or Boston terrier?
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