Building Obama's Cabinet (www.harvardindependent.com)

An extensive analysis of Obama's top Cabinet choices.

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Obama Meets With New Econ Team — How Populist, How Corporate? (www.motherjones.com)

Provides full list of Obama's econ team. ..Includes a number of corporate types and Clinton-era holdovers. While these folks are undoubtedly smart as can be, they don't really represent the sort of... More

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Latinos push for Cabinet posts (www.mlive.com)

Weeks before Barack Obama won the presidency, he met privately in Washington with his former Democratic rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, and Latino political leaders who had fervently... More

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Breaking the Law For McCain (www.talkingpointsmemo.com)

You may have noticed that the AP is reporting that Barack Obama's aunt (who he does not seem to have a relationship with) was denied asylum in the US four years ago and is now living illegally in... More

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Good Thing We're Going to Have to Live with Less Stuff -- We'll Stay Alive on Earth for Longer That Way (www.alternet.org)

As the most serious economic crisis in 80 years rolls across the planet, financial panic has shoved food shortages, public-health emergencies, and ecological disasters into the background. With... More

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Another election nightmare in Florida? (www.salon.com)

Sure, Ted Ravelo likes Barack Obama. But two hours is a long time to stand in line to vote, especially considering that it's still October. "This has to be remedied," Ravelo, 72, said Wednesday... More

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Submitted 27 days ago by cdoherty on JohnMcCain | 5 Comments

Obama and McCain face off (www.salon.com)

Forty-eight years ago when John Kennedy and Richard Nixon faced off for an hour in a television studio in Chicago, the idea of two presidential nominees meeting on the same stage for a clash of ideas... More

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Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding on JohnMcCain | 0 Comments

McCain: No, Palin Did Not Mean That (www.motherjones.com)

After attacking Barack Obama's position on Pakistan during the debate, John McCain "was in the painful position of having to retract his vice presidential pick's statement."

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Submitted about 1 month ago by JayHarris on JohnMcCain | 0 Comments

Northeast states' regional carbon trading system goes live this week (www.grist.org)

The nation's first carbon cap-and-trade program starts Thursday, when power plant owners in 10 northeastern states submit sealed bids to buy allowances to emit greenhouse gases. Two other regional... More

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Submitted about 1 month ago by klarajo on Sustain | 0 Comments

IA Healthcare Premiums Going Up Next Year (www.publicnewsservice.org)

In the past year, health insurance premiums for Iowa workers have risen almost nine percent, and a new survey of Iowa employers indicates more than half of them predict they will be passing the rising... More

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Submitted 2 months ago by MCasanova on Healthcare | 0 Comments