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World Leaders Desperately Seeking Obama

President-elect avoids awkward meetings at summit by staying in Chicago

(Newser) - With the leaders of 19 nations converging on Washington and clamoring to meet with the president-elect, the situation has become, as Barack Obama’s advisers tell the New York Times, “awkward.” Russian officials apparently thought President Dmitri Medvedev would be meeting with Obama, who transition advisers are keeping...

Obama May Not Play 'Quota Game' With Cabinet
Obama May Not Play
'Quota Game' With Cabinet
ANALYSIS
Nov 12, 2008 12:33 PM CST

Obama May Not Play 'Quota Game' With Cabinet

Many say president, having broken barrier himself, can focus on 'best and brightest'

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s election is such a breakthrough in itself that he may face less obligation to make Cabinet appointments based solely on diversity, Jonathan Martin writes in Politico. While his predecessors tapped women and minorities for their Cabinets, Obama "is post-racial when it comes to choosing those who...

Post-Election Gun Sales Spike
 Post-Election Gun Sales Spike 
Nov 12, 2008 10:53 AM CST

Post-Election Gun Sales Spike

Some afraid of bans; others expect civil unrest

(Newser) - Gun sales were up before the election, but the numbers have shot through the roof since Barack Obama's win, the Chicago Tribune reports. As stores sell out of assault rifles and enthusiasts stock up on Glocks, people offered a few different reasons for their purchases. Some anticipate new weapons bans;...

Jockeying for State Dept. Job Under Way

HIspanic groups push Richardson, but Kerry may have inside track

(Newser) - As Barack Obama deliberates his Cabinet choices, the chorus of "Pick me! Pick me!" begins in earnest, with many eyes on Condoleezza Rice's chair, reports the Wall Street Journal. Hispanic groups are pushing for their own Bill Richardson, a former presidential rival who ultimately endorsed Obama. But...

Meet the 'Barack Whisperer'
 Meet the 'Barack Whisperer' 
Nov 12, 2008 9:51 AM CST

Meet the 'Barack Whisperer'

Future press secretary Gibbs has uncommon bond with Obama

(Newser) - White House press secretaries can be little more than “a flunky who gets handed a piece of paper with some talking points.” But Robert Gibbs, next in line for the job, has had an uncommonly close relationship with Barack Obama since his Illinois senate campaign, the Washington Post...

Senate Dem Unveils Broad Health Reform

Baucus proposal would guarantee insurance for all citizens

(Newser) - Barack Obama made health care reform a key plank of his campaign, but even before he's been inaugurated Congressional Democrats are introducing legislation to transform the system. Leading the charge is Max Baucus, the Montana senator who leads the finance committee. His plan, which he'll introduce today, guarantees health insurance...

First Mom-In-Law Moving to DC
 First Mom-In-Law Moving to DC 
Nov 12, 2008 6:26 AM CST

First Mom-In-Law Moving to DC

Michelle's mom to help provide stability for her uprooted grandkids

(Newser) - Michelle Obama's mother has agreed to make the move from Chicago to the capital to help America's next first family look after the kids, the Washington Post reports. No word yet on whether Marian Robinson will live in the White House, but it will be the first time in living...

Bishops to Press Obama on Abortion Ban

Catholic leaders re-energize abortion opposition at annual meet

(Newser) - America's Roman Catholic bishops appear to be on a collision course with the Obama administration over abortion, the Chicago Tribune reports. At the bishops’ annual meeting yesterday in Baltimore the group began drafting a statement that will call on the president-elect to outlaw the procedure. The bishops also threatened to...

Obama Team Lays Out 'Strictest' Ethics Rules

Lobbyists, corporations banned from contributing to transition

(Newser) - Barack Obama's transition team has set out what one official called "the strictest, most far-reaching ethics rules of any transition in history,” the Hill reports. Lobbyists, corporations and PACs will be barred from donating funds to the transition operation, and lobbyists on the team won’t be allowed...

And Don't Let the Door Hit You ...
 And Don't Let 
 the Door Hit You ... 
OPINION
Nov 11, 2008 7:45 PM CST

And Don't Let the Door Hit You ...

Lefty glories in Bush's imminent departure, fires off some parting shots

(Newser) - George W. Bush will soon no longer be president, and “it’s worth taking a moment to reflect on the multifaceted burden that will soon be lifted from our collective shoulders,” Paul Waldman writes in the American Prospect, taking more than a few minutes to catalog the low...

Arugula as 'Hope Salad,' and Other Obama Changes

How president-elect can deliver, concretely, on campaign mantra

(Newser) - In case you haven’t heard, Barack Obama wants to bring change to America. Culture11 offers a list of what that change might mean:
  • When daughters ask for a puppy, Daddy shouts: "Yes we can!"
  • French win fries debate in White House cafeteria. Arugula now known as “
...

Spry Justices May Forestall Obama Court Makeover
Spry Justices May Forestall Obama Court Makeover
analysis
Nov 11, 2008 4:56 PM CST

Spry Justices May Forestall Obama Court Makeover

Aging Stevens, Ginsburg show no sign of retiring, defying conventional wisdom

(Newser) - One of the boons for the next president was thought to be the chance to appoint a justice or two to the Supreme Court. But though John Paul Stevens is 88 and Ruth Bader Ginsburg 75, neither has indicated an intention to retire. Ginsberg has twice demurred, saying Stevens, who...

McCain Will Campaign for Chambliss in Ga. Runoff

Election could influence balance of power in Senate

(Newser) - John McCain will stump for Saxby Chambliss this week as the Republican Senator drums up support for a Dec. 2 runoff vote against Democrat Jim Martin, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Chambliss has also secured Mike Huckabee to campaign for him in Georgia. Martin, meanwhile, has pleaded with President-elect Barack Obama...

Media May Need Rahm-to-English Dictionary
 Media May Need 
 Rahm-to-English Dictionary 
ANALYSIS
Nov 11, 2008 4:07 PM CST

Media May Need Rahm-to-English Dictionary

Incoming White House chief of staff Emanuel leaves trail of mangling idiom

(Newser) - Now that Rahm Emanuel is back in the spotlight, political junkies can look forward to more of his malapropisms, Politico reports. Emanuel is affectionately remembered from his first White House stint as an inveterate phrase-mangler. When the President-elect’s chief of staff appeared on Face the Nation on Sunday, he...

A Big Win for Black Nerds
 A Big Win for 
 Black Nerds  
GLOSSIES
Nov 11, 2008 3:06 PM CST

A Big Win for Black Nerds

Scorn for 'thinking they're white' long an obstacle

(Newser) - Barack Obama provides a boost for black educational achievement that is much more powerful than any policy. His bookish example may throw a lifeline to black nerds who, scorned for "acting white," feel pressure to slack academically to stay cool, John McWhorter writes in New York. Research shows...

Hey, Obama Girls, Peru's Got Your Puppy

Not cute or furry, but Peruvian Hairless loves kids, is hypoallergenic

(Newser) - Peru may hold the solution to the president-elect’s canine conundrum, the Telegraph reports. The Peruvian Hairless, a dog with ancient Inca origins, is hypoallergenic and family friendly, perfect for Obama’s allergic daughter Malia; a puppy has been offered to the incoming first family. “If we send it...

Bush, Obama Salute Veterans
Bush, Obama
Salute Veterans
Nov 11, 2008 1:00 PM CST

Bush, Obama Salute Veterans

Dem joins Iraq vet at Chicago memorial; prez speaks in NYC aboard WWII carrier

(Newser) - Barack Obama joined a disabled veteran of the Iraq war in laying a wreath at a memorial in Chicago today, the Tribune reports, with a few dozen spectators witnessing the president-elect’s long Veterans Day appearance. President Bush, meanwhile, was in New York, WCBS-TV reports, praising military members as part...

Obama Likely to Keep Bush Intel Policies

Positions likely to be filled with pragmatists

(Newser) - Barack Obama isn’t likely to deliver the radical intelligence policy overhaul many civil liberty groups are craving, advisers tell the Wall Street Journal. Those advisers include former Republican supporters and centrist Clinton officials. “He’s going to take a very centrist approach,” said an ex-Bush and Clinton...

Cohen: Gore for Secretary of State

Columnist lists his picks for Obama's cabinet

(Newser) - If Barack Obama wants to make good on his promise of change, he should start by nominating Al Gore for secretary of state, Richard Cohen suggests in the Washington Post. Earth’s “custodian” has worlds of government experience—and “can you imagine a bolder statement about a new...

Obama Likely to Keep Gates at Defense
Obama Likely
to Keep Gates
at Defense
Nov 11, 2008 10:10 AM CST

Obama Likely to Keep Gates at Defense

But Bush secretary opposes setting a timeline to leave Iraq

(Newser) - Barack Obama is considering asking Robert Gates to stay on as defense secretary, advisers tell the Wall Street Journal. Gates, considered a competent and nonpartisan pragmatist, was brought on to patch things up after Donald Rumsfeld’s tenure at the Pentagon. But while Gates, like Obama, supports an increased presence...

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