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• CNN AllPolitics
• Nov 18, 2008 Lieberman keeps powerful chairmanship post Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Lieberman managed to keep his Senate committee chairmanship in part because President-elect Barack Obama didn't want to punish him for supporting Sen. John McCain, Lieberman said Tuesday.     CNN AllPolitics        more   
• Nov 18, 2008 Source: Orszag tapped for OMB post President-elect Barack Obama has picked Peter Orszag, the head of the Congressional Budget Office, to head his Office of Management and Budget, a top Democratic source told CNN Tuesday.     CNN AllPolitics        more   
• Nov 18, 2008 Begich claims victory over Stevens in Alaska Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, the Republican lawmaker convicted on felony corruption charges in October, was defeated in his bid for re-election by Democrat Mark Begich, according to a release from Begich's campaign and unofficial results from state officials.     CNN AllPolitics        more   
• Nov 18, 2008 Texas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted on separate charges related to alleged prisoner abuse in federal detention centers, Willacy County, Texas, District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra told CNN Tuesday.     CNN AllPolitics        more   
• Nov 18, 2008 Savage: We want full civil marriage rights More than a week after voters in California, Arizona and Florida passed ballot initiatives outlawing same-sex marriage, thousands of people across the country protested the bans in simultaneous rallies Saturday. In California, Proposition 8 overturned a May ruling by the California Supreme...     CNN AllPolitics        more   
• Democratic National Committee
• Nov 5, 2008 Gov. Howard Dean to Campaign for Change in North Dakota On Saturday, November 1st DNC Chairman Howard Dean will campaign on behalf of the Obama-Biden ticket in Grand Forks and Fargo, North Dakota. Dean will headline rallies in both those cities as part of the Democratic Party's national Get Out the Vote effort. This is Dean's first visit to...     Democratic National Committee        more   
• Nov 4, 2008 Statement by Howard Dean on the 2008 Election Results Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement on tonight's election results:"This has been a truly historic, transformational election. Tonight, our country chose hope over fear, the future over the past, unity over division. This election also...     Democratic National Committee        more   
• Oct 31, 2008 Gov. Howard Dean to Get Out the Vote This Weekend in North Dakota, Minnesota, Washington and Oregon This weekend, DNC Chairman Howard Dean will campaign in the upper Midwest and the Pacific Northwest, where he will headline rallies and help Get Out the Vote on behalf of the Obama-Biden ticket, Tinklenberg for Congress, Franken for Senate, Gregoire for Governor, Merkley for Senate and other...     Democratic National Committee        more   
• Oct 30, 2008 DNC Native American Chair: Obama Stood With Us, Stand With Him Stating that "Barack Obama has stood with us and it is now time that we stand with him" Frank LaMere of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska urged Native voters this week to come out in record numbers on Tuesday "to restore the country and the First Nations, and to acknowledge that we...     Democratic National Committee        more   
• Oct 26, 2008 DNC VIDEO HIGHLIGHT'S LINDSEY GRAHAM'S DOUBLE TALK ON JOHN MCCAIN’S PROMISE OF MORE OF SAME Appearing on ABC's This Week, Senator Lindsey Graham said "John McCain is truly an independent, stood up to his own party." But on the same show back in June Graham was asked if John McCain would offer a continuation of President Bush's economic policies. His answer:...     Democratic National Committee        more   
• The Nation
• Nov 19, 2008 Plamegate Finale: We Were Right; They Were Wrong As Valerie Plame Wilson publishes her book, the bottom line is clear: the Bush gang and the neocons were dishonest about the CIA leak and the war.     The Nation        more   
• Nov 19, 2008 Judge Radhi Testifies on Iraqi Corruption; GOPers Attack--UPDATE The gutsy testimony of the former Iraqi anticorruption chief undercuts Bush's rationale for the "surge."     The Nation        more   
• Nov 19, 2008 Springsteen's 'Magic': Darkness in the Center of Town On a new album, Springsteen rocks out but offers a troubling message: the Iraq war is harming the nation's soul, and the road back won't be easy.     The Nation        more   
• Nov 19, 2008 State Dept: Corruption in Iraq is Classified To protect Bush policy in Iraq, the State Department refuses to cooperate with a congressional probe of corruption in the Maliki government, claiming the matter is classified.     The Nation        more   
• Nov 19, 2008 An Iraqi "Eliot Ness" Out in the Cold--UPDATED The Bush administration abandons the forced-out Iraqi anticorruption chief, as he prepares to testify the Iraqi government is so corrupt it should be abolished.     The Nation        more   
• Washington Post
• Nov 18, 2008 A Skeptical Outsider Becomes Bush's 'Wartime General' Second of two articles The pressure on Henry M. Paulson Jr. in early September was greater than at any other time during his tenure as Treasury secretary. As he pored over the books of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, he discovered that they were about to collapse and that the...     Washington Post        more   
• Nov 18, 2008 Former Prosecutor Eric Holder Called Obama's Top Pick for Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., a former Justice Department official who was President-elect Barack Obama's campaign co-chairman, is the leading candidate to serve as the next U.S. attorney general, according to Democratic sources familiar with the choice.     Washington Post        more   
• Nov 18, 2008 Automakers Press High-Stakes Plea for Aid The chieftains of Detroit's Big Three automakers made a desperate appeal to skeptical lawmakers yesterday for $25 billion in emergency loans to forestall the possible collapse of the domestic auto industry, offering to cut their own salaries in exchange for government aid.     Washington Post        more   
• Nov 18, 2008 Senate Democrats Allow Lieberman to Retain Key Chairmanship Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) easily won a vote yesterday to remain chairman of a key committee and will stay in the Senate Democratic caucus despite his high-profile criticism of President-elect Barack Obama and his support of Sen. John McCain during the presidential campaign.     Washington Post        more   
• Nov 18, 2008 Sen. Ted Stevens Loses Reelection Bid Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D) defeated Sen. Ted Stevens, ending the tenure of the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, after the counting of more ballots yesterday gave him a larger lead than the number of votes still untallied, Alaska elections officials said.     Washington Post        more   
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