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By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyPresident-elect Barack Obama has already lost one Cabinet appointee, Commerce Secretary nominee Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM), to a potentially contentious confirmation hearing. If some Republicans have their way, he may lose another one. Obama's pick to be Attorney General, former Clinton Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder, has come under close scrutiny by the usually moderate Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA). Specter wants Holder to answer for some of the decisions he participated in while the number two man in the Clinton Justice Department. Chief ...
Cabinet Fever: Making the Obama Administration
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyWith the 2008 election over, the hot speculation du jour is over the makeup of Barack Obama's cabinet. While this may lack some of the sheen of electing the Leader of the Free World, we can still have a little bit of fun with it.While I've already weighed in with my suggestion on whom not to pick for Secretary of the Treasury (sexism hot-potato Larry Summers), I'd like to take this opportunity to help us all watch the new Obama administration take shape. He's already picked his Chief of Staff, "Parkway Salute"-challenged DLC bulldog Rahm Emanuel, but that still leaves a lot of work for us to ...
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