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12:40 PM ET, November 7, 2008

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Mark Karlin / BuzzFlash.org:
Rahm Emanuel: You Can't Take a Knife to a Gun Fight.  Live from Chicago, It's BuzzFlash.com!  —  MARK KARLIN'S EDITOR'S BLOG: Another BuzzFlash Perspective on Our Homestate Illinois Politics.  —  As the oldest and largest news and commentary progressive website (since May of 2000) …
The Politico:
Emanuel pick sends powerful signal  —  President-elect Barack Obama's selection of Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) as his White House chief of staff is the latest demonstration of a quality Obama showed repeatedly over the course of his campaign: He's willing to do what it takes to win.
Tina Daunt / Los Angeles Times:
Ari Emanuel's brother has clout too
Discussion: The E&P Pub
Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
Obama Victory Alters the Tenor of Iraqi Politics  —  BAGHDAD — Barack Obama may have been elected only three days ago, but his victory is already beginning to shift the political ground in Iraq and the region.  —  Iraqi Shiite politicians are indicating that they will move faster toward …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:   Now That Obama's Elected, Iraq Will Sign Basing Deal
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Plouffe to the Senate?  —  Obama campaign manager David Plouffe speaks to the media in the spin room after the vice presidential debate at the Field House of Washington University's Athletic Complex on October 2, 2008 in St. Louis, Missouri.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Discussion: Real Clear Politics and Don Surber
Scott J. Anderson / CNN:
Conservatives blame moderates for GOP losses  —  (CNN) — A conservative leader Friday laid the Republican Party's poor showing at the polls at the feet of moderates who, he argues, led the party away from its core principles.  —  Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council told CNN …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Ramesh Ponnuru / New York Times:
How to Move the Middle  —  SENATOR JIM DeMINT, a Republican …
Discussion: The Corner and Brendan Nyhan
Wil Haygood / Washington Post:
A Butler Well Served by This Election  —  For 34 Years, Eugene Allen Carried White House Trays With Pride.  Now There's Even More Reason to Carry Himself That Way.  —  For more than three decades Eugene Allen worked in the White House, a black man unknown to the headlines.
Discussion: The Sideshow and On Deadline
Felix Gillette / New York Observer:
Juicy Bits Surfacing in Rather Case: In 2004, CBS Considered Matt Drudge, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter Independent Panel  —  This week, Dan Rather's legal team submitted a memorandum to the judge overseeing Mr. Rather's $70 million civil lawsuit against his former employers …
Patricia Lopez / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Franken's deficit: 236 votes  —  Sen. Norm Coleman's Democratic challenger is vowing to push ahead with a recount.  —  Just as Secretary of State Mark Ritchie was explaining to reporters the recount process in one of the narrowest elections in Minnesota history, an aide rushed in with news …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Susan E. Rice  —  As he prepares to take office, President-elect Barack Obama is relying on a small team of advisers who will lead his transition operation and help choose the members of a new Obama administration.  Following is part of a series of profiles of potential members of the administration.
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Laura Rozen / MoJoBlog:
Transition Rumint: Security Posts
Discussion: UN Dispatch
Change.gov:
America Serves … The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the nation's challenges.  President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in underserved schools …
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Gateway Pundit:
Change... Obama Announces Creation Of His Marxist Youth Corps
The Politico:
Dems split over Treasury choice  —  As Barack Obama faces mounting pressure to announce his economic team, Democrats are split over two of the leading candidates for Treasury secretary: New York Federal Reserve Chairman Timothy Geithner and former Clinton Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers.
Discussion: New York Times, Reuters and The Caucus
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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Larry Summers For Treasury Secretary?
Kate Snow / ABCNEWS:
Palin Aide Fires Back at Reported McCain Camp Slams  —  Says RNC, Not Palin, Responsible for Wardrobe Missteps; Rejects Other Complaints  —  Now that the defeated Republican presidential team of Sen. John McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin have gone their separate ways, the knives are out and Palin is the one who is getting filleted.
Rasmussen Reports:
69% of GOP Voters Say Palin Helped McCain  —  Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republican voters say Alaska Governor Sarah Palin helped John McCain's bid for the presidency, even as news reports surface that some McCain staffers think she was a liability.  —  Only 20% of GOP voters say Palin hurt …
Discussion: Hot Air and Commentary
Mario Ruiz / The Huffington Post:
Gays Hit Back at Mormons — Please Join Us  —  Given their history, Mormons know about being targeted for being different.  Yet in a full-on offensive, the LDS Church mobilized in favor of California's Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that bans gay marriage.
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Bob Willis / Bloomberg:
U.S. Jobless Rate Probably Climbed to Five-Year High  —  Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) — President-elect Barack Obama may find out today just how big an economic mess he will inherit.  —  The Labor Department will probably report that the jobless rate climbed to a five-year high of 6.3 percent in October …
Discussion: Gothamist
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New York Times:
Georgia Claims on Russia War Called Into Question  —  TBILISI, Georgia — Newly available accounts by independent military observers of the beginning of the war between Georgia and Russia this summer call into question the longstanding Georgian assertion that it was acting defensively against separatist and Russian aggression.
Michelle Malkin:
www.change.gov smells like a fund-raising front  —  Government domain names (".gov") for websites are supposed to be restricted to eligible government organizations and programs.  —  Does Barack Obama's transition website, www.change.gov — which is basically a souped-up version of his campaign site — qualify?
 
 
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
O'Reilly throws down the gauntlet in the War on Christmas.»
Charles Krauthammer / Real Clear Politics:
The Campaign Autopsy  —  WASHINGTON — In my previous life …
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Betsy's Page
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
As Obama Won: The Flickr Album
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
John Boehner / Washington Post:
Republicans' Road Back
Discussion: Hot Air and Booman Tribune
Megan McArdle:
Things can only get better . . .  Clive asks whether Obama's …
Discussion: TigerHawk
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Gebe Martinez / The Politico:
Latinos push for Cabinet posts
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Obama Gets First In-Depth Intelligence Briefing
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Obama Agenda  —  is a date that will live in fame (the opposite of infamy) forever.
Associated Press:
Obama's ex-pastor: Media used me
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

 
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