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2:30 PM ET, November 7, 2008

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Ryan Grim / The Politico:
McConnell reaches out to Lieberman  —  Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has reached out to Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) about the prospect of joining the Republican Conference, but Lieberman is still bargaining with Democratic leaders to keep his chairmanship, according to Senate aides in both parties.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WHAT LIEBERMAN FINDS ‘UNACCEPTABLE’.... As political theater goes, the exploits of Joe Lieberman really are odd. … Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), according to multiple reports and sources, has no intention of allowing Lieberman to stay on as chairman of Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Satyam Khanna / Think Progress:
Bayh: Democrats ‘Should Have a Spirit Of Forgiveness With Regard To Joe Lieberman’  —  Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) met with Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) to discuss Lieberman's future in the Democratic party.  An aide said Reid was leaning toward removing Lieberman as chair of the Homeland Security Committee.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   IT'S NOT A NEGOTIATION  —  Joe Lieberman is putting out word …
ABCNEWS:
Emanuel Was Director Of Freddie Mac During Scandal  —  New Obama Chief of Staff, Others on Board, Missed “Red Flags” of Alleged Fraud Scheme  —  President-elect Barack Obama's newly appointed chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, served on the board of directors of the federal mortgage firm Freddie Mac …
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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) …
Ben Joravsky / American Prospect:
Does Rahm Emanuel's Pick Mean the Chicago Machine Is Coming to Washington?
Discussion: TIME.com
Tina Daunt / Los Angeles Times:
Ari Emanuel's brother has clout too
Discussion: The E&P Pub
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 …
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Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
‘Rock-bottom’ Republicans begin inquest
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:   BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A POLICY IDEA?.... Given this week's results …
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 …
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John / Power Line:
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MINNESOTA?
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
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 …
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
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
Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Fox News Blames Obama For Stock Market Fall  —  The last two days on Wall Street “were the worst in the American stock market since 1987.”  The Dow Jones industrial average lost nearly 1,000 points and the S&P 500 “a broader measure of stocks, lost nearly 10 percent of its value.”
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 …
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, War and Piece and Guardian
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 …
Satyam Khanna / Think Progress:
Campbell Brown rips McCain aides for blaming Palin for McCain loss: ‘You picked her.’  —  Recently, former McCain staffers have been leaking embarrassing information about Gov. Sarah Palin's cluelessness on foreign policy and her unprofessional behavior.  Top aide Steve Schmidt wouldn't say whether she was a good VP choice.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The Campaign Autopsy  —  In my previous life, I witnessed far more difficult postmortems.  This one is easy.  The patient was fatally stricken on Sept. 15 — caught in the rubble when the roof fell in (at Lehman Brothers, according to the police report) — although he did linger until his final, rather quiet demise on Nov. 4.
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
DeMint urges GOP to expel Stevens  —  South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint is pushing his party's leadership to expel Sen. Ted Stevens from the Senate during this month's “lame duck” session, according to people familiar with his plans.  —  DeMint, one of the most conservative members of the Senate …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Friday Line: Republican Governors on the Rise  —  One of the few bright spots for Republicans on Tuesday came at the state level where all four incumbent GOP governors won reelection, including Indiana's Mitch Daniels and Vermont's Jim Douglas, who were targeted by national Democrats.
Discussion: Hot Air
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
O'Reilly throws down the gauntlet in the War on Christmas.»  —  No time of the year is more merry for Bill O'Reilly than the “Christmas season,” because he can then go to war with his nemeses, the so-called “secular progressives.”  Last year, he kicked off the season on Nov. 9 …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Wall Street Journal:
The Children Are Watching  —  America makes history, but the mandate is for moderation.  —  You're lucky to live through big history.  And you're living through it.  —  The explosion of joy in large pockets of the country Tuesday night was beautiful to see, and moving.
Discussion: Firedoglake
 
 
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