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11:55 PM ET, November 21, 2008

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Peter Baker / The Caucus:
Clinton Is Said to Opt for Secretary of State Position  —  Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton campaigning in Florida in October (Photo: Damon Winter/The New York Times)  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton has decided to give up her Senate seat and accept the position of secretary of state …
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The Campaign Spot:
Just What Has Obama Gotten Hillary Into?  —  Word is Hillary is saying yes.  —  President Obama could do a lot worse than a foreign policy team of National Security Adviser James Jones, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and CIA Director John Brennan.
Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:
Will Clinton Fill State Dept. With Loyalists?  —  Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama (WDCpix)  —  With Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) almost certain to become President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of state, some foreign-policy experts in the Obama orbit are expressing frustration.
Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
GOV & CHUCK HUG IT OUT OVER HILL
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
GEITHNER LIKELY TO BE TREASURY SECRETARY  —  From Chuck Todd and Andrea Mitchell  —  NBC News has learned that the president-elect is preparing to roll out his economic team on Monday — and will personally announce the team and answer questions — part of an effort to reassure markets.
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Wall Street Journal:
Geithner Tapped for Treasury Secretary  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama is expected to nominate as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and a figure who has been deeply involved in tackling the financial crisis.
Eric Martin / Bloomberg:
U.S. Stocks Rally as Obama Picks Tim Geithner to Head Treasury  —  Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks rallied and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index rebounded from an 11-year low after President-elect Barack Obama picked New York Federal Reserve Bank chief Timothy Geithner to head the Treasury.
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Richardson to Commerce?  —  Is New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson in line to become Commerce Department chief?  (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)  —  Updated, 1:58 p.m.  —  New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has emerged as a “serious contender” to head the Commerce Department under President-elect Barack Obama …
Spencer Ackerman / ATTACKERMAN:
Supreme Clientele  —  The Washington Post's Chris Cilizza …
Discussion: The Bellows and Matthew Yglesias
Jack Healy / New York Times:
Stocks Soar in Late Trading
Discussion: CNN, AMERICAblog News and On Deadline
James Pethokoukis / US News:
How Tom Daschle Might Kill Conservatism  —  The GOP strategist had been joking about the upcoming presidential election and giving his humorous assessments of the candidates.  Then he suddenly cut out the schtick and got scary serious.  “Let me tell you something, if Democrats take the White House …
Discussion: QandO and Donklephant
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama daughters: Private D.C. school  —  The two young daughters of President-elect Barack Obama will be moving schools this winter as the family moves from Chicago to Washington, and the Obama family has settled on a tried-and-true setting for Washington's elite:  —  The private Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.
Discussion: The Politico
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Richard Leiby / Reliable Source:
Obamarama: The Obamas Pick a School — It's Sidwell Friends
Discussion: On Deadline
Huma Khan / Political Punch:
Obamas Pick Sidwell Friends School for Daughters
Discussion: Hot Air, Flypaper and Ben Smith's Blogs
CNN:
Sources: Jones leading choice for national security advisor  —  CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) - Two sources close to the Obama transition team tell CNN retired Marine Gen. Jim Jones has emerged as President-elect's leading choice to become national security adviser in the White House.
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Megan McArdle:
How much is a detroit autoworker really worth?  —  $70 per hour: right or wrong?  —  Felix Salmon argues that this figure for GM's labor costs is deceptive.  Sort of, but it's actually quite apt at showing the core problem with GM.  —  Felix says that “the average GM assembly-line worker makes …
Discussion: Unqualified Offerings
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Assembly Line  —  Debunking the myth of the $70-per-hour autoworker.  —  If you've been following the auto industry's crisis, then you've probably read or heard a lot about overpaid American autoworkers—in particular, the fact that the average hourly employee of the Big Three makes $70 per hour.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Matthew Yglesias
The New Republic:
Hold Tight, Hillary: Russia Just Got Scarier  —  Julia Ioffe is a freelance writer living in New York.  —  If any proof were needed that the Russian political system operates in its own time-space continuum, it came this morning, when the parliament decided to deal with the country's economic meltdown by amending its constitution.
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
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Cathy Young / New York Times:
From Russia With Loathing  —  SHORTLY before the presidential election …
Discussion: GINA COBB and Eunomia
Tim Blair:
AS BAD AS IT GETS  —  “And you thought her media outings as a vice presidential candidate were as bad as it gets,” says alarmed MSNBC host David Shuster ... following footage of Sarah Palin speaking at a turkey processing plant:  —  Shuster (who urges that young viewers be shielded from the interview) …
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The Huffington Post:
Sarah Palin Turkey Incident: Does TV Interview While Turkeys …
Marc Elias / Wall Street Journal:
There's Nothing Unusual About the Minnesota Recount  —  I write to set straight just a few of the many false statements made in your Nov. 12 editorial “Mischief in Minnesota?”  —  Sen. Norm Coleman's lead over Al Franken shrunk by about 500 votes between election night and the end of the routine post-election canvass.
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Kevin Duchschere / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Day 3 of the recount: Ballot challenges rise in Ramsey County
Discussion: MyDD, FiveThirtyEight.com and Daily Kos
Shane McGlaun / DailyTech:
AP Suspends Use of U.S. Army Photos Over Digital Alteration  —  Army says that photo was altered but did not break Army policies  —  The digital alteration of photos is nothing new in the world of print magazines and newspapers.  Photos on the cover of magazines are frequently digitally altered …
Discussion: Sadly, No! and Think Progress
CNN:
Iraqi throng protests agreement on U.S. forces  —  From From Yousif Bassil and Jomana Karadsheh  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Iraqis outraged by a proposed security pact between Iraq and the United States staged an angry but peaceful protest against the deal Friday.
Discussion: Firedoglake and New York Times
Jennifer M. Freedman / Bloomberg:
American Hypocrisy in Auto Rescue Spurs Me-Too Trade Ire  —  Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) — A U.S.-triggered spate of global carmaker-bailout proposals may spark trade disputes over whether the Americans are unfairly trying to subsidize their industry or just making up for state aid foreign rivals already enjoy.
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Nitya / Political Punch:
“Yes We Can!”  Students Rename School for Obama  —  ABC News' Matt Jaffe Reports:  —  A New York elementary school has been re-named in honor of President-elect Barack Obama.  Ludlum Elementary School in Long Island's Hempstead Union Free School District was re-named at a board meeting Thursday …
Gavin Newsom / The Huffington Post:
Recharge America with Electric Cars  —  Today, our country is facing a set of seemingly insurmountable problems:  —  • an economic meltdown of historic proportions  —  • a car industry crashing, because of a lack of innovation and growth  —  • oil dependence transferring our wealth abroad
 
 
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Matea Gold / Los Angeles Times:
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Philip Hersh / Chicago Tribune:
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