Word: elections
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When President-elect George W. Bush announced his intention to appoint former Harvard assistant professor Lawrence B. Lindsey as assistant to the president for economic policy, it coincided with the former Texas Governor's public declaration that the country should prepare for a potential economic slump...
...When it comes to presidential inaugurations, the Constitution doesn't specify any ceremony at all, only an oath of 35 words. The president-elect swears to "faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." That's it. There's nothing about motorcades and inaugural gowns and Fortune 500 companies sponsoring gala events...
...based in political self-interest - how better, after all, to finally clear Clinton from the national radar - his message is not easily ignored. (Hatch to Ray: The GOP has lost its bloodlust for Clinton. Drop this thing and get him the heck out of here.) And while the President-elect is not rushing to say that he would issue a pardon, he pointedly hasn't ruled it out, either - something he no doubt hopes lends him some power over his predecessor...
...Thursday, less than 48 hours after Chavez withdrew from consideration under a firestorm of allegations that she'd harbored an illegal immigrant, the President-elect named Elaine Chao as his new nominee to head the Labor Department. Bush also announced Robert Zoellick, a veteran of Republican State and Treasury Departments, as his nominee for the post of U.S. trade representative, also a Cabinet position...
...Colin Powell, of course, is much more than a mere John Wayne. But President-elect Bush was fully aware of Powell's "American hero" status and knew he'd hit a home run when he tapped Powell for secretary of state. Powell, after all, brings to the table a true-blue Horatio Alger story - black kid from the Bronx made good with no special favors - as well as a remarkable track record in the military, an almost unprecedented wealth of goodwill from across the political spectrum and a commanding moral authority. It's that special sort of Cinderella moral authority...