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President-elect George W. Bush's first nomination for his nascent Cabinet was a confirmation on Saturday of the worst-kept secret in Washington: Gen. Colin L. Powell, (Ret.), for secretary of state. Would for him that every step of this fast tiptoe through the transition minefield could be this sure...
...Jesse Jackson says the Supreme Court's action was equivalent to the Dred Scott decision - and we all know where the Dred Scott decision led. (Nonetheless, Jackson, with his demagogue's mastery of footwork, phoned the President-elect to talk unity...
...Friday, George W. Bush took another bold step into the reality of his coming administration and had a good fireside lunch with Louisiana senator John Breaux. The new President-elect won't get Breaux as an employee, but he's likely met someone he can work with...
...Cabinet positions, it tends to put a cap on your political career (unless you're defense secretary during the Gulf War or something). If Breaux, who has emerged of late as the media's go-to guy on Senate centrism, is tempted to answer the President-elect's call, he need only look at one person: Bill Richardson...
...theme of the post-post-election period has emerged: Bipartisanship and grit-your-teeth cooperation. And George W. Bush and Dick Cheney didn't waste any time hard-selling the concept. In an attempt to create an air of unity, Bush chose Pete Laney, Speaker of the Democrat-controlled Texas House of Representatives, to introduce Wednesday night's acceptance speech (which the president-elect delivered in the House chamber). But while Wednesday's rosy images played well on television, political insiders are hardly convinced that Bush's record in Texas will have any bearing on his success in Washington...