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Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan will be nominated to serve as President-elect Barack Obama's solicitor-general, the administration's representative to the Supreme Court, Obama announced in a press release Monday morning...
...President-elect has always understood how to maximize photo ops for political ends, and his first day in Washington was no exception. Obama's task was to look like a man in charge, reaching out to Republican and Democratic members of Congress, followed by photo ops and statements that could be read as closely as the oracles. Would the Republican House minority leader, John Boehner, thank Obama for making a courtesy call or praise their "productive discussions"? Would Republican Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell demand for Republicans a bigger seat at the legislative drafting table or simply welcome...
...Have the believers prepared themselves for the disappointment they will experience when the honeymoon winds down? The President-elect has already evidenced some surprising departures from his previously audacious and hopeful self. Immediately after being elected, Obama began giving speeches in which he emphasized that the struggles ahead might be harder than expected. And though transparency is supposedly trademark Obama, some journalists have noted that Obama has begun to take on habits of his predecessor Bush, who is notoriously tightlipped. In the wake of the recent Blagojevich scandal, Obama has snapped or clammed up when asked for details about...
Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan, who is rumored to be president-elect Barack Obama’s choice for solicitor general, won praise over the weekend from one of Ronald Reagan’s solicitors general, who said in an interview that she is a “fresh face” that “some of the justices might appreciate...
...start is not good. You commented on Bombay but you say nothing about the crime of the enemy. This policy of double standards should stop." -Addressing U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, whom he chastised for condemning terrorist attacks in Mumbai but remaining silent about Israel's attacks in Gaza...