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...than a token role in the incoming Democratic regime. At Transportation, LaHood will shepherd the massive public works program Obama announced on Dec. 6 as the centerpiece of a plan to jumpstart the economy by creating millions of jobs. He's also a litmus test for Obama's post-partisan campaign pledges. LaHood, a downstate Republican, is the President-elect's first full Republican appointee - Defense Secretary Robert Gates, a Bush Administration holdover, is a registered Independent who has traditionally served Republican presidents - but has earned plaudits for his ability to work with Democrats. "Ray's appointment reflects that bipartisan...
...hard to pick up a paper these days without reading about Barack Obama courting the right. On Wednesday, his Inauguration committee announced that the non-partisan but socially conservative Evangelical Rick Warren would give the invocation Jan. 20 when Obama is sworn in as President. Bloomberg reports that moderate Republican Jim Leach of Iowa has been representing Obama at White House talks on the economy. And last Tuesday, the New York Times reported that Obama is being advised by foreign policy heavyweight Brent Scowcroft, National Security Adviser under the first President Bush and described by the Times...
...have exams moved in light of the presidential inauguration, exams should be taken as normal. While it is unfortunate that there are some students who wish to attend the inauguration of president-elect Barack Obama, Harvard cannot be seen to—and should not—allow partisan reasons to supercede academic requirements. While the decision to retain the current exam schedule is an appropriate one, the attitude of the Administrative Board toward granting exceptions for individual students has been extraordinarily opaque. In a letter to faculty, Registrar of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Barry S. Kane...
...Finally, ballistic missile defense is very, very expensive. The non-partisan Government Accountability Office estimates that $107 billion was spent on missile defense by 2007, and another $49 billion will be spent if the program continues until 2012. The yearly $10 billion program budget alone is more than twice the yearly State Department budget for the Foreign Service. When more funds are being allocated to failed weapons systems than to the nation’s diplomatic corps, something has gone wrong...
...really, there's no such thing as a "filibuster-proof 60-seat majority," even if Martin pulls off an upset and Al Franken wins his recount against Republican Norm Coleman in Minnesota and Joe Lieberman still counts as a Democrat. Senators don't always vote in partisan lockstep; President Barack Obama could succeed in recruiting Republicans on some issues with a 58-seat Democratic majority, and he could find himself stymied by defections on some issues with a 62-seat Democratic majority. In the Senate, even one determined naysayer is capable of grinding the institution to a halt...