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PEEK Newsletter November 20th, 2008 More blogs and video »

Daschle as HHS Secretary: A Look at the Pros and Cons By Melissa McEwan, Shakesville I'm okay with this selection -- and that's exactly as noncommittal a reaction as it sounds. Read more »   Fat-Cat Automakers Beg for Taxpayer Money While Flying in Private Jets By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly If they had flown first-class it would have been embarrassing. But company-owned private jets? Read more »   Is Obama Screwing the Netroots? By bmaz, Firedoglake When it comes to the netroots, Barack Obama has the long arm-short arm syndrome. Read more »   Are There Any Other Qualified People In America Other Than Clintonites? By David Sirota, Open Left I ask this based on the Obama appointments - my back-of-the-envelope estimate is that they are 90 percent Clinton administration officials. Read more »   Good News and Bad News About Bush's Last-Minute War on Choice By Cara, Feministe I'm hugely pessimistic for the short-term, but optimistic about where this is going to go come January. Read more »   Bill O'Reilly Attacks the Entire City of San Francisco By Nicholas Graham, Huffington Post O'Reilly's surreal pseudo-documentary is an unbelievable smear on a great American city. Read more »   Mark Begich, Not Sarah Palin, Is the Future of Alaska By Booman, Booman Tribune Begich's election over Ted Stevens represents a huge change in the dynamics of the state's politics. Read more »   Huckabee Claims Civil Rights of Gays Are Not Being Violated: They Aren't Getting Their 'Skulls Cracked' By Ali Frick, Think Progress The dangerous violence threshold argument. Read more »   Why Can't Corporate Media Admit the Real Reason Republicans Lost? By Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog Is it really impossible for insider journos to acknowledge that Republicans lost in 2006 and 2008 because voters hated what they were doing? Read more »   Obama Sends a Strong, Clear Message on Global Warming By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly "Pretty refreshing to have an adult as incoming president." Read more »   Obama Picks Tom Daschle for Health and Human Services Secretary By Staff, Huffington Post Daschle, who served in the Senate until he lost his re-election bid in 2004, also is set to take on the position of health care czar. Read more »   Sarah Palin Faces New Ethics Complaint By Ryan Powers, Think Progress The complaint argues that Palin's recent media blitz broke state ethics rules because portions of the interviews took place in the governor's office. Read more »

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