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PEEK Newsletter November 22nd, 2008 More blogs and video »

Obama's (Rumored) Pick for Secretary of the Treasury Makes Wall Street Happy By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly He's going to be the Secretary of the Treasury in the midst of a financial crisis, so it's probably worth taking the time to get to know him. Read more »   Reports: Clinton Accepts Secretary of State Nomination; Geithner and Richardson Also Likely Cabinet Choices By Satyam Khanna, Think Progress The New York Times reports that Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) "has decided to give up her Senate seat and accept the position." Read more »   Maddow Fails to Question Huckabee On His Recent Anti-Gay Statements. Update: Maddow Responds By Ali Frick, Think Progress When contacted by ThinkProgress, Rachel Maddow explained her reasons for avoiding the subject of gay rights with Huckabee. Read more »   Poll: Public's Loathing of the GOP Hits All Time High By Melissa McEwan, Shakesville Couldn't happen to a nicer party. Read more »   Unhinged Chambliss Grabs Camera When Asked About Lawsuit By Sam Stein, Huffington Post The pressures of the runoff and the continuing questions about his ties to a scandal-scarred sugar company seem to be getting to Chambliss. Read more »   Obama's Team Makes Good on Threat of Bipartisanship By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel spent a day on the Hill doing Republican outreach. Read more »   Just How Destructive Will Bush's Last-Minute Deregulations Be? By Staff, Democracy Now! Bush admin pushing "midnight regulations" Read more »   Kristol Continues His Love Affair With Sarah Palin By Sam Stein, Huffington Post Albeit with one small concession concerning Joe Lieberman. Read more »   Bush Is Pushing Hard to Gut the Endangered Species Act By Ryan Powers, Think Progress Perino: The Endangered Species Act 'doesn't help support any species, including our own.' Read more »   Franken: Coleman's Lead Is Less Than 100 Votes By Sam Stein, Huffington Post "It is fair to say that Norm Coleman's lead is now in the double digits." Read more »   Who Is in Charge? Economic Crisis Worsens Because of Transitional Power Vacuum By Digby, Hullabaloo Yet another parallel between 2008 and 1932. Who Is in Charge? Read more »   Iraqi Oil Exports Have 'Nosedived' By Saadoun al-Jaberi, Azzaman Iraq's oil exports are decreasing by nearly 100,000 barrels a day every month, according to the former oil minister. Read more »   Obama, the Senate, and China ... All Eying the Big 3 By Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake "If I was GM's CEO, I'd be on a plane to China." Read more »   Will Gen. Jim Jones Be Obama's National Security Advisor? By Chris Bowers, Open Left Although not as bad as keeping Gates as Secretary of Defense it would still be a very disappointing selection. Read more »

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