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The Essence of Politics (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
America has never seen anything quite like this: The president and president-elect acting like co-presidents, consulting and cooperating on the day's biggest crises. "It's pretty unusual," said George Edwards , a presidential expert at Texas A&M University, in College Station . What Princeton University professor Julian Zelizer calls "the split-screen presidency" is the result of several historic forces...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Posted on Monday, 11.24.08 Obama announces top members of his economic teamBy DAVID LIGHTMAN AND STEVEN THOMMAMcClatchy NewspapersCHICAGO -- President-elect Barack Obama, warning that "we are facing an economic crisis of historic proportions," unveiled key members of his economic team Monday, led by New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary, and pledged...
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... charges. And he’s Southern, so he might win over some red-state voters.Secretary of Defense: David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) from WarGamesIf things are looking perilous with some edgy foreign leader, Lightman can just sit down and say these famous words, “How about a nice game of chess'” Seemed to work the last time the world was on the brink of destruction.Secretaries of...
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Double-Tongued Word Wrester Citatio (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
... from “beer track” states like Ohio and Pennsylvania.) —“Maryland looks to be Obama country” by David Lightman in Hagerstown, Maryland McClatchy Feb. 10, 2008. Categories: English , Politics , Jargon , New or Nonce —More information about wine track and related words at Double-Tongued Dictionary .
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Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
MODERATES: Alaska governor alienates all but strict conservatives. from Anchorage Daily News By DAVID LIGHTMAN McClatchy Newspapers (10/27/08 23:24:13) WASHINGTON -- Sarah Palin has become a drag on the Republican presidential ticket, the first time in recent political history that a running mate has made such a difference. Among many independents and moderate Republicans, she's raised...
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Anchor Rising (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
This MClatchy "report" by David Lightman is really too much: An ugly line has been crossed in this presidential campaign, one in which some people don't mind calling Barack Obama a dangerous Muslim, a terrorist and worse. "To me, this...
