MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
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DealBook (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
It is testament to former Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin’s star power among many Democrats that as President-elect Barack Obama fills out his economic team, a virtual Rubin constellation is taking shape, The New York Times’s Jackie Calmes writes. The president-elect’s choices for his top economic advisers — Timothy F. Geithner as Treasury secretary, Lawrence H. [...]
Hawaii Conservative (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
First President-elect Obama backs off on immediate troop withdrawl, now the President Bush’s tax cuts, as, thankfully, Mr. Obama pulls back from the left wing liberal abyss toward the center. Obama Aides Signal a Boost in Stimulus Spending By JACKIE CALMES and JEFF ZELENY November 23, 2008 WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama has signaled that he will pursue a [...]
ataxingmatter (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
Two interesting items popped up Friday afternoon. First, it appears that Tim Geithner, current head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, is being tapped as Treasury secretary under Obama. See Jackie Calmes, Geither Said to be Chosen for...
DealBook (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
President-elect Barack Obama will name Timothy F. Geithner to be his Treasury secretary, according to a knowledgeable Democrat, The New York Times’s Jackie Calmes reports on the Caucus blog. The choice of Mr. Geithner would elevate a Treasury veteran who as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has all year been at the [...]
The Caucus (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden plan to hold a news conference in Chicago Monday to announce members of their economic team, including the incoming treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner.The Times’s Jackie Calmes reports that Mr. Geithner and other key members of the Obama economic team, including Lawrence H. Summers, who Mr. Obama is expected to appoint...
The Konformist Blog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
Robalini's Note: I'm not the first to ask, but would Obama be able to get an appointment to his own administration? Doubtful... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/us/politics/13apply.html November 13, 2008 For a Washington Job, Be Prepared to Tell All By JACKIE CALMES WASHINGTON — Want a top job in the Obama administration? Only pack rats need apply, preferably those not packing controversy....
Grabbingsand (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Much is being made of the extensive and debatably invasive questions asked of applicants seeking to live out their West Wing fantasies with the impending Obama/Biden administration. The initial article by Jackie Calmes seemed to take a humorous how-dare-they approach, but the sources cited therein provided all of the justification the transition team might need. It [...]
Daniel W. Drezner (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Not that they really want me, but looking at this Jackie Calmes story in the New York Times, I don’t think I’d have the time to fill out the Obama administration job application: A seven-page questionnaire being sent by the office of President-elect Barack Obama to those seeking cabinet and other high-ranking posts may be the [...]
EconoSpeak (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Jackie Calmes reports: A seven-page questionnaire being sent by the office of President-elect Barack Obama to those seeking cabinet and other high-ranking posts may be the most extensive — some say invasive — application ever ... They must include any e-mail that might embarrass the president-elect, along with any blog posts and links to their Facebook pages. Whether any of my blog posts...
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
By JACKIE CALMES NYT WASHINGTON — Want a top job in the Obama administration? Only pack rats need apply, preferably those not packing controversy. A seven-page questionnaire being sent by the office of President-elect Barack Obama to those seeking cabinet and other high-ranking posts may be the most extensive — some say invasive — application ever. The questionnaire includes 63 requests...
Nevada Thunder (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
side note: don’t you just love this photo?! Obama actually looks like a leader, and Bush well, it looks like he’s just concentrating on walking. By JACKIE CALMES http://www.nytimes.com The struggling auto industry was thrust into the middle of a political standoff between the White House and Democrats on Monday as President-elect Barack Obama urged President [...]
BrothersJudd Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Obama Asks Bush to Provide Help for Automakers (JACKIE CALMES, 11/11/08, NY Times) The struggling auto industry was thrust into the middle of a political standoff between the White House and Democrats on Monday as President-elect Barack Obama urged President Bush in a meeting at the White House to support immediate emergency aid. Mr. Bush indicated at the meeting that he might support...
The Caucus (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
... restrictions, but there are dozens of former lobbyists on his transition team. By JACKIE CALMES and HELENE COOPERFor President-elect Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, there would be pros and cons to a close partnership. By JESSE McKINLEY and KIRK JOHNSONMormons played an extraordinary role in the passage of a California ballot measure that once seemed close to defeat....
Start Thinking Right (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
... to achieve a security clearance in any administration other than one in which he was President. Jackie Calmes, writing for The New York Times , says : A seven-page questionnaire being sent by the office of President-elect Barack Obama to those seeking cabinet and other high-ranking posts may be the most extensive — some say invasive — application ever. Now, it doesn’t surprise me...
