Nightline Links
01 December 2008 5:00 pm by Taylor Marsh
Listen to Richard Engel. Halperin, not so much. Also, it’s not “center-right,” folks, it’s “water’s edge,” non-ideological pragmatism, which will be implemented through Obama’s tough Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
A reminder, ‘In the News’ is for you. Whether you comment here or have a blog, anyone can use “In the News” to post links, even write posts. As we build it back up,
I’ll select out certain posts and blogs to link to. Reader djjl posted a beauty over the Thanksgiving holiday. In the meantime…
Steve helps you out with a terrific
Christmas book list. I’ve read many of them. One he left out that is a must
read is “Descent into Chaos,” by Ahmed Rashid.
Oh Lordy, it’s
her again… or should that be still? Go Jim Martin. The other
guy lies.
Tina
Brown asks: How is it Obama can fill a Cabinet faster than NBC can replace
Tim Russert? Oh, and Tina’s replacement pick is very interesting.
While Huffington Post is reporting David Gregory gets the nod, though NBC is not confirming this just yet. Gregory’s interview today with Martin Indyk was very good, though it’s not online.
John
Nichols explains: Why Obama’s Got “Complete Confidence” In Clinton.
On foreign policy, outside political campaigning, they’re simply not that far
apart.
[...]Perhaps as significantly, Feingold saw something else.
Though he has long been at odds with Clinton — especially on campaign finance
and ethics issues, but also on foreign policy — Feingold explains that he
came to see the former first lady in a new light when they traveled together
(along with Arizona Senator John McCain, Maine Senator Susan Collins and South
Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham) on a 2005 Senate fact-finding mission to
Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Pakistan, and Tunisia.“Two things: One, she was incredibly well-prepared and well-informed.
She knew the key players and the issues that were heating up in each of the
countries we visited,” recalled Feingold. “Two, she was very well
respected. When we landed in each country, this Senate delegation, she was
the one that the generals and the officials were trying to talk to. She was
the one they knew and respected.” …
It’s World Aids Day, with Madonna
in the mix.
Franken’s in a bind.
The Dow drops over 600 points.
Stoller will judge Clinton on what she does on Israel. Speaking of that, Jerome’s
latest post is worth a read.
Other than that, consider this a topic free for all.
