How Obama Got Elected

Link to Zogby poll results here

Obama: Associations Now Important

NY Times:

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.

Lucky for Obama he doesn't need to fill one out.

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Obama Advisor Linked to Real Estate Scandals

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents linking Valerie Jarrett, an advisor to Barack Obama and the co-chairman of the President-Elect's transition team, to a series of real estate scandals, including several housing projects operated by convicted felon and Obama fundraiser/friend Antoin "Tony" Rezko.

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Time Magazine article on Valeri Jarrett here

Palin on Greta: Obama called me

You'll have to wath the interview to hear what Obama said.

This is an excellent interview of a sharp, tough and obviously intelligent woman.

She clears up:

1. The clothes
2. Africa
3. Going rogue

Link here

Rasmussen: Polls Show That Reaganism Is Not Dead

Barack Obama won the White House by campaigning against an unpopular incumbent in a time of economic anxiety and lingering foreign policy concerns. He offered voters an upbeat message, praised the nation as a land of opportunity, promised tax cuts to just about everyone, and overcame doubts about his experience with a strong performance in the presidential debates.

Does this sound familiar? It should. Mr. Obama followed the approach that worked for Ronald Reagan. His victory confirmed that voters still embrace the guiding beliefs of the Reagan era.

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