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From The Hotline for Monday, Nov. 10, 2008

FOREIGN POLICY POTPOURRI

You Always Save The Mess For Last

Monday, Nov. 10, 2008


When Pres.-elect Obama takes the oath of office on 1/20, "he will inherit arguably the worst international mess ever passed on to an incoming" POTUS.

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11/10/2008 Frontpage

National Briefing

  • 1 THE TRANSITION - OVERVIEW: Law & Executive Order
  • 2 THE TRANSITION - PEOPLE: Out With The Old?
  • 3 THE ECONOMY: A Hard Rain's A-Gonna (Continue To) Fall
  • 4 FOREIGN POLICY POTPOURRI: You Always Save The Mess For Last
  • 5 CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP: Fight Club
  • 6 REPUBLICANS: Gingrich To The Rescue
  • 7 BLOGOMETER: The Lull Before The Storm

White House 2008

  • 8 GENERAL ELECTION: Bravo, America. Bravo.
  • 9 OBAMA: Party In The Suburbs
  • 10 POPULAR VOTE SCORECARD: Popular Gloat
  • 11 ELECTORAL COLLEGE SCORECARD: Rank & Smile

White House 2008 -- The Battleground States

  • 12 COLORADO (9 EVS): Change Is Coming
  • 13 FLORIDA (27 EVS): Ybor City Is Tres Speedy
  • 14 GEORGIA (15 EVS): Turning From Red To More Of A Peach
  • 15 IOWA (7 EVS): Tearing Down The Goalposts In Iowa City
  • 16 MISSOURI (11 EVS): Needing Everything To Break Right
  • 17 NEBRASKA (5 EVS): A Speck Of Blue In Cornhusker Red
  • 18 NEVADA (5 EVS): Bringing Down The House
  • 19 NEW HAMPSHIRE (4 EVS): Take That, John Kerry
  • 20 OHIO (20 EVS): Spirit Of 76
  • 21 PENNSYLVANIA (21 EVS): Please Leave A Message
  • 22 VIRGINIA (13 EVS): Think. Again.

White House 2008 -- Other State Updates

  • 23 TEXAS (34 EVS): Alamo Battleground?

Senate 2008

  • 24 ALASKA: Are Some Arriving By Sled?
  • 25 GEORGIA: Leaving On That Midnight Campaign Train
  • 26 MINNESOTA: They Just Want To Prove That Every Vote Counts

Senate Speculation

  • 27 ILLINOIS: Musical Chairs
  • 28 TEXAS: Leaving The House Is Looking Pretty Good Right Now

Campaigns Of 2009

  • 29 LOS ANGELES MAYOR: The Los Loney Boy
  • 30 NEW YORK CITY MAYOR: Grabbing Obama's Coattails, A Year Later
  • 31 VIRGINIA GOVERNOR: He's The Sole Man

Senate 2010

  • 32 KANSAS: When You Keep Winning With 80%, It Gets Kinda Boring
  • 33 KENTUCKY: Dems Look To Keep Bunning In The Oven

Governor 2010 -- The Big Four

  • 34 CALIFORNIA: Big State, Big Field

Governor 2010

  • 35 GEORGIA: And We Literally Haven't Even Finished '08 Here Yet
  • 36 PENNSYLVANIA: Lines Are Already Forming

White House 2012

  • 37 THE FIELD: What, Too Soon?
  • 38 DANIELS: Hoosier POTUS, Baby?
  • 39 GINGRICH: Eye Of Newt
  • 40 JINDAL: "Media In The Tank" Watch Begins In LA
  • 41 PALIN: A Different Kind Of Transition

People

  • 42 OBAMA: No More Pretending To Like Cheap Beer
  • 43 BUSH: Nothing Left To Do But Pardon And Over-Eat
  • 44 CLINTON: Already Attempting A Hostile Takeover
  • 45 GIBBONS: Bizarre Crisis Management Experience A Must
  • 46 BLAGOJEVICH: It's Always Christmastime Around Here
  • 47 FOLEY: Starting A New Page -- Er, Chapter
  • 48 PRESS PASS: Yeah, We Were Biased
  • 49 POLICE LOG: I Will Get By
  • 50 NEWS BAZAAR: Clearing A Path For 2012
  • 51 DAILY PLANET: Starting An International Incident With Wil.i.am

Media Monitor

  • 52 MEDIA MONITOR: This Morning

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