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V.P.
Vice President
Joe Biden
http://www.newsday.com/topic/politics/government/joe-biden-PEPLT007548.topic

Chief of Staff
White House Chief of Staff
Rahm Emanuel
http://www.newsday.com/topic/politics/government/rahm-emanuel--PEPLT000007532.topic?pacode=nynews

OMB
Office of Management and Budget Director
Peter Orszag

EPA
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator
Lisa Jackson
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/la-na-obama-green16-2008dec16,0,7233179.story

Trade Rep.
U.S. Trade Representative
Ron Kirk

State
Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton

Treasury
Treasury Secretary
Tim Geithner

AG
Attorney General
Eric Holder
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/la-na-holder19-2008nov19,0,2170915.story

Homeland
Homeland Security Secretary
Janet Napolitano
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-usobam215935983nov21,0,7911612.story

Defense
Defense Secretary
Robert Gates
http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/wednesday/news/ny-j5942201nov26,0,7161908.story

Veterans
Veterans Affairs Secretary
Eric Shinseki
http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/nation/ny-usshin085956956dec08,0,1091263.story

HHS
Health & Human Services
Tom Daschle
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-usobam125961845dec12,0,4180618.story

HUD
Housing & Urban Development Secretary
Shaun Donovan

Education
Education Secretary
Arne Duncan
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/chi-obama-duncandec16,0,7003531.story

Agriculture
Agriculture Secretary
Tom Vilsack
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/sns-ap-obama,0,2694085.story

Interior
Interior Secretary
Ken Salazar
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/sns-ap-obama,0,2694085.story

Energy
Energy Secretary
Steven Chu
http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/friday/nation/ny-uschu125961847dec12,0,4352789.story

Labor
Labor Secretary
Hilda Solis

Transport.
Transportation Secretary
Ray LaHood

Commerce
Commerce Secretary

Senior Adviser
Senior Adviser
David Axelrod
http://www.newsday.com/topic/politics/david-axelrod-PEPLT007514.topic

Senior Adviser
Senior Adviser
Valerie Jarrett
http://www.newsday.com/topic/politics/government/valerie-jarrett-PEPLT0000007534.topic

Counsel
White House Counsel
Gregory B. Craig

Econ. Chair.
Council of Economic Advisers Chairman
Christina Romer

Econ. Council
National Economic Council director
Lawrence Summers

Senior Adviser
Senior Adviser
Pete Rouse

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July 4, 2009

Palin's abrupt resignation considered odd move

The Associated Press

July 3, 2009

Palin's popularity holds steady in GOP

WASHINGTON - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is stepping down, fueling speculation about her intentions for another bid for national office - one that would be difficult for the self-styled hockey mom to achieve.

June 7, 2009

Potential 2012 GOP presidential candidates

It's still a long way off, but several Republicans have been the subject

May 2, 2009

Republicans unveil National Council for a New America

The Washington Post

November 7, 2008

Debate begins in Republican Party on how to regroup

WASHINGTON - After their worst electoral drubbing in more than three decades, Republicans began a difficult and potentially divisive search for a path out of a dark political wilderness.

November 5, 2008

Party planned to raise money for Bernard Kerik

Friends of Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner, are trying to raise funds to help pay his legal defense bills.

October 13, 2008

Republicans growing concerned about McCain's strategy

INDIANAPOLIS - Three weeks before the election, Republicans are growing increasingly concerned about John McCain's ability to mount a comeback, questioning his tactics and even his campaign's main thrust in a White House race increasingly focused on economic turmoil.

September 23, 2008

McCain wants nongovernmental oversight on $700B plan

SCRANTON, Pa. - Republican John McCain yesterday called for greater oversight of the Bush administration's proposed bailout of U.S. financial markets, saying the massive $700-billion plan being crafted by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson needed broader supervision.

September 8, 2008

Biden says Palin hasn't aired her stance on issues

WASHINGTON - Democrat Joe Biden says he's debated "an awful lot of tough, smart women" throughout his career and that next month's vice-presidential debate with Republican Sarah Palin will be no exception. But he'd like to know where she stands on issues.

September 8, 2008

Nassau ballot devices for disabled lack privacy screens

SCREENED OUT: No secret ballot for disabled

September 4, 2008

PALIN PITCHES: VP hardball

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Capping a five-day rise from near-obscurity to the cusp of history, Sarah Palin accepted the Republican vice-presidential nomination last night with a wry but blistering attack on Barack Obama - while portraying herself as a no-nonsense PTA mom who will help John McCain put the "Washington elite" on the run.

September 4, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS

Republican presidential nominee John McCain delivers his acceptance speech as the national Republican convention concludes a tumultuous week.

September 4, 2008

RNC NOTES

Vanquished Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney got an enthusiastic greeting when he appeared to speak last night to delegates at the Republican National Convention. Romney said Washington is dominated by liberal politics and asserted that people are tired of it. He said the country needs change "from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington." Romney unsuccessfully challenged McCain for his party's presidential nod. The former Massachusetts governor said the prescription for people wanting change is to "throw out the liberal government in Washington and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin."

September 3, 2008

RNC NOTES

Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly criticized John McCain's campaign yesterday for canceling Sarah Palin's appearance at a sold-out Republican National Coalition for Life reception. The Alaska governor accepted an invitation to attend the $95-per-head reception and receive an award from the anti-abortion group two months ago. But all of Palin's previously scheduled public appearances were scratched this week after she joined the GOP ticket. "I don't think it was a smart thing to do because this is the cream of the pro-life movement," Schlafly, the coalition's founder, said in an interview before the event. "All they wanted to do was cheer her. So I think it was a mistake." But when Schlafly told the crowd at the St. Paul, Minn., reception that Palin couldn't come because she was preparing her acceptance speech, cheers went up. "It is really just stunning the way she has invigorated the grassroots across the board," Schlafly said.

September 1, 2008

Hurricane spurs McCain to scale back GOP convention

ST. LOUIS - The anticipated impact of Hurricane Gustav today will reverberate all the way from the Gulf states to Minnesota, where GOP presumptive nominee John McCain dramatically scaled back the GOP convention and left open the question of whether he would even attend.

August 31, 2008

WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK

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August 29, 2008

McCain's campaign keeps lips zipped on VP pick

DAYTON, Ohio - John McCain is expected to celebrate his 72nd birthday at a midday rally here today by announcing his running mate - and Republicans are bracing themselves.

August 28, 2008

McCain VP choice remains a mystery

DENVER - John McCain's potential running mates were in what amounted to a high-stakes waiting game yesterday as the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting prepared to announce his running mate in the coming days.

August 28, 2008

Rudy, Republicans hammer at Obama's experience

DENVER - Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani appeared a few miles from the convention hall where Barack Obama was to be nominated and cited past statements from Giuliani's twice would-be rival Hillary Rodham Clinton to make his case for Sen. John McCain.

August 27, 2008

Mitt Romney attacks Obama

DENVER - Mitt Romney, playing GOP pit bull near the Democratic National Convention, said yesterday that a Barack Obama presidency would "make America a weaker nation."

August 26, 2008

Peter King touts Lieberman as McCain VP pick

WASHINGTON - Even Joe Lieberman expressed doubts yesterday that Republican John McCain will choose him as running mate, but that hasn't stilled a boomlet for an unconventional pick of a former Democrat who is not opposed to abortion.

August 21, 2008

McCain-Lieberman ticket believed under consideration

As he weighs potential running mates, Republican Sen. John McCain is believed to be seriously considering choosing Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, whom he counts among his closest friends, for the GOP ticket.

July 23, 2008

Is McCain ready to announce his running mate?

ROCHESTER, N.H. - Yet another town-hall meeting isn't doing the trick. Neither is dropping in on a former Republican president.

July 21, 2008

ON THE TRAIL

Barack Obama cut back on his spending in June after securing the Democratic presidential nomination, building up his cash on hand as Republican rival John McCain outspent him with a heavy dose of television advertising. Unlike McCain, who spent more than he raised in June, Obama accumulated cash during the month, holding back on a ramped-up television campaign until July. Obama is now matching McCain's and the GOP's spending on advertising. McCain reported his June fundraising in a monthly report filed Friday with the Federal Election Commission. Obama had until midnight yesterday to file his report.

February 5, 2008

Polls: Obama gaining on Clinton in NY, NJ

ALBANY - Though Hillary Rodham Clinton has a strong lead, Barack Obama is gaining ground among Democratic presidential primary voters in New York and New Jersey, new Quinnipiac University polls revealed yesterday.

January 16, 2008

Clinton, Obama blame backers for rift

LAS VEGAS - In a city known for its impromptu marriages, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama bonded last night in the name of party harmony after a week of bickering over racial issues - blaming overzealous surrogates for their conflict.

January 16, 2008

Romney win in Michigan denies anyone a real lead

Republican voters just can't seem to make up their minds.

January 16, 2008

Clinton, Obama blame backers for rift

January 15, 2008

Rudy Giuliani eyes campaign resurrection in Fla.

FORT MYERS, Fla. - On a stage decorated with a massive American flag, Rudy Giuliani began his pitch here yesterday to a roomful of retirees with news from Afghanistan, reporting an attack on a Kabul hotel apparently by al-Qaida terrorists.

January 14, 2008

Michigan businessman says candidates lack details

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. - James Esshaki pilots his black Mercedes down the main strip of what's left of the high-end shopping district here, coming to one of the 11 buildings he owns. "Esshaki Properties for Lease" posters hang in the windows where mannequins modeling the latest fashions should be.

January 14, 2008

Giuliani falls to fourth place in national poll

MIAMI - At the start of a three-day bus tour to launch his must-win campaign here, Rudy Giuliani paraphrased a Bible verse to thousands of worshipers at a Latino evangelical megachurch: "Fear not, be strong and of good courage."

November 8, 2008

Barack Obama's election: A moment for the history books

For millions of Americans, 11:01 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Tuesday, Nov. 4, marked a moment of unbridled joy and disbelief that American history had brought the nation to this night. Barack Obama became the first black candidate elected to the nation's highest office.