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TRANSITION WATCH

November 7, 2008

Among the blue states that delivered the White House to President-elect Barack Obama, one truly lived up to its marquee billing in the 1961 Elvis Presley musical: "Blue Hawaii." Hawaii voters backed island-born Obama more than any other state, giving him 72 percent of the vote.

As he assembles his new administration, Obama may tap some of the Kennedy clan. Several Kennedy family members are...

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