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WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE, IT'S TOUGH TO BELIEVE IN CHANGE

WASHINGTON - So, this is Change We Can Believe In? It's more like the same old change we've heard jingling in the pockets of politicians since the beginning of time. And it's the same dirty change that has landed the bums in jail since the beginning ...

From CHARLES HURT, New York Post,  5 Jan 2009

OBAMA SETS DC ECON CONFAB

WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama will meet with congressional leaders Monday to cobble together a massive economic-recovery package that he can sign soon after he is inaugurated. As well as meeting with Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ...

From CHARLES HURT, New York Post,  3 Jan 2009

O'S ROOM AT THE INN

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama and his family will stay at Washington's second-finest address - the Hay-Adams Hotel - while they wait for President Bush to vacate the White House, officials said yesterday. A suite at the Hay-Adams, which boasts magnificent ...

From CHARLES HURT, New York Post,  1 Jan 2009

TIMES SUED OVER MAC 'ROMANCE'

WASHINGTON - The DC lobbyist who The New York Times suggested was having a romantic relationship with Sen. John McCain has filed a $27 million defamation lawsuit against the paper. Vicki Iseman, 40, charges in legal papers filed in Richmond, Va., that ...

From CHARLES HURT DC, New York Post,  31 Dec 2008

AUTO-UNION ROADBLOCK

WASHINGTON - The effort to bail out the Big Three automakers stalled, largely, over a battle over union members' sky-high benefits and wages - which are nearly double what nonunion auto workers take home. Foreign carmakers with US plants pay their ...

From CHARLES HURT, New York Post,  13 Dec 2008

C'MON, BAM: GET MAD, NOT 'SAD' AT YOUR SLEAZY PAL

PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama was "saddened and sobered" that his old political ally, disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, was arrested yesterday on charges he tried to sell Obama's old Senate seat to the highest bidder. Saddened? Sobered? Is he ...

From CHARLES HURT, New York Post,  10 Dec 2008

GLASS HOUSE THROWS $TONES

WASHINGTON - Only in DC would the masterminds, enablers and cheerleaders of this economic catastrophe designate themselves to sit in grand judgment of those swirling down the drain. Yet that is just what happened yesterday when Congress once again ...

From CHARLES HURT, New York Post,  6 Dec 2008

RICHARDSON GETS COMMERCE JOB

WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama tapped New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to be his secretary of commerce yesterday, offering a third Democratic primary rival a key post in his administration. Richardson, the highest-ranked Latino named to ...

From CHARLES HURT, New York Post,  4 Dec 2008

O VOWS $$ AID FOR GOVS

PHILADELPHIA - President-elect Barack Obama promised speedy relief yesterday to governors - including New York's David Paterson - hit by a dwindling tax base and a crumbling economy. "Every one of you is struggling to come up with a budget at a time ...

From CHARLES HURT, New York Post,  3 Dec 2008

TAX O-ATH OF SILENCE

WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama yesterday ducked questions about his plans to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans and warned of "meaningful cuts and sacrifices" that lie ahead. "The economy is likely to get worse before it gets better," he ...

From CHARLES HURT, New York Post,  25 Nov 2008

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