What Michelle Means to Us from Newsweek
"We've never had a First Lady quite like Michelle Obama. How she'll change the world's image of African-American women— and the way we see ourselves."
Who's Watching the Money? from Newsweek
"With the economy worsening and the Bush team adrift, queasy markets are looking to Obama to set the course. But is naming a Treasury secretary enough?"
Obama to Take on Torture? (Michael Isikoff) from Newsweek
"One idea that has currency among some top Obama advisers is setting up a 9/11-style commission that would investigate counterterrorism policies and make public as many details as possible."
Just One More Frame! from Newsweek
"How do you raise kids in the White House and 'keep them normal,' too?"
Letter? I Never Got Any Letter, Herbert (Jonathan Alter) from Newsweek
"Before his Inaugural, FDR craftily dodged attempts to saddle him with Hoover's crisis. What Obama can learn."
Obama's Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy: Stunning Break with Last Eight Years (Andy Browitz) from the Borowitz Report
"Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama's appearance on CBS' "Sixty Minutes" on Sunday witnessed the president-elect's unorthodox verbal tic, which had Mr. Obama employing grammatically correct sentences virtually every time he opened his mouth."
New York Weighs Options to Fill the Seat of Senator Clinton from the New York Times
"Mr. Paterson’s appointee would have to run in the 2010 election and again in 2012. If he picked someone without an established political network, that person might be seen as an attractive target for Republicans, who have few openings in New York."
Team Obama Rides In (Sebastian Mallaby) from the Washington Post
"Not a moment too soon, Barack Obama's economic team is taking shape. ... The financial hurricane has done the impossible and grown worse. Geithner and Summers cannot wait until January to come up with further remedies: Obama is in danger of seeing his presidency wrecked before he even takes office."
"It was a poignant sight—the first black man to make a serious run for the American presidency witnessing the first black man win the presidency. ... Still, some of us wondered whether Jackson was crying for Obama or for himself. Was it a "damn-I'm-proud-of-you" moment or a "damn-it-should-have-been-me" moment?"
Obama Will Thrive Amid Competing Power Centers (Al Hunt) from Bloomberg News Service
"The lesson is not to avoid strong-minded people with different views; it is to appreciate that this works only with a strong-minded, temperamentally secure president who thrives on intellectual combat."
'Plain Old Barack is Gone' from the Washington Post
"This is only the beginning of the transformation that awaits the president-elect and his family. In two months, they will move into a sterile house in a unfamiliar city where they have never felt particularly comfortable. Friends say Obama is savoring these final weeks in Chicago and spending as much time as possible with his family before he takes the oath of office Jan. 20."
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