Al Franken’s improving odds

Norm Coleman's observer watches the recount.

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Al Franken’s improving odds

How a recount has narrowed the gap in Minnesota's tight Senate race

Obama’s health care plan

How Tom Daschle for health czar shows Obama means business

Picking Obama's attorney general

Will Clinton’s Marc Rich pardon sink the new attorney general?

What’s next for McCain?

What the former Republican presidential candidate has to gain by cooperating with President-elect Obama

Defining Obama's mandate

How much of the president-elect's agenda do voters want to enact?

Vetting Hillary Clinton

Will Bill Clinton's baggage keep Barack Obama from picking Hillary to be secretary of state?

Hillary Clinton and Obama's cabinet

Why the president-elect is reportedly considering Hillary for secretary of State

Obama in transition

What the president-elect's first moves say about the nature of his administration

Obama: Closing Guantanamo

Will shutting down an infamous prison restore America's reputation, or compromise its security?

Change under Obama

The first signs to look for when the White House changes hands

GOP traditionalists vs. reformers

Who will write the next chapter for American conservatives?

What Obama will spend

Will Democrats run up deficits? If so, will that save the economy?

Picking Obama’s team

What the selection of Rahm Emanuel as Obama’s chief of staff says about his administration

Tears for Obama

How African Americans reacted to Tuesday's election results


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After months of seclusion since admitting to an extramarital affair, John Edwards showed up at Indiana University for an appearance that some say was the start of a "public relations rehab." However, Steve Benen in The Washington Monthly online stated that this rehab would not work because…

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