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Steele's Rocky Tenure At RNC Expected To End
CNN reports: "It's anybody's guess which candidate will emerge as the next chairman of the Republican National Committee after Friday's election, but RNC watchers largely agree on one thing: the reign of Michael Steele has come to an end. The phrases 'Steele's toast' and 'Steele's done' were confidently thrown out by three different RNC delegates supporting rival candidates when asked Thursday to forecast the election, and even some of Steele's most ardent supporters privately admit that the outlook is grim."
Obama's Day Ahead
President Obama will receive the presidential daily briefing at 10 a.m. ET, and meet at 10:30 a.m. ET with senior advisers. He will meet at 11:15 a.m. ET with Pakistani President Asif Zardari. At 3 p.m. ET, President Obama and Vice President Biden will attend the funeral service of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, and Obama will deliver remarks.
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Richard Holbrooke
Richard Holbrooke Dead At 69
Richard Holbrooke
Richard Holbrooke, one of the most prominent U.S. diplomats of his generation, died Monday after a short, sudden illness.
Hospitalized Friday at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., Holbrooke underwent surgery for a ruptured aorta on Saturday and had a followup procedure on Sunday. His condition, as reported by the State Department, had been listed as critical.
[TPM SLIDESHOW: Richard Holbrooke, 1941-2010]
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Afghanistan
Holbrooke Brushes Off Afghanistan Election Problems -- Compares Them To Minnesota Senate Race!
In a press conference in Paris, U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke downplayed the issue of fraud in the Afghanistan election -- even comparing it to the Minnesota Senate race!
"During that process there are going to be many claims of irregularities; that happens in every democracy," said Holbrooke. "We recently had a senatorial election in Minnesota which took seven months to determine the outcome, there were so many charges of irregularities. It certainly won't take that long in Afghanistan, but that happens in democracies, even when they are not in the middle of a war."
Two points immediately jump to mind. First, there is widely-documented mass fraud in Afghanistan, while the meticulousness of the Minnesota litigation in fact showed that, while the process had its imperfections and reasonable doubts, widespread fraud was not involved. And second, Holbrooke says how it won't take as long to sort out the situation in Afghanistan. Oh, if only Al Franken and Norm Coleman had guns!
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