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The official Countdown with Keith Olbermann blog.
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Countdown Wednesday: Team Obama Takes Shape
 Ms. Secretary?: Yes, she will. According to a report from Politico dot-com. Unfortunately, that's not the the only indication we have on whether Clinton will accept the position. Maybe she won't... says this report... from Politico dot-com, as well as the New York Times and Clinton vets Joe Lockhart and George Stephanopoulos. But first in our number-five story tonight, let's get to today's signal flare over Washington... Obama's red flag that he won't mess around when it comes to overhauling American health care.
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Countdown Tuesday: Diplobamacy
How a Bill Becomes a...: No, Hillary Clinton is not yet one of those names, but there is movement on that front. In our fifth story tonight, however, we begin with another milestone... Obama's choice for attorney general, Eric Holder, who sources tell NBC News has accepted the job, will be the first african american to hold the post, if he is confirmed. Holder served as deputy attorney general during the Clinton administration and reportedly had reservations about accepting Obama's offer, due to concerns that the confirmation process.
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Countdown Monday: Winner's Circle
Obama McCain Meet: And the first day since November 4th that Mr. Obama and Senator John McCain have been in the same room, shaken hands, and looked each other in the eye. Mr. Obama is no longer Senator Obama, after his official resignation yesterday, asking the state of Illinois in a letter to, quoting Lincoln upon his departure for Washington, "confidently hope that all will yet be well."
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Countdown Thursday: Secretary Clinton?
Clinton in State: As the bailout springs a leak and Governor Palin springs eternal, breaking news tonight. Our own Andrea Mitchell quoting two Obama advisors with what would be hands down the biggest leak of the transition or the campaign. That Obama's rival in the unprecedented battle for the Democratic nomination, is under consideration to become Secretary of State in the Obama Administration....(read more)
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Countdown Wednesday: The Senate Shuffle
Alaskan Surprise: Breaking news: absentee ballots counted today in Alaska -- and they are not all counted -- have put Democrat Mark Begitch in front of Republican Senator Ted Stevens... by exactly three votes. One two three... That leads our 5th story on the Countdown tonight, along with Minnesota, and Georgia. Senator John McCain denounced Saxby Chambliss as "reprehensible" for his infamous 2002 ad showing the faces of his opponent, Max Cleeland, and Osama Bin Laden. That was then; this is tomorrow -- when, in advance of the Georgia runoff, McCain will campaign for... Saxby Chambliss. Because the word "Reprehensible" may start with the letters "R-e-p," but so does "Republican".
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