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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Transition: Adding Salazar and Vilsack</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/17/1719481.aspx</link><description>Tom Vilsack's elevation to Ag secretary means he "would be the fourth high-level appointment of a former presidential campaign rival to Obama's team, following Clinton for secretary of State, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden for vice president and New Mexico Gov.</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Transition: Adding Salazar and Vilsack</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/17/1719481.aspx#1719493</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:34:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1719493</guid><dc:creator>the Pajama Pundit</dc:creator><description>What's the deal with Holder? &amp;nbsp;Surely, anyone is better than Alberto Gonzales. &amp;nbsp;How can people hold Holder to such a high standard when -- let's be honest -- the office of the Attorney General has had some real losers lately.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;[/snark]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://thepajamapundit.com/"&gt;http://thepajamapundit.com/&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Transition: Adding Salazar and Vilsack</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/17/1719481.aspx#1719502</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:37:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1719502</guid><dc:creator>C Martin, LA CA</dc:creator><description>Vilsack said he wants to grow some Hope. Barack got all excited, he thought Vilsack said dope.</description></item><item><title>Transition: Adding Salazar and Vilsack</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/17/1719481.aspx#1719503</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:38:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1719503</guid><dc:creator>Eric, Salinas, CA</dc:creator><description>Vilsack and Salazar are excellent picks. &amp;nbsp;Too bad that Bacerra decided to opt out as Trade Rep. &amp;nbsp;Still Obama is assembling quite the team, so superior to the fools currently in power.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;No way that the bushwhacker's false legacy project is going to change his tarnished incompetent image. &amp;nbsp;Historians will not be kind to this King of the Kingdom of Fools. &amp;nbsp;I can't wait for 1/21/09 when the whistleblowers come out of the woodwork to tell us all the illegal things that the bushwhacker has done during his reign of terror.</description></item><item><title>Transition: Adding Salazar and Vilsack</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/17/1719481.aspx#1719505</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:39:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1719505</guid><dc:creator>Todd Bouman, MN</dc:creator><description>FR &amp;gt; Senator Ken Salazar, Democrat of Colorado, who will be nominated as interior secretary &amp;lt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Who is going to be the exterior secretary?</description></item><item><title>Transition: Adding Salazar and Vilsack</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/17/1719481.aspx#1719526</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:46:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1719526</guid><dc:creator>Siegfried, Central Illinois</dc:creator><description>I'm still not convinced &amp;nbsp;hat PETA isn't actually a front group for pet shops, the Beef Council and furriers, as a ploy to make actual animal welfare positions seem extreme.</description></item><item><title>Transition: Adding Salazar and Vilsack</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/17/1719481.aspx#1719636</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:03:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1719636</guid><dc:creator>John B, Des Moines, IA</dc:creator><description>Vilsack is an excellent choice. &amp;nbsp;For those who don't know, he was a local attorney who stepped into the Mayor's seat after an irate taxpayer opened fire in the council chambers, killing the Mayor and a councilman. &amp;nbsp;He earned high enough marks to push him rapidly up the political ladder, beating former Rep. Jim Ross Lightfoot in a dramatic, come from behind victory. &amp;nbsp;Vilsack inherited a legacy of divisive, Rovian-style politics and deliberate underfunding of programs, replacing it with an ability to get things done without abusing or destroying the opponent. &amp;nbsp;He left the state better than he found it and should be able to do the same at Ag.</description></item><item><title>Transition: Adding Salazar and Vilsack</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/17/1719481.aspx#1719666</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:24:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1719666</guid><dc:creator>Alponse, MA</dc:creator><description>I'm sorry, but I believe we all have the free choice to purchase things of &amp;quot;our&amp;quot; choice. &amp;nbsp;PETA is being ridiculous on this subject. I know that I will purchase a registered puppy at a Breeder. I'm not responsible for Orphaned dogs and certainly did not cause then to be in existance.</description></item></channel></rss>