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2010 MID-TERM ELECTIONS

U.S. Senate: CO

Romanoff Campaign E-mail

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Gubernatorial: CO

CO CANDIDATES' POSITIONS

Campaign Finance Reform

Healthcare Reform

Economic Issues

Education Reform

Energy, Cap & Trade

Environmental Issues

Immigration Issues

National Security

Gun Control

Water

Agriculture

Abortion

Same-Sex Marriage

Judicial Appointments

Veterans Issues

CO CANDIDATES' FINANCES

Jane Norton (R)

Norton FEC Report

Ken Buck (R)

Buck FEC Report

Michael Bennet (D)

Bennet FEC Report

Andrew Romanoff (D)

Romanoff FEC Report

2009 ELECTIONS RESULTS

Gubernatorial VA NJ

New York's 23rd District

OBAMA CABINET & KEY STAFF

Secretary of State

Secretary of Treasury

Secretary of Defense

Attorney General

Secretary of Interior

Secretary of Agriculture

Secretary of Commerce

Secretary of Labor

Secretary Health Hum Serv

Secretary of HUD

Transportation Secretary

Energy Secretary

Secretary of Education

Sec Veterans Affairs

Sec Dept Homeland Sec

Chief of Staff

National Security Advisor

Dir Natl Economic Council

Chair Council Ec Advisors

EPA Administrator

Dir Office Mgt & Budget

Trade Representative

UN Representative

Dir Dom Policy Council

Dir Off Sci & Tech Policy

ADDITIONAL OBAMA APPTS.

Senior Advisors

Chair SEC

Chair CFTC

Chair Economic Rec Adv Bd

SBA Administrator

Dir National Intelligence

Director CIA

Chief Performance Officer

Political Director

Asst Legislative Affairs

Press Secretary

Dir Office Health Reform

Chair Council Env Quality

Ast Energy Climate Change

Dir Intergov Affairs

Director Communications

Staff Secretary

Cabinet Secretary

White House Counsel

Director NOAA

Dir Off Natl Drug Control

Surgeon General

Chief Technology Officer

Director FEMA

Commissioner FDA

ADDITIONAL OBAMA STAFF

Treasury Department

Deputy Chiefs of Staff

Dep Dir Off Mgt Budget

Dep Dir Domestic Policy

Dep Dir Health Care Ref

Dep Asst Energy Climate

Dep Dir Communications

Deputy Staff Secretary

OBAMA TRANSITION TEAM

Essays on Obama

My Mixed-Race Family

APPOINTMENTS vs ELECTIONS

Senate Appointments

IN OUR OPINION

CO U.S. Senate Seat

CO Secretary of State

Keating Economics

Beyond Spin

CALL TO ACTION

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2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS

Credit Card Crunch

Global Recession

Alan Greenspan Testimony

On the Campaign Trail

Candidates on the Economy

Beyond the Bailout

Blame for the Bailout

Bailout

Financial Meltdown

More on the Meltdown

More on the Meltdown II

Keating 5 History

2008 CAMPAIGN POSITIONS

Finance Reform

Homeownership

Taxes

Energy: Obama

Energy: McCain

Nat'l Security: McCain

Nat'l Security: Obama

Foreign Policy/Iraq

Health Care

Candidates' Health Plans

Trade

Education

Government Ethics

Social Security

The Environment

Reproductive Rights

Immigration

20008 POLLS AND RESULTS

The Impact of Racism

Polls and Cell Phones

Stop Voter Repression

Demanding Diligence

YES to the Debate!

Full Disclosure Now!

Electoral Votes Tracking

'04 Projections & Results

2008 Projections

Our Projections

Polls Nov. 2008

Obama in Ohio

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2008 PRES, VP CANDIDATES

About the Pres Candidates

Presidential Disclosures

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President Obama’s Cabinet & Key Staff
*Nomination Pending Senate Approval

Cabinet


1. Hillary Clinton (D) - Secretary of State  
     U.S. Senator, New York
     Former First Lady 

2. Timothy Geithner (D)- Secretary of the Treasury
     President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
     Former Director, Policy Development and Review Department, International Monetary Fund
     Former Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs 
 
3. Robert Gates (R) - Secretary of Defense
     Current Secretary of Defense
     Former Director, Central Intelligence

4. Eric Holder (D) - Attorney General
     Former Deputy Attorney General
     Former U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia
    
5.
Ken Salazar (D) - Secretary, Department of Interior
     U.S. Senator, Colorado
     Former Attorney General, Colorado

6.
Tom Vilsack (D) - Secretary of Agriculture
     Former Governor, Iowa
     Former State Senator, Iowa

7.
Gary Locke (D) - Secretary of Commerce*
     Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine, L.L.P., Seattle
     Former Governor, Washington
     Former Chair, Democratic Governor’s Association

8.
Hilda Solis (D) - Secretary of Labor*
     U.S. Representative, California
     Former State Senator and Representative, California

9.
Kathleen Sebelius - Secretary of Health and Human Services*
     Former Governor, Kansas
     Former State Insurance Commissioner, Kansas

10.
Shaun Donovan (D) - Secretary of Housing & Urban Development 
     Former Commissioner, New York City
Department of Housing Preservation & Development
     Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multifamily Housing, Housing & Urban Development 
     Former Commissioner,
Federal Housing Administration

11.
Ray LaHood (R) - Secretary of Transportation
     U.S. Representative, Illinois
     Member, Appropriations Committee

12.
Steven Chu (D) - Energy Secretary
     Nobel Laureate, Physics
     Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

13.
Arne Duncan (D) - Secretary of Education
     CEO, Chicago Public Schools
     Former Director, Ariel Education Initiative, Chicago

14. General Eric Shinseki, U.S. Army (Ret) - Secretary of Veterans Affairs
     Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
     Former Commander, U.S. Army in Europe

15.
Janet Napolitano (D) - Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
     Governor, Arizona
     Former U.S. Attorney, Arizona


Key White House Staff

Rahm Emanuel - Chief of Staff
(Cabinet-Rank)
     U.S. Representative, Illinois
     Former Clinton senior advisor

General James Jones, U.S. Marine Corp (Ret) - National Security Advisor
(Non-Cabinet-Rank Member, National Economic Council)
     Former member, Board of Directors, The Boeing Company
     Former member, Board of Directors, Chevron Corporation
     Former energy advisor, McCain campaign
     Former Chair, Congressional Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq, Bush administration  
     Former Special Envoy for Middle East Security, Bush administration
     Former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

Larry Summers - Director, National Economic Council
(Non-Cabinet-Rank Member, National Economic Council)
     Former Treasury Secretary
     Former Chief Economist for the World Bank
     Former President and current Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard

Christina Romer - Chair, Council of Economic Advisors
(Cabinet-Rank Member, National Economic Council)
     Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
     Co-director, Program in Monetary Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research

Lisa Jackson - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator
(Cabinet-Rank Member, National Economic Council)
     Former Commissioner, New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection

Peter Orszag - Director, Office of Management and Budget
(Cabinet-Rank Member, National Economic Council)
     Former Director, Congressional Budget Office
     Former Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of Economic Studies, Brookings Institute

Ron Kirk - U.S. Trade Representative*
(Cabinet-Rank Member, National Economic Council)
     Partner, Gardere & Wynne, L.L.P., Dallas
     Former Mayor, Dallas

Dr. Susan E. Rice - Ambassador to the United Nations
(Cabinet-Rank Member, National Economic Council)
     Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, Obama presidential campaign
     Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution
     Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs

Melody Barnes - Director, Domestic Policy Council
(Non-Cabinet-Rank Member, National Economic Council)
     Former Vice President of Policy, Center for American Progress

Dr. John Holdren - Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
(Non-Cabinet-Rank Member, National Economic Council)
     Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard
     Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Harvard
     Former President, American Association for the Advancement of Science



Senior Advisors

Valerie Jarrett - Senior Advisor to the President, Asst. to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison
     Co-Chair, Obama Transition Team
     CEO, The Habitat Co. (Chicago real-estate developer)
     Former Deputy Chief of Staff, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley
     Former employer of Michelle Obama


Pete Rouse - Senior Advisor to the President
     Co-Chair, Obama Transition Team
     Former Chief of Staff, Senator Obama
     Former Chief of Staff, Senator Tom Daschle

David Axelrod - Senior Advisor to the President
     Senior Partner, AKP&D Message and Media
     CEO, ASK Public Strategies
     Former Chief Strategist and Media Advisor, Obama presidential campaign 



Additional Obama Appointments

Mary Schapiro - Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission
     Former Chair, CEO, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
     Former member, President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy, Bush administration
     Former Chair, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Clinton administration
     Former member, Board of Directors, Duke Energy
     Former member, Board of Directors, Kraft Foods

Gary Gensler - Chair, CFTC
     Former Treasury Undersecretary, Clinton administration
     Former Assistant Secretary to the Treasury, Clinton administration
     Former Senior Advisor, Hillary Clinton campaign
     Former Partner, Goldman Sachs

Paul Volcker - Chairman, new Economic Recovery Advisory Board
     Former Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
     Federal experience dating back to Kennedy administration

Karen Mills - Administrator, Small Business Administration*
     Founding Partner, Solera Capital equity firm
     Economic Advisor, Maine Governor John Baldacci

Admiral Dennis C. Blair, U.S. Navy (Ret) - Director, National Intelligence
     Immediate Past President, Institute for Defense Analyses
     Chair, National Security Studies, National Bureau of Asian Research
     Chair, Strategic Leadership, Dickinson College and the U.S. Army War College

Leon Panetta - Director, Central Intelligence Agency
     Founder and Director, Panetta Institute
     Former White House Chief of Staff, Clinton administration
     Former Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget
     Former U.S. Representative, California

Chief Performance Officer*

Patrick Gaspard - Political Director
     National Political Director, Obama presidential campaign
     Political Organizer, Services Employees International Union (Largest local union in the country)


Phil Schiliro - Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
     Former Policy Director, Senator Tom Daschle
     Former Staff Director, Senate Democratic Leadership Committee

Robert Gibbs - Press Secretary 
     Former Communications Director, Obama senate and presidential campaigns

Nancy-Ann DeParle - Director, White House Office for Health Reform
     Former Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget, Clinton administration
     Former Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration (now Centers for Medicare and
         Medicaid Services), Clinton administration
     Former Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Human Services
     Managing Director, CCMP Capital
     Member, Board of Directors, Boston Scientific Corporation
     Member, Board of Directors, Cerner Corporation
     Member, Board of Directors, Medco Health Solutions

Nancy Sutley, Chair, White House Council on Environmental Quality
     Regional Administrator, EPA
     Deputy Mayor for Energy and the Environment, Los Angeles

Carol Browner - Assistant to the President for Energy & Climate Change
     Former Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency

Cecilia Muñoz - Director, Intergovernmental Affairs
     Senior Vice President, National Council of La Raza
     National Hispanic leader

Ellen Moran - Director, Communications
     Executive Director, EMILY’s List  

Lisa Brown - Staff Secretary
     Executive Director, American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
     Former Counsel, Vice President Al Gore
     Former member, Executive Board of the President’s Committee for Employment of People with  
        Disabilities, Clinton administration


Chris Lu - Cabinet Secretary
     Executive Director, Obama Transition Team
     Former Legislative Director & Acting Chief of Staff, Obama’s Senate office
     Former Policy Advisor, Obama’s presidential campaign

Greg Craig - White House Counsel
     Former Foreign Policy Advisor, Obama’s presidential campaign
     Former Assistant to the President and Special Counsel, Clinton administration
     Former Senior Advisor, Senator Edward Kennedy & Secretary of State Madeleine Albright

Dr. Jane Lubchenco - Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
     Professor of Marine Biology and Distinguished Professor of Zoology, Oregon State University
     Former Harvard professor
     Former President, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Director, Office of National Drug Policy*

Edward H. Jurith - Acting Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy
     General Counsel, Office of National Drug Control Policy
     Former Acting Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Clinton administration

Surgeon General*

Chief Technology Officer

Craig Fugate - Director, Federal Emergency Management Association
     Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management
     Former Assistant Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management
     Former Chief, Bureau Preparedness and Response, Florida Division of Emergency Management


Additional Obama Staff

Jim Messina - Deputy Chief of Staff

Mona Sutphen - Deputy Chief of Staff

Rob Nabors - Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget 

Heather Higginbottom - Deputy Director, Domestic Policy Council

Dr. Jeanne Lambrew - Deputy Director, White House Office of Health Care Reform

Heather Zichal - Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy & Climate Change

Dan Pfeiffer - Deputy Director, Communications

Peter Rundlet - Deputy Staff Secretary
     Director of Policy and Government Relations, Humanity United
     Former VP & Managing Director for National Security & International Policy,
        Center for American Progress
     Former Counsel, 9/11 Commission and Clinton administration