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December 2008
- Your Prez-Elect Is a Gym Rat
  
  Washington Post | Dec 25, 08 6:09 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - As Barack Obama prepares to take the helm of a sinking country, he's scaled back on the pastimes of his earlier life—dining out, reading novels, obsessing over Bears and White Sox stats. But one habit has endured: the president-elect is a gym rat who works out every single day, and has the buff physique to prove it. The gym, say his friends, has become Obama's principal refuge. More »
- Obama's Inaugural Dance Card Is Full: Ten Balls
  
  Washington Post | Dec 24, 08 2:15 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The new First Couple will have plenty of opportunity to showcase their dance moves, the Washington Post reports, with 10 different inaugural balls scheduled for the night of Jan. 20—one more party than President Bush had in 2005. But the question on many minds is: What will Michelle wear, and will she give us (outfit) changes we can believe in? More »
- Obama Bids Farewell to 'Toot' on Hawaiian Shore
  
  Reuters | Dec 24, 08 3:44 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama said a final goodbye to his grandmother at a memorial service in Hawaii yesterday, Reuters reports. Madelyn Dunham, whom Obama affectionately called "Toot," helped raise the president-elect when his mother went to work in Indonesia. Obama left the campaign trail to rush to her bedside when she became seriously ill in October. She died of cancer just two days before he won the election. More »
- Obama's Early Picks Disappoint His Base
  
  CNN | Dec 23, 08 3:15 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama has already slighted some of his most vehement campaign supporters. Women's groups are unimpressed by his Cabinet tally: 15 of 20 spots went to men. And the gay constituency is enraged that Obama chose anti-gay marriage evangelical Rick Warren to lead prayer in his historic inauguration. Instead of the change he promised, Obama has taken "shocking step backwards," a women's rights advocate tells CNN. More »
- The Case for and Against Rick Warren
  
  Washington Post | Dec 23, 08 1:31 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Liberals should be neither shocked nor appalled by Barack Obama’s inaugural invitation to anti-gay pastor Rick Warren, EJ Dionne writes in the Washington Post . His colleague Richard Cohen begs to differ, however, so the two duke it out in their columns today. Cohen says Obama has decided to “honor a bigot” and is refusing once again to take moral leadership, treating a civil rights issue “as some sort of cranky cultural difference.” More »
- Obama Will Take Oath on Lincoln Bible
  
  Politico | Dec 23, 08 11:15 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - On January 20, Barack Obama will place his hand on the same Bible Abraham Lincoln used during his 1861 swearing-in, Politico reports. Obama will be the first president to use the tome since Lincoln. Though it’s not constitutionally required, “Presidents have traditionally used Bibles for the ceremony, choosing a volume with personal or historical significance,” Obama’s transition team said. More »
- Barack Caught Shirtless Again
  
  Politico | Dec 23, 08 6:33 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - New vacation photos of Barack Obama raise the next big question of his transition: How much skin is too much? Once again the president-elect has been photographed shirtless, reports Politico, prompting one Web poster to declare the well-toned Obama “smokin hot.” Observers say the pictures, snapped by a paparazzo on a public beach in Hawaii, will likely raise questions about the Obama family’s privacy.

Stories

Your Prez-Elect Is a Gym Rat

Obama's Inaugural Dance Card Is Full: Ten Balls

Obama Bids Farewell to 'Toot' on Hawaiian Shore

Obama's Early Picks Disappoint His Base

The Case for and Against Rick Warren

Obama Will Take Oath on Lincoln Bible

Barack Caught Shirtless Again