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Washington Post Columnist Quits Over 'Terrible Mistake'

Michele Norris speaks out against decision not to endorse candidate

(Newser) - Michele Norris, calling the Washington Post's decision not to endorse a candidate a "terrible mistake," has become the latest columnist to quit the paper. In a post on X Sunday, Norris said she was resigning from the newspaper she loves because the "decision to withhold an...

Obama 2012 Aide Was Bailout Lobbyist

Broderick Johnson is key Democratic insider

(Newser) - President Obama is building his reelection campaign on "channeling anti-Wall Street anger," but a top campaign staffer lobbied for the bank bailout that has both Occupiers and Tea Partiers fuming. Broderick Johnson and fellow lobbyists were paid some $450,000 working for the Financial Services Forum, a group...

NPR Host Michele Norris Steps Down; Husband Joins Obama Re-Election Team
NPR Host Michele Norris Steps Down

NPR Host Michele Norris Steps Down

Hubby accepts senior position on Obama re-election team

(Newser) - All Things Considered host Michele Norris is stepping down as her husband starts a job with the Obama campaign, the Washington Post reports. On NPR's website, Norris wrote that her hubby, Broderick Johnson—a former John Kerry advisor and Clinton White House official—will be a senior adviser on...

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