Progressive Melody Barnes to Head Domestic Policy Council

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/melody-barnes-to-run-dome_n_145988.html

My ThinkProgress colleagues are reporting that Melody Barnes, who was at CAP before I got on board, will head the Domestic Policy Council in the Obama White House. The DPC is in charge of interagency coordination and policy formation for such topics as education, immigration, criminal justice, and health care -- in short, domestic policy. This hasn't been a very high-profile role under the Bush administration since Bush doesn't really believe in domestic policy aside from tax cuts, but for an administration that's trying to play a constructive role in American life it's a very important job.

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Not the Cabinet, but it's a damn important position, and a progressive is at the head.

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1. I read that too and saw some of the video. I liked her on the tape.

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2. Kick...

Because this is an actual, bonefide progressive, and I have yet to see people really talking about it :P