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Article: Obama's Choice for New Democratic Party Chairman Stirs Tensions.(Barack Obama's appointment of Tim Kaine)(Brief article)
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- January 9, 2009
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Byline: Kenneth T. Walsh
Despite the gushing over Barack Obama, the Democratic Party isn't one big happy family. Not only are some Democrats taking issue with elements of Obama's emerging economic recovery plan, but there are lingering hard feelings in the party organization itself. These problems were evident when Obama named Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (http://www.usnews.com/Topics/tag/People/k/tim_kaine/index.html) as the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee yesterday.
Media commentators immediately noted that Howard Dean, the just departed chairman, was not at the announcement, raising the prospect that he had been snubbed. One of his ...