Huffpost Election Reaction

Hour by Hour Guide to Election Night 2010

Sheri and Allan Rivlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Julia Kurnik is also a co-author of this Guide. 6:00, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 CenteredPolitics.com Introduction: If ...

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The Secret Superdelegate War Revealed

Erik Ose | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was one year ago today that Hillary Clinton announced plans to suspend her campaign for the Democratic nomination, and urged her supporters to unite behind Barack Obama.

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Professor Obama

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rather than preach, build or spread democracy, we proved that our system works. By winning, Obama did more to teach the Iraqis about democracy than four years of nation building has done.

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An Entirely Different Inauguration Day

Erik Ose | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eight years ago, the country was experiencing an entirely different sort of Inauguration Day. On January 20, 2001, people were outraged.

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Waiting for Obama

Kate Southwood | Posted 05.25.2011

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I've lived in Oslo for eleven years and, although I've rarely feared for my physical safety as an American abroad, I've taken pains not to advertise my citizenship.

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President Obama: Israel Is Ready for You

Yoav Sivan | Posted 05.25.2011

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After eight years of failed American policy in the Middle East, President Obama has the chance to reassert constructive American leadership in one of the most complex geopolitical regions of the world.

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Archbishop Tutu Calls Obama Win a "Mandela Moment"

Mike Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu called the Obama win "a new era" for all Americans and echoed the words of Martin Luther King saying Obama has brought a message of hope.

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Out Of Line: Bury the Hatchet

Mort Gerberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lessons Learned from the Election of 2008: Looking Back and Looking Forward

Drew Westen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democrats' ambivalence about aggression has been as much their downfall in prior elections as their irrational commitment to rationality -- their belief that good ideas sell themselves.

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Keep Stoking the Positivity -- Our Future Depends On It

Barbara L. Fredrickson | Posted 11.17.2011

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Pleasant emotions like hope, inspiration, joy, and well-earned pride literally open us. As the blinders of negativity fall away, we take in more of what surrounds us.

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Ten Chumps Who Helped Elect Barack Obama

Erik Ose | Posted 05.25.2011

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With the post-election analysis season almost over, it's worth taking one final look at some of the characters who ensured President-elect Obama would make it to the White House.

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Silvio Berlusconi Doesn't Speak in My Name

Marta Mondelli | Posted 05.25.2011

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As our next President was elected, the entire world cheered with us, and what does the Prime Minister of Italy do? He described Senator Obama as "tanned."

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Support Your Local Republican

Darryle Pollack | Posted 11.17.2011

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I feel the Republicans' pain. I've been there. We all have And I remember it well. Not only the sour taste of defeat, but the desperation of despair.

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Crying for Obama

Ellen C. Caldwell | Posted 05.25.2011

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We are crying because grandmas who were born into segregation and fought for the right to vote not just as women, but also as black Americans voted for our next president.

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The Way We'll Be: First Globals and the Obama Victory

John Zogby | Posted 05.25.2011

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Does this 2008 Presidential election represent a realignment that puts Democrats in a commanding position for at least a generation?

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Catholics Vote for Women's Health

Cecile Richards | Posted 05.25.2011

In a poll commissioned by Planned Parenthood, Catholic voters' number-one response on family planning concerns were "too many unwanted children in America whose parents can't take care of them."

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The Lasting Lesson from Election '08: Deliver on the Hopes for Change That Led Unmarried Women to the Polls

Page Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

Unmarried women's crucial role in electing Obama is underscored by the "marriage gap" between their political preferences and those of married women.

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The Honeymooners

Bob Franken | Posted 05.25.2011

How long is the honeymoon going to last?

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What We Need Now: An Ungrateful President

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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In selecting his team, Obama should look to future opportunities -- to how he can help solve the critical problems of the nation and the world -- and not to past obligations.

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Now That the Black Guy is in Charge

Marty Favor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama's election represents a promise that in America, one can prosper and succeed in spite of, rather than simply because of, class, race or ethnic background.

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The Center Left Nation

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 05.25.2011

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On both values and issues, moderates line up with liberals to form a strong majority that isolates conservatives. Conservatives have had their day. This is a center-left, not a center-right nation.

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Have No Fear, Things Won't be so Bad

Shashi Tharoor | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's clear that Obama is more knowledgeable about India than any previous American president. But there are those who argue that Obama would not be "good for India" in the way Bush has.

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Not Everyone in Europe Happy America Has Black President

Sean Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011

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Though Europeans generally rejoiced in Barack Obama's election as 44th President of the US, a number of leading European lawmakers and journalists have made "foot-in-mouth comments."

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A Moment to Reflect

Scott Kesterson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some soldiers' opinions I recently wrote about are theirs to have, even though they may be highly unpopular. Being unpopular does not, however, make their opinion any less valid nor criminal.

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How the Obama Election Transformed Historic Locations

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Children of color, indeed of all colors, across America woke up on Wednesday morning not just to a new day, but a new world.

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