2008 Election

Four Generations, Bad Music and Good Food

Adele Stan | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Family Stress Holidays, Obama, Race, Thanksgiving Commentary, 2008 Election, Gratitude, Family, Happiness, Thanksgiving, Politics News
Adele Stan

We didn't wind up being a biracial amalgam of cultural identities because of some angelic absence of prejudice, but, rather, because the combination of sexual attraction and a strong sense of curiosity led people to unexpected unions.

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I Can't Wait To Have a President Who...

Erica Heller | Posted 12.25.2008 | Style

Read More: 2008 Election, Obama Inauguration, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, George W. Bush, Karl Rove, Mission Accomplished, Chicago, Abraham Lincoln, Joe Biden, Cindy Sheehan, Global Warming, Style News
Erica Heller

7. Isn't afraid of a press conference, sex education, an intellectual, a gay person, stem cell research or as W. called it, "the internets," "3 Shakespeares," or an honest day's work.

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Obama's Fellowship of the Dream

Anne Hill | Posted 12.25.2008 | Living

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Anne Hill

For the first time that I am aware of, dreams were part of the public conversation about who each of the candidates were and what they stood for.

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Have We Overcome?

Lara M. Gardner | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

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Lara M. Gardner

In spite of Obama's election, what America has not given up and seems loathe to give up, regardless how far backward we move socially, morally, and legally, is religion.

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When Obama Became Black, But Not Lwo or African

S. N. Sangmpam | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Race, 2008 Election, Obama Kenya, Barack Obama, Lwo, Dreams From My Father, Obama Race, Politics News
S. N. Sangmpam

Obama is neither "black" nor "white." He is a special type of American. He is the offspring of the two groups that have the longest been closely associated with each other in the United States.

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A Second American Revolution

Craig Barnes | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abraham Lincoln, Obama Military, Globalization, Financial Crisis, Obama Economy, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Alan Greenspan, Socialists, Politics News
Craig Barnes

We seldom see revolutionary change without seeing both great characters and terrible times.

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Friday Talking Points [56] -- Turkeys Everywhere!

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

While today is not officially Turkey Day, I will warn you in advance that it's going to be a theme running through today's column, like gravy through ...

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The Hits Just Keep Coming

Lance Simmens | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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Lance Simmens

We have been rudderless for some time, and it shows. The call to public service is now more urgent than at any time in our nation's history.

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Jason Linkins

Al Gore: Obama Election 'Redeems The Revolutionary Promise Of Our Declaration Of Independence'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

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Coming on this Sunday's edition of CNN's Fareed Zakaria: GPS, Former Vice President Al Gore shares his feelings on the election of Barack Obama with Z...

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Message to President-Elect Obama: After Heller, "Build a Bridge to Moderates" with Common Sense On Guns

Paul Helmke | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

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Paul Helmke

Because of the Supreme Court decision, the gun violence prevention debate has shifted from the extremes to the middle.

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It's Time to Give Voters the Liberalism They Want

Thomas Frank | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

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Thomas Frank

It is possible, I suppose, that the pundits are right and the public didn't really mean it when it elected a liberal Democrat president and gave Democrats even larger majorities in both houses of Congress.

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Our Thanksgiving of (Obama) Hope

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

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Frank Schaeffer

This Thanksgiving we have a new brilliant, exemplary father and husband for our President-elect because millions of Americans did not vote along traditional party lines.

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The Republican Race that Wasn't

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

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Lincoln Mitchell

The Republican primary fight that didn't happen in the first months of 2008, may be unfolding now. As they begin to regroup, the GOP finds itself lacking leadership, vision or new constituencies.

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Restore the Voice

Murray Fromson | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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Murray Fromson

The international buzz caused by President-elect Obama earlier in the month offers him an opportunity to revive what had been a valuable American resource for so many years.

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Kashmiris Vote For Survival

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

The international community must not mistake Kashmiri participation in the current elections as legitimacy for Indian rule and Kashmiri acceptance of Indian policies in Kashmir.

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We Win, They Lose. Now, Let's Get To Work

Paul Helmke | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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Paul Helmke

Candidates endorsed or "A" rated by he NRA suffered losses in every region of the nation, up and down the ballot, losing not only the White House, but also at least six crucial races for the U.S. Senate.

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Mass Transit Won Big On Election Day

TreeHugger.com | Posted 12.19.2008 | Green

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November 4th was a good day for democracy in general (most of the voting went off without a hitch) and Democrats in particular. But lost in all the ex...

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Sarah Palin Gets a TV Show!

Steven Shehori | Posted 12.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Politics, John McCain 2008, President Obama, Sarah Palin, Steven Shehori, Breaking Politics News, Religious Right, Religion and Politics, Election 2008, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Republicans, Sarah Palin and Gay Marriage, Vice Presidential Candidate Palin, Sarah Palin TV Show, Sarah Palin and Religion, Election 2008 Sarah Palin, Political Humor, Entertainment News
Steven Shehori

Simply put, Sarah Palin represents what we admire most in our politicians. Folksy and winking? Check. But even more impressive? She is, to coin a term, untakedownable.

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Why I Want Senator Clinton to Stay in the Senate -- to Continue her Fight for Health Care

Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Hillary Clinton, Health Insurance, Ryan White, 2008 Election, Health Care, Health, Healthcare, Politics News
Thomas DeLorenzo

If I could have Hillary Clinton's ear one more time, I would ask her this: Who shall take care of those of us living with AIDS in the United States?

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Is this 1988 or 2008?

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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Jennifer Donahue

The world does not know what to do with its primed intellect, having just covered the election of a lifetime. What now?

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Meet The Man Who Delivered North Carolina For Obama

The News & Observer | Rob Christensen | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

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At an election night boiler room at Cary's upscale Umstead Hotel, dozens of operatives of Barack Obama's presidential campaign watched as North Caroli...

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It's Official: Millennials Realigned American Politics in 2008

Michael Hais and Morley Winograd | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

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Michael Hais and Morley Winograd

Dispelling the myth that young people never vote, Millennials cast ballots in larger numbers than young voters had in any recent presidential election.

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

Drew Westen | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

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Drew Westen

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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Peeing in Your Cornflakes!

August J. Pollak | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

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August J. Pollak

The honeymoon was over before it started. Sorry. To see more of August J. Pollak's cartoon "Some Guy With a Website," check out the archive....

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Explain? How Do You Explain Saying

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 12.16.2008 | Media

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Charles Karel Bouley

I am sorry anyone thought I wanted a real person dead -- I did not. But John McCain, Sarah Palin and all the zealot conservatives meant the dangerous things they said about Obama. They still mean it, and they've never apologized for it.

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