Election 2008

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Four Lessons Gay Marriage Activists Must Learn From Obama

Lee Stranahan | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

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I am in total agreement with those who want gay marriage to be legal -- they are right. But being right isn't enough.

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Basking In The Election Afterglow

John Lundberg | Posted 12.10.2008 | Living

Read More: The Poetic Life, Obama, Election 2008, Poetry, Living News

Very early Wednesday morning in Grant Park, Barack Obama gave us one last smile and wave before following a gaggle of beaming Bidens and Obamas out of...

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Election Detox: What Will I Do With My Free Time?

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 12.09.2008 | Living

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I'm coming off an election addiction that feels like I'm trying kick crack cocaine. How am I supposed to get through the day without constantly checking HuffPost or CNN?

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All Votes are Final -- Campaign Couture? Not So Much

Patt Morrison | Posted 12.08.2008 | Business

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The McCain-Palin ticket promised to do something to boost the economy, and even though it lost, it kinda sorta did.

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Chicago Journalist Explains His Obama Vote

Chicago Reader | Mick Dumke | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

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The cover of this week's Reader is one thing. The whole question of what comes next is another. I just passed a woman on the street who was saying to...

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Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun

Joshuah Bearman | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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For anyone who wants to relive the magic of the greatest historical moment of our lives, here is my report from the ground.

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Making Good On Affordable Housing Referendums

Progress Illinois | Angela Caputo | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Housing Referendums, Chicago Affordable Housing Votes, Chicago Referenums, Uptown Affordable Housing, Bronzeville Affordable Housing, Election Results, Election 2008, Tifs, Chicago News

Referendums aimed at bringing more affordable housing to two lakefront Chicago communities passed by wide margins this week. In Uptown, 66 percent of ...

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Lake County Crucial To Obama's Indiana Win

AP | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago

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Lake County did two things Tuesday it couldn't in May: count the votes in a timely fashion and help deliver the state of Indiana to Barack Obama. But ...

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Tribune Floats 'Rejected' Front Pages

Chicago Tribune | Kevin Pang and Jonathon Berlin | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago

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Have you heard? The Tribune's Nov. 5 edition has been selling like a stack of delicious proverbial hotcakes. Since Wednesday, it has been reprinted mo...

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A Feminist Convert

Lindsey Horvath | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Feminism, Barack Obama, Equality, Democratic Primary, Election 2008, Women's Issues, President Obama, Politics News

It was not until this morning, reveling in the reality of our historic Democratic victory, that I realized how and why I made the jump from Hillary to Barack in this election.

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"Support I Have Yet to Earn": Obama's Victory Speech

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Barack Obama was in the No-Gloat Zone. For his very first speech as president-elect... Obama crafted a message with much of the scope and power of an inaugural address.

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Proposition 8 Defeats California

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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On a day when so many of us choked up reflecting on how far we've come, we also revealed how far we have to go.

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McCain and the Clouseau Doctrine (The Fallibility of Infallibility)

David Quigg | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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The Clouseau Doctrine, enunciated in the The Pink Panther Strikes Again, as I understand it, is that a person needs to deny any fallibility whatsoever and pretend any errors are deliberate.

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Congratulations From a Conservative

Douglas MacKinnon | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

While it may anger some of my fellow conservatives, I want President-elect Obama to succeed. More than that, I need him to succeed. Rhetoric is easy but results are hard and often fleeting.

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Kennedy, King and Now Obama

Peter J Burns | Posted 12.07.2008 | Home

At Grant Park Obama reminded us of both Martin Luther King, Jr., and John F. Kennedy. I saw Dr. King's Dream come true on that stage. And Kennedy's vision was apparent in Obama's challenge to us. Kennedy and King never promised us a hand out. They promised us a fair shake.

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Supposedly Safe GOP House Seat in CA Too Close To Call

Erik Ose | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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Despite voting with George W. Bush 94.4% of the time, this fall Calvert distributed mailers without a single mention that he belonged to the Republican party, proclaiming himself "An Independent."

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The New Narrative: Cities Aren't Cesspools

Harry Moroz | Posted 12.07.2008 | Media

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That Barack Obama won the "city vote" - 83% of Philadelphia County, 76% of Chicago's Cook County, 68.5% of Cleveland's Cuyahoga County - is no surpris...

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Bob Novak Just Doesn't Get It

Brian Normoyle | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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The President-Elect flipped eight Bush states to the blue column and managed to get two states to elect a Democrat for President for the first time in nearly half a century.

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Final Poll of Cable Television News Viewers-- Comparison to Actual Results

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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In the final vote, cable news viewers favored Obama by 11%, he won by 6%. The previous week, we had him ahead by 6%, and would've been dead on, but last week's numbers jumped.

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Dear President-Elect Obama, Could We Please Have a Ministry of Culture like Every Other Country in the World?

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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We need to invest in multi-dimensional human beings. We need to show that the country cares about culture.

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Obama Wave Fails To 'Turn DuPage Blue'

Chicago Tribune | Liam Ford | Posted 12.07.2008 | Chicago

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DuPage Democrats who campaigned against higher taxes and for fiscal restraint helped break the Republican lock on County Board seats this week as Bara...

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How We Can Heal Our Political Divide

Eli Davidson | Posted 12.07.2008 | Living

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My feet are throbbing almost as hard as the music at the Obama victory party last night at the Century Plaza here in Los Angeles. Dreadlocked dudes, ...

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Yes We Can, Said Barack Obama, And We Did

Erik Ose | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Obama's victory does not spell the end of racial disparity in America, but it is a ringing sign of progress, a triumph on the road to greater equality and realizing the Dream that Martin Luther King, Jr. revealed to us.

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When The World Watched Chicago

Robert Loerzel | Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago

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Obama's eloquent election-night speech in Grant Park is surely one of the great moments in Chicago history.

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Our Obama Administration: Forging a Durable New Deal

Michael Likosky | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Although America is a young nation, we have pulled together many times to overcome seemingly overwhelming threats to not only our economy but to our basic way of life.

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