Election Analysis

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What We Will Remember: Obama's Victory Speech and McCain's Concession

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Obama and McCain accomplished two very different objectives last night: Obama unified and inspired; McCain departed with grace. Here's what history will remember of the speeches of November 4, 2008.

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Global Reactions to Obama Victory from Moscow to Beijing to Muslim World

Nathan Gardels | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Here are some comments I gathered on what Obama's victory means for America's image in the world, from thinkers such as Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Tariq Ramadan, and Garry Kasparov.

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Culture Zohn: Here's to Eddie and Michael and Barack: Three Who Have Changed the World

Patricia Zohn | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

I thought, maybe finally the last barriers separating blacks from believing they can get, and will get, what they strive for, can begin to be crossed.

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America 2008, Or Berlin 1989?

Andrew Gumbel | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

With a black man pulling off the astonishing feat of rising to the presidency in a land riven by racism for more than two centuries, there was a sense of extraordinary release, and even more extraordinary empowerment.

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Looking Forward: What Comes After the New Deal and the Raw Deal?

Drew Westen | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

The task facing President-elect Obama is to articulate the role of government in the 21st century just as FDR articulated its role in the 20th.

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A Memo to President-Elect Obama from America's New Veterans

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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President Obama is going to be held to a very high standard by the veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. We'll be watching, and holding everyone in Washington accountable.

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Obama's Election, and the Work Ahead

James Love | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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As many people have written, if the election was global, it would have been a landslide for Obama, and the reaction here in Switzerland is quite positive.

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The Night Robert Kennedy Finally Won

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Forty years after his assassination shattered dreams and brought his quest to change America to a sudden, brutal halt, Robert Kennedy reached the goal that had been denied him in life.

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This Time Must Be Different

Christine Escobar | Posted 12.06.2008 | Home

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The weather foretold it in Chicago. Rare is it to feel the warmth of southerly winds on an early November night in this city. Rarer still was the occ...

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China: Mixture of Hope, Skepticism Greet Obama Victory

Michael Standaert | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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The official reaction here has been congratulatory toward president-elect Obama, though notes of worry that the new administration could usher in protectionist trade measures are being voiced.

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Obama's Big Bang in France

Beth Arnold | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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The truth is -- and some Americans don't understand this -- the French also wanted the best for us.

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What a Relief -- America Survives

Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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We docked the ship on shore. We're back to normal now. We have re-established the fundamental building blocks of Western civilization -- we have our foundation underneath us.

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It's A New Day

Jeff Chang | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Throughout the north side of Pittsburgh, one of the city's three major Black districts, they lined up before dawn, hundreds deep in the 47-degree weather as if they were waiting for history to be made.

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Yes. We. Did.

Steven Weber | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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As Obama has campaigned, so shall he govern. And as he won, so have we won. We must preserve, protect and defend the nation we have won back.

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Nomination for Best Image of Election Night 2008

David Sirota | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

For best image of the night, I nominate this image juxtaposing Newsweek's recent cover entitled "America the Conservative" next to 2008's electoral map showing a landslide for the "socialist."

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The United World of Obama: The Future is Now

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Tonight, the American people didn't just unite their states, they united the world: a world that in 7 short years had seen the nadir of hate, had witnessed the horror of inhumanity.

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Getting on the Bus

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

The time to celebrate and wax poetic will be limited. It will probably end very abruptly on January 21, 2009, when President Barack Obama commences his grand plan to fix what appears unfixable.

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Tonight, Tonight Was Not Just Any Night

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 12.05.2008 | Living

As a member of the sixties generation, whose vision of America was shattered by the three assassinations of that time, it was bitter indeed to witness the devolution of the last eight years.

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Return of the Jedi

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

I imagine how my ex-boss, an ailing Ted Kennedy must feel tonight, knowing that many, many months ago he exclaimed to the nation that he could feel change in the air.

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America Elects 'A Rock Star'

David A. Andelman | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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The all but unanimous conclusion from my time taking calls from folks on Radio France was a simple one: "Barack Obama is 'le rock star.'"

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President Obama: Israel Is Ready for You

Yoav Sivan | Posted 12.31.2008 | Politics

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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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The First President Who is Black

Paul Finkelman | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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In the end Obama is not America`s first black president -- he is America`s first president who happens to be black. The difference is huge.

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American Elections: A True Opportunity for Change, or Just Plastic Surgery?

Gilbert Doumit | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

As a foreign observer, I am amazed by the level of political engagement and the turnout of the American citizens to the voting ballots - these things reflect their commitment to a better world.

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A New America

Sheryl Crow | Posted 12.05.2008 | Entertainment

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We are now finally waking up and realizing the damage that was done while we were in a asleep at the wheel. As evident in this election time, we are now a nation impassioned with possibility.

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