Election Day 2008

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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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Art, Politics and Soul in New York

Vicky Ward | Posted 12.05.2008 | Style

If you weren't in Times Square tonight, the only place to be was downtown in the West Village at Gavin Brown's gallery for an installation by Jonathon Horowitz called Obama '08.

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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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Finally, A President Who Looks Like Me!

Evan Handler | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Barack Obama is the first president in my lifetime who resembles me and the people I know.

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The American People Say "Yes We Can"

Gerald McEntee | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Tuesday's election was a milestone in building an America that lives up to its ideals, an event that has broken down old barriers and opened up new doors.

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Failure to Blow Election Stuns Democrats

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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For Democrats, who have become accustomed to their party blowing an election even when it seemed like a sure thing, Tuesday night's results were a bitter pill to swallow.

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Hooray for Pennsylvania

Chris Durang | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

You know what, I'm shell shocked. I can't feel glad yet, that's a quirk of mine, it's hard for me to celebrate.

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"Politics of Change" Just Changed More Than You Think

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Obama ran a campaign that began with a speech that proclaimed, "We aren't Red States. We aren't Blue States. We are the United States." And that is how he won. That is the politics of change.

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Obama! By The Content of His Character

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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We must understand one more thing -- how successful President Obama will be in transforming America in a progressive direction will depend on us, as well as on him.

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So Far in 40 Years

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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When my mother got married, my grandfather said he'd shoot my dad with a shotgun (an inauspicious but common beginning for an interracial marriage).

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Ya Hussein!

Hooman Majd | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Tonight, as Americans have decided they would prefer Obama to McCain as their next president there is a sigh of relief, and disbelief, in many quarters in the Middle East, including in Iran.

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The Sixth Principle

Gary Hart | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

The president-elect represents a new, post-Clinton, beyond centrism, post-racial, new politics, internet-driven phenomenon. The nation is fed up with neoconservative imperialists, radical fundamentalists, and failed supply-siders.

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Obama Wins: Why All Americans Have a Reason to Celebrate

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Here is a collection of my posts and videos from this historic week: Obama Wins: Why All Americans Have a Reason to Celebrate Watch: Election Night Reactions: Arianna Talks With Norman Lear, Laurie David, Marty Kaplan And Madelaine Lear Tuesday's Second Biggest Winner: Democracy The Winners and Losers of Campaign '08 Watch: Arianna on BBC Newsnight Discussing Obama's Win I'm Ready to Declare a Winner in the 2008 Race: the Internet

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Mondale's Revenge

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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To be sure, the failing economy provided Democrats the context they needed. But a candidate with a little backbone gave them the ability to convince voters to take a chance on change.

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My Letter to Barack Obama

George Stevens, Jr. | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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I wrote to Barack several days later. Here's the letter. Looking back, it seems as if today was somehow written in America's destiny.

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Hello Cleveland

Bruce Springsteen | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Now is the time to stand together with Barack Obama and Joe Biden and the millions of Americans that are hungry for a new day, roll up our sleeves and come on up for the rising.

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Reflections on Voting -- 11/4/08

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.05.2008 | Living

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I kept thinking, "I wish my Mother could be here." I thought about Barack Obama's grandmother... and Paul Newman, too.

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Republican Steals All of Neighborhood Obama Signs

Philip G. Baker | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Our neighborhood has had many more Obama lawn signs than McCain, by a a ratio of almost 10:1. Today someone drove through this part of the town and stole all of the Obama signs.

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Truth or Fiction: Voting by Memoir

David Henry Sterry | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

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McCain didn't even write his memoir. And the book reads like it was written by the captain of the football team who had the smart kid do it for him.

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Ohio Dispatch: Long Lines Early, But No Lines Now

Claudia Cruz | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home

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Ohio got a bad rep after the 2004 Presidential Election because the long lines at the polls discouraged and disenfranchised urban working people and s...

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